The Home Health Care Wire
Your source for CareVoyant and industry news. September 27, 2023
Revenue Cycle Management for Home Care Agencies - Addressing Staffing Challenges
At CareVoyant, we have a strategic focus on improving operational efficiency and have made it a central theme of our development efforts. We empower home care agencies with features that will help them do more with less across care coordination, scheduling, and revenue cycle management functions. This article looks deeply at how each functional area can contribute to optimal reimbursement and accelerate cash flow.
Proper wound care documentation offers numerous benefits for Private Duty Nursing home care agencies and their patients, including enhanced communication and accurate billing and reimbursement processes. Implementing strategies to streamline information management can significantly improve efficiency and ensure the highest quality of care for patients of Private Duty Nursing agencies.
The quote "If it is not written down, it did not happen" applies to medical records and clinical documentation. It can be expanded to include clarity, consistency, and quality.
Comprehensive, consistent, and complete clinical documentation is critical for home health care agencies for the quality of care to the patient and optimum reimbursement. Improving the quality of clinical documentation will significantly enhance the quality of care and patient satisfaction while reducing the risk of compliance issues during surveys. Compliance issues during the survey may lead to reimbursement delays or reductions.
Home Healthcare Industry News
CMS releases new tool for OASIS question on high-risk drug classes
CMS has produced a new explainer video for home health providers. The 4-minute, animated explainer video is titled Understanding Coding for N0415. High-Risk Drug Classes: Use and Indication. This video was developed to assist providers in accurately determining whether a patient is taking any prescribed medications in the specified drug classes and whether the patient-specific indication was noted for all medications in the drug class, according to CMS.
CMS makes last call for HHVBP TEP participants
CMS and contractor Abt Associates are making a final call for participants for a new technical expert panel (TEP) for the Home Health Value-Based Purchasing (HHVBP) expanded model.
Lawmakers Back Home Health Providers, Condemn Payment Cuts In Symbolic Subcommittee Hearing
The Senate Finance Committee’s Subcommittee on Health Care held a hearing Thursday regarding aging in place and access to home health care in the U.S. While current struggles were highlighted throughout, the hearing was ultimately a symbolic win for home health providers across the country.
Upcoming Events
Minnesota Home Care Association 53rd Annual Meeting & Expo
Breezy Point Resort, Breezy Point, MN, October 4 - 6
NAHC Annual Conference
Gaylord National Harbor, Washington, DC, October 15 - 17
HCAOA Annual Leadership Conference
Hilton Chicago Hotel, October 23 - 24
ABOUT CAREVOYANT
CareVoyant is a leading provider of cloud-based integrated enterprise-scale home health care software that can support all home-based services under ONE Software, ONE Patient, and ONE Employee, making it a Single System of Record. We support all home based services, including Home Care, Private Duty Nursing, Private Duty Non-Medical, Home and Community Based Services (HCBS), Home Health, Pediatric Home Care, and Outpatient Therapy at Home.
CareVoyant functions – Intake, Authorization Management, Scheduling, Clinical with Mobile options, eMAR/eTAR, Electronic Visit Verification (EVV), Billing/AR, Secure Messaging, Notification, Reporting, and Dashboards – streamline workflow, meet regulatory requirements, improve quality of care, optimize reimbursement, improve operational efficiency and agency bottom line.
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