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While most home health care providers have shifted priorities in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, one item that is not shifting for most agencies that deliver Medicaid services is the January 2021 implementation requirements for Electronic Visit Verification, or EVV. Originally set to launch Jan. 1, 2020, EVV implementation has, in effect, been delayed […]

Electronic Visit Verification (EVV) will be required in most states by Jan. 1, 2021, and there is a lot that home health care agencies, as well as personal care providers, must do in the meantime to prepare before the deadline strikes. There are two types of EVV models for a state: open and closed. Closed […]

Electronic Visit Verification (EVV) will be required in most states by Jan. 1, 2021, some requiring home health care in addition to personal care. The deadline is right around the corner, so agencies need to prepare now.   Agencies have two responsibilities when it comes to EVV compliance: Collect the required EVV data for every visit […]

Home health and home care have always been decentralized workplaces. They take place, after all, in the home. But in the age of COVID-19, even home-based care administrative offices are going remote. Maintaining staff safety in these times is both crucial and challenging. And it’s increasingly on the minds of operators. “From all three countries […]

EVV is here to stay. Since the passage of the 21st Century Cures Act in 2016, Electronic Visit Verification, or EVV, has rewritten the parameters by which providers of Medicaid personal care services (PCS) and home health services log their visits. Technically, the Cures Act mandates that all Medicaid-funded PCS use EVV as of Jan. […]