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The most recent news, announcements, and regulatory updates for home health, hospice, and supportive care at home
BREAKING NEWS: Home Health Final Rule
by Kristin Rowan, Editor – on Friday, November 28, CMS posted the CY 2026 Home Health Prospective Payment System Final Rule. The Rowan Report breaks down the key changes.
Hospice Carve-In is Out
National Alliance for Care at Home – On November 20, Senator Roger Marshall (R-KS) and Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) sent a letter to Senate leadership expressing strong bipartisan support for policies that preserve the Medicare Hospice Benefit under Original Medicare.
What Can Providers Give to Patients, Part 5
by Elizabeth E. Hogue, Esq. – Part 5 in the series on what providers can give to patients discusses preventive services, clinical services, and reimbursable services that are included as exceptions.
Medicare Advantage Reform
by Kristin Rowan, Editor – multiple bills to reform Medicare Advantage are currently awaiting review by two committees. Are they reforming Medicare Advantage or eliminating it?
What Can Providers Give to Patients, Part 4
by Elizabeth E. Hogue, Esq. – Part 4 in the series on Provider Kickbacks discusses the apparent exception to the Anti-Kickback Statute: Vaccinations
Dr. Steve Landers: an Interview
by Kristin Rowan, Editor – I had the pleasure of sitting down with Dr. Steve Landers, CEO of the National Alliance for Care at Home for a one on one discussion about the inaugural annual meeting, the current advocacy issues in D.C., and the future of the Alliance.
National Alliance Annual Meeting: A Review
by Kristin Rowan, Editor – The inaugural annual meeting & expo from the newly-formed National Alliance for Care at Home was largely a success. Attendees saw the two associations come together to create a memorable week in New Orleans.
OASIS, OASIS Everywhere!
by Tim Rowan, Editor Emeritus – We’re not exactly surprised at the number of AI vendors we saw at the inaugural National Alliance for Care at Home Annual Meeting & Expo. We were surprised at how advanced some of the ambient listening tools and OASIS assessment assistants are. We may not have seen them all in the two short days, but we tried.
What Can Providers Give to Patients, Pt 3
by Elizabeth E. Hogue, Esq. – Part 3 in this series discusses exemptions and criteria for items of value a provider can offer patients within the law.
HHAeXchange Features Bradley Cooper Documentary
by Kristin Rowan, Editor – The Rowan Report sits down with Executive Producer Tom Chiodo, who worked on the Bradley Cooper film Caregiving. Tom tells The Rowan Report how the film has impacted the industry, thanks HHAeXchange for featuring the film at their user summit.
Second Longest Shutdown Since 1980
by Kristin Rowan, editor – The government shutdown is now the second-longest in history, with no end in sight. Military pay and SNAP benefits will end November first and the 15th vote to reopen the government temporarily failed yesterday. Vote 14 scheduled for tomorrow.
Alliance to Congress: STOP CUTS
by Kristin Rowan, Editor – The CMS Home Health Final Rule for 2026 is due for publication on Nov 1. National Alliance for Care at Home and more than 150 others pen a letter to CMS urging them to stop the 9% pay cut to home health.
Interoperability and Gen X
by Kristin Rowan, editor – Part 2, interoperability and Gen X. If you don’t figure out how to get everyone access to their health information, we will. Time is up.
Interoperability: The Unreachable Dream
by Kristin Rowan, Editor – Editorial: Interoperability has been a sticking point for care at home for as long as most of us can remember. The time has come to end the struggle.
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