The Home Health Care Wire
Your source for CareVoyant and industry news. June 4, 2026
How HCBS Agencies Can Survive $911B in Medicaid Cuts Without Cutting Care Quality
The $911B Medicaid cut hits HCBS agencies through rate reductions, tighter authorizations, and eligibility changes, not all at once. Agencies that recover preventable billing losses, tighten authorization controls, and diversify payers now will protect care quality without waiting for the policy dust to settle.
CV Mobile: The Complete Mobile Solution for EVV, Scheduling, and Home Care Compliance
CV Mobile by CareVoyant combines EVV, GPS visit verification, real-time scheduling, and point-of-care documentation into one integrated platform — helping home care agencies reduce compliance risk, eliminate duplicate data entry, and improve caregiver efficiency across every line of service.
How Data Visibility Is Transforming Home Care Agency Performance
Real-time data visibility replaces fragmented systems with a single source of truth, helping home care agencies prevent missed visits, stay audit-ready, improve revenue performance, and deliver more consistent, transparent care for clients and families.
Home Healthcare Industry News
Medicaid Community Engagement Requirement for Certain Individuals Interim Final Rule with Comment Period (CMS-2454-IFC)
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued an interim final rule implementing a new statutory requirement for certain adults in Medicaid to meet an 80 hours per month work requirement (sometimes referred to as Medicaid community engagement) as a condition of eligibility. States must generally implement this requirement no later than January 1, 2027.
‘Death By 1,000 Cuts’: How Home-Based Care Leaders Navigate Reimbursement Pressure
Across the industry, leaders describe an environment shaped by the cumulative weight of incremental cuts, shifting policies and uneven reimbursement across payer types. To cope with these changes, providers are expanding their payer networks and advocating, with the help of data, to improve the reimbursement landscape.
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