Home Health Care

Home Health Care Plans 

Latest Home Health Regulations

CMS Clinical Templates

Home Health PPS Regulations and Notices   Latest Prospective Payment System rate updates

OASIS User Manuals  Includes the guidance manual for the OASIS-C2 version of the OASIS data set, effective January 1, 2017.

Conditions of Participation: Home Health Agencies (42 CFR 484.1)   Complete regulations with table of contents

Home Health Compare   This tool has detailed information about every Medicare-certified home health agency in the country.

CMS-1353-F Final 2012 HHA Wage Index Tables

Update on Physician Signature Requirement and Face-to-Face Encounter Requirements 

Chapter 7 Home Health Manual Updates with Face-to-Face Revisions 

Home Health Agency Center  CMS links for Home Health billing and payment, manuals and transmittals, OASIS, and policies and regulations

Home Health PPS   Useful information for understanding and implementing the prospective payment system for home health agencies. Includes Grouper Software packages.

National Council of State Boards of Nursing   Maintains the Nursys database, which coordinates national publicly available nurse licensure information.

National Guideline Clearinghouse   Objective, detailed information on clinical practice guidelines. Originally created by AHRQ in partnership with the American Medical Association and the American Association of Health Plans.