A recent survey revealed the top workforce challenges that the healthcare industry is currently facing, with the effects of the COVID-19 health crisis. Among the reported workforce challenges were: Hiring qualified job candidates at 67% Employee turnover at 57% The pandemic’s impact on healthcare organizations… Read More »Home Care Insight: Overcoming Top Workforce Challenges
Are you ready for the changes taking effect next year? Last October 29, 2020, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released its final home health payment rule for 2021 with some notable updates affecting agency operations. In this article, we will recap the… Read More »Gear up for Success: Key Areas To Focus on in 2021
CMS has anticipated that home health agencies will adjust their documentation and coding practices under PDGM. As a response, CMS will implement a negative behavioral adjustment of 4.36% (based on final rule) to all episodes under the new payment model. According to the final rule… Read More »7 Tips to Help You Recover From PDGM’s Behavioral Adjustment
The new Patient-Driven Groupings Model (PDGM) proposed by CMS will take effect on January 1st, 2020. Drastic changes in the home health industry are anticipated as this modification will greatly affect the process by which therapy services are reimbursed. Furthermore, this switch will enforce new… Read More »Getting Your Agency Set for PDGM Rollout
Note: In the interest of client confidentiality, the agency name was changed for this case study. When their documentation process was streamlined, this agency shifted to focus more on patient care and scaling the business —allowing them to grow by 65% in less than… Read More »Positioning for Growth: How one home health agency grew their business by 65% in one year
To support compliance with Medicare’s new Conditions of Participation (CoPs), Kinnser’s new Progress to Goals feature was introduced to promote patient-specific and measurable goal tracking. While it purportedly offers more efficient documentation, it has also presented challenges for some agencies adjusting to the new functionality.… Read More »Optimizing Your New Progress to Goals Feature
The new Medicare Conditions of Participation (CoPs) took effect last January 13, 2018, and we expect it to be just the first of many changes geared towards improving quality of care and protecting the rights of beneficiaries. The new rules will greatly impact home health… Read More »Moving Forward with CoP Updates: A 5-Point Checklist
Offshore outsourcing is a major step for your home health agency, but is it really legal? The answer is yes. Outsourcing offshore is totally legal. In fact, US legislation has passed specific regulations and clear guidelines for healthcare providers and their outsourcing partners. More US… Read More »Outsourcing Your QA Process: What You Need to Know
Published Mar 31, 2017 | 08:37 The final part of our QAPI guide, “Systematic Analysis and Systematic Action” discusses how to effectively diagnose problems, implement formulated solutions and maintain sustainable improvements. Your agency should efficiently coordinate all QAPI elements, then draw out concrete protocols mainly… Read More »QAPI Realized: Systematic Analysis and Systematic Action (Part 5 of 5)
Published: Mar 8, 2017 | 17:25 Part 4 in our 5-part QAPI guide, “Performance Improvement Projects” (PIP) is a focused course of action used to address specific problem areas. This is the part where data is put into action. Let us walk you through some… Read More »QAPI Realized: Performance Improvement Projects (Part 4 of 5)
