HomeCareRoadmaphttps://homecareroadmap.com/Home health news and guidesen-usFri, 02 Oct 2026 14:34:58 -0500 Medicare's freeze on new home health and hospice agencies nears its Nov. 13 decision pointhttps://homecareroadmap.com/news/2026/10/home-health-hospice-enrollment-moratorium-decision/https://homecareroadmap.com/news/2026/10/home-health-hospice-enrollment-moratorium-decision/Fri, 02 Oct 2026 08:00:00 -0500Agencies & IndustryCMS has not said whether it will extend the nationwide enrollment moratorium that began in May. Here is what the freeze does, what it doesn't do, and what families and agencies should watch for. Medicare's proposed 2027 home health pay rule: what's in it, and what comes nexthttps://homecareroadmap.com/news/2026/10/medicare-proposed-2027-home-health-payment-rule/https://homecareroadmap.com/news/2026/10/medicare-proposed-2027-home-health-payment-rule/Fri, 02 Oct 2026 08:00:00 -0500Medicare & CoverageCMS proposed a 2.4% overall increase in home health payments for 2027 and a new nod to palliative care. Comments have closed and the final rule is still to come. Here is a plain-language rundown. Medicaid work-requirement notices are going out. Many family caregivers are exempt.https://homecareroadmap.com/news/2026/10/medicaid-work-requirement-family-caregiver-exemption/https://homecareroadmap.com/news/2026/10/medicaid-work-requirement-family-caregiver-exemption/Fri, 02 Oct 2026 08:00:00 -0500CaregivingStarting no later than Jan. 1, 2027, some adults on Medicaid must show 80 hours a month of work or other activities. The federal rule exempts many people who care for a disabled relative or a young child. Here's how to tell if that includes you. Ohio charges 18 Medicaid providers, most of them home-health aides, with billing fraudhttps://homecareroadmap.com/news/2026/10/ohio-medicaid-home-care-fraud-indictments/https://homecareroadmap.com/news/2026/10/ohio-medicaid-home-care-fraud-indictments/Fri, 02 Oct 2026 08:00:00 -0500Agencies & IndustryProsecutors say aides billed for care while traveling, while a client was hospitalized, and in one case after a client died. Here's what families and agencies can learn from the cases. Home care workforce report: nearly 3.5 million workers, fast growth ahead, and pay that still lagshttps://homecareroadmap.com/news/2026/10/phi-direct-care-workforce-key-facts-2026/https://homecareroadmap.com/news/2026/10/phi-direct-care-workforce-key-facts-2026/Fri, 02 Oct 2026 08:00:00 -0500CaregivingPHI's annual Key Facts report says home care added more jobs over the past decade than any other part of the direct care workforce. Low wages and part-time hours remain the sticking point. Here's what that means if you're hiring help.