Blog category · 5 articles
Private-duty home care agencies face a different set of pressures: caregiver payroll, state wage floors, Medicaid program changes, and thin margins. The articles in this category follow those changes and show what they do to agency finances. Use them to plan labor costs, pricing, and reporting before the next rule takes effect.
Homecare Accounting
80 hours a month, 43 states + DC, January 1, 2027. CMS's medical frailty framework uses personal care claims as evidence, and a Sept 18 lawsuit challenges it.
· 6 min read
Homecare Accounting
California $17.40, Colorado $15.71 and Michigan $15.00 take effect January 1, 2027. New York has not announced. What confirmed and unconfirmed wage floors do to home care margins.
· 7 min read
Homecare Accounting
What CMS delayed in the Medicaid Access Rule in 2026 and what it did not. The 80/20 pass-through still binds in 2030, and 311,879 fewer users are projected by 2034.
· 6 min read
Homecare Accounting
MaineCare suspended payments to Community Home Health Care after allegations of billing for services not provided. The provider received nearly $48 million from 2019 through 2025 but remains licensed.
· 2 min read
News
A new home care survey identifies compliance, scheduling and billing as leading technology priorities while highlighting growing AI use and the need for stronger financial data practices.
· 3 min read
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