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Short answer: In 2026, CMS publishes two home health star ratings on Care Compare: a Quality of Patient Care (QoPC) rating built from seven OASIS- and claims-based measures, and a Patient Survey rating built from HHCAHPS. CMS ranks agencies on each measure, combines the results, and assigns 1 to 5

On November 2, 2026, CMS announced plans to bring the Review Choice Demonstration for Home Health Services (RCD) to California. If the change gets final approval, every California home health agency billing Medicare’s Jurisdiction 6 contractor will need to choose how its claims are reviewed. The choice window is short,

Your agency may be delivering excellent care, submitting clean claims, and working diligently to resolve denials but still leaving significant revenue on the table. The problem may not be your billing process. It may be your managed care contracts. For many home health and hospice agencies, managed care reimbursement has

Growth is a positive sign for any home health agency, but it can also expose revenue cycle processes built for a much smaller operation. As census rises, billing volume, documentation demands, payer requirements, and follow-up responsibilities rise with it. If those processes do not scale alongside the agency, growth can

Behind every successful home health visit is an entire team working behind the scenes. Patients may see a nurse providing wound care, a therapist helping regain mobility, or a clinician completing an OASIS assessment, but those moments are supported by dozens of coordinated processes that begin long before the first