Home Health Care News October 1, 2025
The government shut down Tuesday night, making the home-based care industry’s concerns a reality.
The shutdown pushes the home health industry over a telehealth cliff, limiting its potential patient pool and adding administrative burden, and puts the Acute Hospital Care at Home (AHCAH) program on ice, which allowed hospitals to qualify for Medicare waivers to treat patients at home.
The shutdown also spells danger in several other facets of home-based care – including a potential delay to the anxiety-inducing CY 2026 home health final rule.
“Unfortunately, I think we’re going to really feel the pain on this one,” Alexis Apple, director of federal affairs for ATA Action, told Home Health Care News. “That continuity of care is now lost....
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