The transition to the Patient-Driven Groupings Model (PDGM) resulted in fewer visits per stay but had little effect on the rate of home health use and was associated with a higher payment-to-cost ...

Home health and personal care agencies are facing a perfect storm: Referral volumes are climbing, patient complexity is ...

Just one week after the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services significantly trimmed the reduction to home health agencies for calendar year 2026, the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) ...

Pairing structured heart failure education with real-time communication tools can better equip home health aides (HHAs) to ...

With the holidays — a time for getting together with loved ones and families — upon us, it’s worthwhile for providers to reflect on questions we know many of our families grapple with: “Is it time to ...

KFF introduces Medicaid work requirements tracker … New SNAP rules impose work requirements for those ages 55 to 64 … Supportive friendships reduce loneliness among older adults, studies find ...

Home Care Association of American signs letter urging Congress to support American Franchise Act … HHS unveils AI strategy to transform agency operations … Sen. Gillibrand (D-NY) introduces National S ...

As home health providers digest the 1.3% cut to home health agencies for 2026 in the final rule released last week, many are ...

In true Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services form, the home health final rule landed when most of us least expected it. On the Friday after Thanksgiving, many were still savoring leftovers, ...