Over the past two years, CMS has proposed large cuts to home health Medicare payments, leaving providers concerned over their ability to deliver care and run their businesses. Even when CMS finalized cuts that were smaller than their original proposals, providers still faced challenges over thin margins. The 2025 proposed rule brings additional cuts that […]

Bill Riemer calls it The Frankenstein Effect. As Vice President Health Information Systems at AccentCare, Riemer adapts the organization’s technology to meet regulatory and compliance changes that impact assessments at the Start of Care. With addition after addition to the process, the Start of Care loses its core efficiencies. “I think what’s changed over the […]

Care delivery is a mission-driven business, but it is also just that: a business. If the underlying business struggles, care delivery does too. That’s what makes Visiting Nurse Health System’s partnership with HCHB so important. After bringing on HCHB’s Revenue Cycle and Authorization Services, VNHS — an Atlanta-based non-profit provider of home-based care services — […]