This article is sponsored by CareConnect. In this Voices interview, Home Health Care News sits down with CareConnect President and COO Michael Gelman to get his take on the top staffing challenges during the pandemic, how the CareConnect platform is helping agencies resolve them, what lies ahead for the human capital management (HCM) company and […]
When Jerry Karapetyan wanted to launch his Medicare home health care business, he had the passion and care abilities, but not the business and logistical know-how. The latter was provided by Salem, New Hampshire-based Certified Homecare Consulting, which delivers to independent and franchise based home health care agencies, everything from home health care licensure help […]
2021 is the year of the home. Patients are becoming more comfortable using technology to receive care in the comfort of their own home while simultaneously becoming concerned about entering hospitals during the COVID-19 pandemic. And both hospitals and skilled nursing facilities (SNF) are beginning to battle home health agencies for ownership of the at-home […]
While 2021 in home-based care will not be a retread of 2020, it will share some challenges, and high on the list of challenges is something that was problematic even before the pandemic: staffing. The greatest challenge for home care agencies in 2021 will be staffing matters — hiring and retaining enough nurses, therapists and […]
This article is sponsored by health care mergers and acquisitions (M&A) advisory firm Stoneridge Partners. In this Voices interview, Home Health Care News sits down with Partner Brian Bruenderman to learn how the home health and home care M&A landscape is changing in 2021 and why he enjoys working with sellers. Home Health Care News: […]
The surge of home health care patients in 2020 brought great opportunities for agencies, with more to come in 2021. But those opportunities also mean an increased need for training staff — and one renowned national accreditor is delivering. Accreditation Commission for Health Care (ACHC) already offers a range of virtual training options in the […]
This article is sponsored by McKesson Medical-Surgical. In this Voices interview, Home Health Care News sits down with Patti Baicy, director of clinical at McKesson Medical-Surgical, to learn how home health agencies have grown more sophisticated around PPE, what to understand with a potential COVID-19 vaccine and how her 20 years as a registered nurse […]
Virtual care had begun to make inroads in various health care settings even prior to the COVID-19 pandemic. But with the novel coronavirus prompting a massive shift away from in-person contact of all kinds, virtual care began to surge. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) took one measure of the uptick in the […]
The process of coding and OASIS (Outcome and Assessment Information Set) review plays a critical role in profitability of home health organizations. Accuracy and timely completion can help agencies achieve the right balance, and support maximum reimbursement, under Patient-Driven Groupings Model (PDGM). In fact, coding and OASIS review done right will help home health providers […]
For home health agencies struggling to complete claims documentation required to secure payments and provide much needed cash flow, obtaining physician signatures continues to hold them back. Under the Patient-Driven Groupings Model (PDGM), claims documentation must now be done in a 30-day window instead of a 60-day one, requiring a quicker turnaround time for the […]
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