Home Health Care News January 16, 2026
In 2025, Medicare-certified home health providers faced dramatic uncertainty. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) proposed the largest-ever cut to the Medicare home health payment rate, prompting an outcry from providers, workers and patients, with the ultimate result being a much less painful final rate cut.
While recovering from an anxiety-inducing 2025, home health providers have further complications on the horizon in 2026. The industry can expect additional layoffs after some high-profile rounds in 2025, and must contend with a novel type of mandatory payment model. Key pieces of legislation also stand to make or break aspects of the home health industry, specifically implicating the hospital-at-home market and the payvider trend.
In 2026, providers that focus on...
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