Your agency is about to send its first batch of claims under the new PDGM system. Are your billers and coders working together? They need to be! Under PDGM it is even more important for billing and clinical departments to work as a team.  The 30-day billing periods will create an increased workload (more…)

Medicare Home Health Billing Series, Part 1 – Intake, Orders, Prebill Audits The Patient-Driven Groupings Model (PDGM) is effective January 1, 2020. This is the most massive change to the home care industry reimbursement structure since the introduction of the current Prospective Payment System (PPS) in October 2000. The new payment model dramatically impacts agency (more…)

An investment in staff education is an investment in quality customer service for all types of agencies.  Your direct care staff needs quality educational offerings on caregiver topics important to them, and we have it!  This specialized monthly webinar series, geared for direct home care staff, offers a one-hour educational webinar, plus a concise newsletter (more…)

Therapy non-compliance is a problem. Often home care patients are not complying correctly with their prescribed therapy schedule, which results in an unnecessarily heightened risk of morbidity, mortality and higher health costs. Emphasis has now shifted to an agreement between patients and practitioners about the course of treatment. This reframing sets the stage for therapy (more…)

Wound care is an essential part of home care, but staffing all the necessary visits can be challenging for most agencies.  This multi-part series will give your nurses the tools they need to properly train nursing assistants and confidently delegate wound care — all within each person’s scope of practice.  The series includes basic wound (more…)