CMS Finalizes Six-Month Delay Of Home Health Conditions Of Participation

CMS finished a rule delaying home health conditions of participation until next Jan. 13. The agency has said home health companies requested the delay in part because they can't prepare for the new conditions of participation until CMS issues more guidance. The final rule also delays until July 13, 2018 the start of phasing in performance-improvement projects. “While we agree that the changes in the new CoPs reflect good practice, and we continue to believe that many HHAs already implemented...