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 — […]
Shelley Baker had a problem. Fortunately, she also had a solution. In business and health care, the term “solution” has become a stand-in for any piece of tech that business owners can use to solve problems. It’s so ubiquitous that it’s easy to forget the reason for the name: it quite literally is a solution […]
When Enhabit Home Health & Hospice needed to better manage their fast-evolving, complex patient population, they got serious about patient engagement and virtual visits. The benefits came quickly. “We saw an increase in clinician capacity, allowing us to do more with less,” says Vice President of Care Management Shelley Baker of Enhabit, which provides care […]
The Virginia Innovation Partnership Corporation (VIPC) has awarded HOP into Homecare! — an app designed to streamline the onboarding and training process for home health agencies’ clinicians — a $75,000 Commonwealth Commercialization Fund (CCF) grant. The fresh round of funds will fuel the app’s growth and development. Typically, when clinicians’ receive orientation and education, it […]
In July, CMS released a guide to new and updated frequently asked questions around the Home Health Value-Based Purchasing (HHVBP) model. Yet while home-based care providers certainly have many excellent, technical questions, one sits above all others: How will the expansion of HHVBP affect their reimbursement? The good news: the answer lies more with providers […]
The pandemic was a spotlight on home health care. What it highlighted was not just the people receiving care, but also those providing it. “I think the pandemic really shined a light on the importance of the clinician experience and satisfaction, and also the critical role that the clinician plays in the delivery system within […]
Ask the right questions, get the right answers — deliver the right care. That’s the essence of how home-based care providers are finding success under OASIS-E, which took effect January 1, 2023. Patient documentation requirements have changed in lockstep with the industry’s continued shift toward value-based care, with greater focus on each patient’s mental state […]
As staffing challenges in the health care industry persist, the crunch to find top talent will likely continue in the months and even years ahead. For the home-based care industry, finding and retaining staff has presented a unique set of obstacles. The home health care industry was already on a growth fast track before the […]
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