The proposed cut to payment rates for Medicare Fee for Service (FFS) payment rates for home health services included in the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Calendar Year (CY) 2026 Home Health Payment System Rate Update is deep: 9%. The impact, when combined with the 8.8% payment reductions the agency has imposed since CY2023, will be significant to all providers of home health care–but nonprofit providers are particularly at risk. We’ve developed a multi-pronged advocacy strategy to fight against the cuts. Find two assets (Nonprofit Talking Points for LeadingAge members and the Protect Home Health explainer, created in partnership with the National Alliance for Care at Home) for use in these efforts here.