Home Health Care After Vaccinations
Post-COVID vaccine, there will be a shift in the healthcare system. How does marketing, care, & operations flow in the post-COVID world? Learn more in this blog...
06 April, 2021 / No comment
New Investment in Homecare Jobs Proposed
Following vaccinations and a host of other highly debated legislative proposals on capital hill, the current administration is attempting to advance a 400 Billion dollar investment in Home-Based care ...
05 April, 2021 / No comment
Top Tips for Survey Prep
The White House recently said that the current public health emergency (PHE) would “likely” last through the entirety of 2021. For now, blanket waivers have relaxed industry regulations, offering ...
29 March, 2021 / No comment
Referral Sources For Home Health Care
Home health marketing is challenging. Securing a good return on investments and generating solid leads is difficult. Add to the task a set of industry rules and requirements that change seemingly dail...
07 March, 2021 / No comment
Review Choice Demonstration Success for Home Health Agencies
An update on the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) website warns providers that they are continuing phase-in participation, through March 31, 2021, for Florida and North Carolina. This co...
11 February, 2021 / No comment
The Four Foundations to Improved Staff Retention in Home Health
With a nationwide shortage of qualified nurses and caregivers in the U.S which has been growing over the last few years, as well as a pandemic creating even more disruption, home health care agency st...
08 February, 2021 / No comment
The Public Health Emergency Extension and Home Health Care
What you should know about how the PHE Extension Affects Homecare The Acting Secretary of the United States’ Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) sent letters to state governors on Friday, ...
06 February, 2021 / No comment
How do I Improve Homecare Agency Staff Retention?
With a nationwide shortage of qualified nurses and caregivers in the U.S which has been growing over the last few years, as well as a pandemic creating even more disruption, home health care agency st...
28 January, 2021 / No comment
HOMECARE AGENCY SAFETY DURING COVID
Things Your Agency Should Be Doing To Stay Safe During the COVID-19 Pandemic On New Year’s Day, the Wall Street Journal reported the latest, emerging COVID-19 virus variants. Meanwhile, many countri...
14 January, 2021 / No comment
HOME HEALTHCARE DURING A PANDEMIC
Shelter-in-Place. Self-quarantine. Telehealth. Work-from-home. Zoom Meetings. Microsoft Teams. Google Hangouts. Conference Calls. Limited gatherings. COVID-19. Today’s home healthcare seems to r...
06 January, 2021 / No comment
Home Health Final Rule 2021 Changes
On November 4, 2020 the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) published the final rule for 2021. Overall the changes this year were minimal since this was the first year for the Patient-Dri...
15 December, 2020 / No comment
NON-PHYSICIAN CERTIFICATIONS IN HOME HEALTH CARE
States may be complicating non-physician certifications in home health care, as hospitalizations and homecare needs rise. In this edition of the Homecare Software blog…the CARES Act has made it ...
03 December, 2020 / No comment
In-Home Care, Virtual Visits, TeleHealth, The Evolution of Home Health Care
The worldwide Coronavirus pandemic has caused ripple effects across numerous sectors of the global and local economies. A dramatic shift upwards in demand for homecare and medical care in general, has...
20 October, 2020 / No comment
CMS Homecare Agency Openings Moratorium
CMS Extends Moratorium Affecting New Home Health Care Agency Openings in Certain Cities In this edition of the Homecare Software blog, we turn our attention to the CMS, and its crack down on fr...
25 September, 2020 / No comment
Outpatient Therapy Services by Home Health Care Agency
Can home health care agencies bill Medicare Part B for outpatient services? Yes. According to CMS, outpatient therapy services may be provided by a home health agency to patients who are not ...
11 August, 2020 / No comment
Approved EVV System
Choosing EVV Software As the 21st Century Cures act moves to the forefront of home health agency staffs, many agencies find themselves trying to prepare for the inevitable. According to their o...
07 August, 2020 / No comment
Focused Infection Control Survey
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) and State Survey Agencies (SSAs) are conducting targeted infection control surveys of select home health and hospice providers to ensure provider...
13 July, 2020 / No comment
Choosing EHR Software for Your Agency
Choosing the right EHR Software can be a make or break move for your business. In this blog we explore some of the considerations, strategies, and decisions making focal points that should be consider...
29 June, 2020 / No comment
SEO for Homecare Agencies
Search engine optimization is an important tool for all businesses to maximize exposure and reach potential customers. The business of Home Health care is no exception to this idea, as Homecare agenci...
29 June, 2020 / No comment
HOME HEALTH SOFTWARE & COVID-19
Using Home Health Software Can Reduce Person-to-Person Contact & Facilitate Remote Work Across the country these past several days, many states are implementing stay-at-home or essential-travel on...
28 June, 2020 / No comment
Homebound Status
Patient Eligibility for Home Health Services Under Medicare In the latest Home Health news, The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) recently released a more straight forward definition of...
28 June, 2020 / No comment
Salary Increases For Home Care Workers
Multiple Large Market States Including Illinois & California, Proposing Salary Increases For Home Care Workers “Pride in my work, and love of my clients,” was the response a homecare wo...
26 June, 2020 / No comment
Immigration & Homecare Workers
Last week in Albuquerque, a classroom full of students sat learning proper methods in caring for elderly patients. This has become common in states across the U.S, as a surge in immigrant workers ente...
26 June, 2020 / No comment
Ohio EVV System Implementation
Ohio EVV System Closer Ohio Department of Medicaid (ODM) Progresses Towards Implanting EVV System The Ohio Department of Medicaid (ODM) is adopting an EVV system, expected to go live in ...
25 June, 2020 / No comment