Workforce • Regulated by CMS & State Health Departments
Home Health Aide (HHA)
Definition: A trained healthcare worker who assists patients recovering from illness, surgery, or disability with personal care and basic health-related tasks in home settings.
Regulatory Impact & Compliance Overview
Under Medicare regulations (42 CFR 484.80), HHAs employed by Medicare-certified agencies must complete a minimum of 75 hours of training (or more in states with higher thresholds) and 12 hours of annual continuing education.
Governing Authority
Enforced by CMS & State Health Departments in United States. Compliance with these standards is legally required for all licensed and participating care providers.
Automated Compliance
How AsanWork Enforces Home Health Aide (HHA)
AsanWork builds compliance directly into daily scheduling workflows. Hard compliance stops prevent un-vetted, un-screened, or non-credentialed staff from receiving shift allocations, ensuring 100% audit readiness.
Related United States Healthcare Terms
Regulation
21st Century Cures Act
A landmark federal healthcare law passed in 2016 designed to accelerate medical innovation, prevent health data blocking, and mandate Electronic Visit Verification for Medicaid home care.
Payroll
Blended Regular Rate (Overtime)
The weighted average hourly rate used to calculate FLSA overtime when a caregiver works at two or more different pay rates in the same workweek.
Regulation
CMS Conditions of Participation (CoPs)
Federal health and safety requirements that home health agencies and healthcare organizations must meet to begin and continue participating in Medicare and Medicaid programs.
Payroll
California Daily Overtime
A California state labor law requiring overtime pay of 1.5x regular pay for hours worked beyond 8 in a single day, and double pay for hours past 12.