October 1 update. Our PDGM and ICD-10 tools now use the FY2027 code set: 190 codes added, 30 deleted, and no existing code changed clinical group.
See what changedStreamline clinical documentation, OASIS assessments, and compliance for home health. Practical guides to meet CMS requirements and protect your agency.
Most documentation problems in home health are not carelessness. They are timing: an assessment completed outside its window, an M0090 that does not match when the work was actually finished, a visit note signed after the record locked. The clinical judgment was sound and the paperwork still fails.
These pieces cover OASIS assessments item by item, the timepoints and completion windows that govern them, what a surveyor looks for in a chart, and the corrections process when something has already been transmitted. Where a rule is cited, it is cited to the CMS source rather than summarised from somewhere else.
13 articles in Documentation & Compliance
Medicare's 30-day therapy reassessment rule for PT, OT and SLP: who must do it, how to count the days, what the visit must show, and what a late one costs.
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·12 min read
Is this face-to-face encounter valid? Who may perform it, who certifies, the 90-day and 30-day window, and what the clinical note must show (42 CFR 424.22).
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·12 min read
What 42 CFR 484.102 requires of a home health agency: the plan, policies, communication plan, training and testing, the review cycle and survey checks.
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·13 min read
How the Medicare home health survey works: the 36-month cycle, standard vs extended surveys, the entrance list, the record sample, and what follows a citation.
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·11 min read
Missed home health visit: what to document, who to notify, and what the CoPs and surveyor guidance actually say about refusals, ER trips and no-shows.
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·11 min read
What the start of care date is, how it differs from the referral date, the ordered date and the assessment date, and which clock each OASIS date starts.
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·14 min read
How to decide and document homebound status for Medicare home health: both criteria, the absences CMS allows, six worked cases, and a chart note that holds up.
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·13 min read
What a resumption of care is, which inpatient stays trigger one, the 2-calendar-day OASIS window, who may do the visit, and how a ROC meets the 60-day period.
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·18 min read
CMS grouper v07.2.26 adds 190 ICD-10-CM codes and drops 30 on October 1, 2026. No existing code changes clinical group. The codes home health coders must swap.
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·15 min read