2026 VBP Changes: CMS is Moving the Cheese Again

The 2026 Home Health Value-Based Purchasing (HHVBP) changes introduce significant shifts that will directly influence agency quality strategy, operational workflows, and financial performance. In this one-hour webinar, we will break down the updated measures, weighting adjustments, scoring methodology, and CMS’ rationale behind “moving the cheese” yet again. Participants will leave with a clear understanding of how these changes impact their agency’s competitive standing and what must happen now to remain financially protected in 2026 and beyond.

By the end of this webinar, participants will be able to:

• Identify the key 2026 HHVBP measure changes and understand how CMS’ updated scoring methodology will affect agency performance outcomes.
• Describe how the new weighting structure and replaced/removed measures impact clinical operations, quality improvement, and patient outcomes.
• Apply practical strategies to prepare staff, adjust internal workflows, and optimize documentation and care delivery to protect agency revenue under the 2026 HHVBP model.

Your Speaker:

Natalie Venable is an experienced healthcare professional with a background in occupational therapy and over a decade of leadership in home health and hospice. Her work has spanned clinical care, quality improvement, and regulatory oversight, including serving as Director of Clinical Excellence for a large, national home health organization. In that role, she led quality teams and initiatives across 250+ branches, supported regulatory compliance, and advanced clinical performance at scale.

Natalie holds certifications as a Lean Healthcare Professional, COS-C, CHS-C and is a licensed Occupational Therapist. In addition, she is a CHAP Certified Consultant and Medbridge Instructor. She’s recognized for her depth of knowledge in home health and hospice standards, as well as her ability to translate regulatory requirements into practical, sustainable workflows for care delivery teams. Her collaborative approach is grounded in real-world challenges and designed to help providers sustain compliance while improving clinical outcomes.

As the founder and lead consultant of Thrive Healthcare Solutions, Natalie helps organizations strengthen key operational areas, including:

• Clinical documentation accuracy and defensibility
• Survey preparation
• Quality Assurance and Performance Improvement (QAPI) programs
• Eligibility and medical review training and support
• Interdisciplinary team development and staff education
• Patient and caregiver experience initiatives
• Data-driven quality reporting and benchmarking, including HHVBP
• Strategic quality initiatives to drive optimal reimbursement