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CMS Ends Home Health Agencies’ iQIES Manual Data Entry Access
March 02, 2026
CMS Ends Home Health Agencies' iQIES Manual Data Entry Access
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BY Katy
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As part of its ongoing efforts to modernize and streamline data submission and assessment management, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services is officially discontinuing the front-end user interface for iQIES, effective April 1, 2026.
This is used by home health agencies for manually creating assessments.
Home health agencies will not be able to use this software to directly input assessment data for OASIS assessments with target dates on or after 4/1/2026.
Prior assessments (dated 1/1/2025 - 3/31/2026) will be accepted until 12/31/2026. Future data will need to be uploaded in the correct format.
For additional information and questions, visit the Home Health Data Specifications page.
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