		-- Home Health Grouper Software (HHGS)  --
			Distribution pack

The documentation for Home Health Grouper Software can be found in the 'HomeHealthGrouperSoftware\documentation' folder.

Update June 3, 2025: Issues with Home Health Grouper Interactive GUI

Background
The Home Health Grouper Interactive GUI has encountered issues due to recent changes in Java 8. Specifically, Oracle ended commercial support for JavaFX 8, and JavaFX has been removed from Oracle JDK 8 and JRE 8 releases as of April 15th, 2025, for versions 8u451 and later. The Interactive GUI component's framework relied on JavaFX, and as a result, it is no longer supported in environments using this version of Java.

Impact
This change does not affect the core grouper functionality, meaning there are no impacts to payment calculations or grouping results. The issue is isolated to the Interactive GUI only.

Solution
To address this, we have developed a replacement version of the January 2025 version 6.0.25 Interactive GUI that is compatible with Java 17 and higher. This update allows users to continue accessing the interactive grouper seamlessly.

Instructions
For users currently running Java 8, where the GUI is still functioning, no immediate action is required. Everything should continue to operate as expected. However, please note that beginning October 1, 2025, the Grouper will be optimized exclusively for Java 17 and above.

If you are experiencing issues with the Interactive GUI due to recent changes in Java 8, please follow these steps:

(1) Make sure you have Java 17 or higher installed on your computer
(2) Unzip this Home Health Grouper Interactive GUI fix zip pack into a temporary location
(3) Navigate to your current location of the Home Health Grouper Software ('HHGS.V06.0.25.R0.Software.P' folder)
(4) Navigate to the 'HomeHealthGrouperSoftware\interactive' sub-folder
(5) Replace the 'HomeHealthGUI.jar' with the one from the temporary location
(6) Run the 'runGrouperGUI.bat'


For any questions or further assistance, please contact HHGrouperQuestions@cms.hhs.gov.