By Chris Attaya April 20, 2026
HHVBP Scores are Changing Again

With the start of CY 2026, Home Health Agencies (HHAs) will again need to recalibrate how they look at their Home Health Value-Based Purchasing (HHVBP) Total Performance Scores (TPS). Understanding these changes is important since your opportunity for HHVBP bonuses will depend on how your scores compare to HHAs in your cohort. As we will discuss, whenever CMS changes the outcome measure sets, measure weights and/or baseline data, your current TPS scores are likely to change.

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By Chris Attaya June 26, 2024
Initial Medicare FFS Telehealth Insights

On July 1st, 2023 CMS began requiring home health agencies to document their utilization of telehealth services on their Medicare Fee-For-Service (FFS) claims. As finalized in the CY 2023 Home Health Payment System Rate Update, agencies are responsible to identify one of three services they provide using new Healthcare Common Procedure Coding System (HCPCS) codes. These codes are added as a separate visit line on the claim based on the date each service is provided. CMS notes in the rule that these services are for reporting only, since CMS does not reimburse for these services. The HCPCS codes are:

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