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Legislation to modernize financial reporting and audit requirements for New Jersey home care agencies has passed the state legislature with unanimous, bipartisan support and now awaits Gov. Mikie Sherrill's signature.
Augusta has released the latest edition of its National Caregiver Recruitment Benchmark Report, analyzing data from more than 120,000 caregiver applicants to home care agencies in the first quarter of 2026. HCAOA CEO Jason Lee contributed a foreword to the report.
By Ashlee Jensen, Altum Coaching Services
The day begins before you’ve had a chance to consciously decide how you want to lead. Emails. Text messages. A missed call. A staffing issue. A compliance question. Another meeting. Before you finish one decision, another one is waiting. Somewhere along the way, you’re no longer determining your day. Your day is guiding you. Leadership development often focuses on giving leaders more tools. Those tools matter, but tools alone aren’t enough. Leaders also need the space to recognize what the moment is asking of them and which leadership approach will serve it best. The Florida Department of Health has shared a practical resource for home care agencies: a list of the most common reasons Comprehensive Emergency Management Plans (CEMPs) are returned for revision. The observations come directly from the plan review process, and they offer a useful checklist for agencies preparing to submit or update their plans.
By Brian Cavoli, host of the Home Care Agency AI Acceleration Series
AxisCare's recent research study on AI in home care surfaced encouraging findings: 91% of home care agency leaders are using or planning to use AI in their business, and 94% of those adopting AI are seeing benefits. The optimism reflects a shift in how our industry is thinking about technology. But another number jumped out at me: 76% of those same leaders say they're facing barriers slowing their adoption, including vendor confusion, ethics concerns, employee resistance, and privacy worries. Most agencies are somewhere in the middle of crossing the gap between believing in AI and capturing its value. That's exactly what I'll be exploring with four AI-forward agency leaders July 23. By Todd Allen, CEO & Co-Founder, AxisCare
As an industry, we talk about AI constantly. But how much of that conversation is grounded in what providers are actually experiencing? AxisCare recently commissioned an independent survey to answer that question, and the results are worth unpacking. By Ashlee Jensen, Altum Coaching Services
Change has always been part of leadership in home care. But today, change rarely feels occasional. More often, it feels constant. New initiatives are introduced before previous ones have fully settled. Priorities shift quickly. Expectations evolve in real time. Much of your role requires adapting, communicating clearly, supporting your team, and continuing to move forward, often without much space to process the impact yourself. By Brian Cavoli, host of the Home Care Agency AI Acceleration Series
It's an exciting time in our industry. AI is no longer a future conversation for home care. It's happening now, inside agencies of all sizes. Across the industry, agencies are using AI to grow sales, support caregiver recruiting, streamline operations, strengthen service delivery, and reduce administrative burden. The opportunity isn't limited to one department or one type of agency. Whether you're focused on growth, staffing, care quality, or operational efficiency, AI is at the center of the conversation. The Connecticut Department of Social Services is inviting Connecticut home care and personal care assistant waiver adult family living providers to a meeting to discuss the future of the Adult Family Living (AFL) Service in Connecticut.
Home care providers shouldn't be penalized for outcomes driven by Medicaid reimbursement rates, workforce shortages, or housing availability — factors well outside their control. That's the key message in HCAOA's formal comments to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services responding to the agency's proposed 2028 Medicaid HCBS Quality Measure Set (see our recent blog gathering member feedback).
The New Jersey Legislature continues to move forward with legislation that would make several significant updates to the State’s regulatory framework governing health care service firms, including many private duty home care agencies operating in New Jersey.
Last week, HCAOA’s government relations team was on Capitol Hill to meet with federal officials and congressional staff, advocating on program integrity, the W-2/agency model for home care delivery, and the Medicaid Access Rule.
The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs has informed HCAOA that it's now working on the 2027 VA fee schedule, which includes reimbursement rates for home care services delivered to veterans. Here's your opportunity to provide input on next year's rates.
Advocacy Update: CMS Issues 6-Month Moratorium on Medicare Home Health & Hospice Enrollment5/13/2026
Today, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a six-month nationwide moratorium on enrolling new home health and hospice agencies, the administration’s latest action to curb fraud, waste, and abuse.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is seeking public comment on proposed updates to the Medicaid Home- and Community-Based Services (HCBS) Quality Measure Set for 2028. You can read the official notice from CMS here. Comments from the public are due on May 28, 2026.
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