Posted On: June 18th, 2013
By Karen Utterback Now that you’ve compiled the relevant data about revenue, margins, cash flow and efficiencies for your home health or hospice agency, how can your agency benefit? The idea is to collect relevant metrics, share them widely and manage to them, … Continue Reading
Posted On: June 13th, 2013
By Karen Utterback Your hospice agency should be collecting data on the same four metrics that home health agencies do, says David J. Berman, CPA, CVA, principal at Simione Healthcare Consultants LLC. However, the specific data tracked under the four broad headings (revenue, … Continue Reading
Posted On: June 11th, 2013
By Karen Utterback It’s easy to drown in data from your home health agency, but it doesn’t have to be this way, says David J. Berman, CPA, CVA, principal at Simione Healthcare Consultants LLC. “Don’t overdue analytics. Meaningful data can be lost in … Continue Reading
Posted On: June 6th, 2013
By Karen Utterback A home health document management solution can virtually eliminate paper records and increase agency efficiency, but it also can help you stay ahead of your contracts. Pam Aipperspach, manager of training and technology at Heritage Home Healthcare & Hospice, Albuquerque, … Continue Reading
Posted On: June 4th, 2013
By Karen Utterback Despite the movement of documentation, charting, patient records and more to electronic forms, how many paper documents do you generate at your home health agency? And more important, how many FTEs at your agency are dedicated to filing, retrieving, copying … Continue Reading
Posted On: May 29th, 2013
By Karen Utterback Make no doubt about it – we are in a relationship business. However, many people confuse relationships or partnerships with friendships. They are not the same. There should be some formality in a relationship, with expectations on both sides. In … Continue Reading
Posted On: May 23rd, 2013
By Karen Utterback Were you aware that HHS has approved 259 Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs) that represent 8 percent of the Medicare population? Nearly half are physician-led and serve fewer than 10,000 Medicare patients, according to The Advisory Board Co. With the announcement … Continue Reading
Posted On: May 21st, 2013
The home health and hospice industries may face continued reimbursement cuts and homecare co-pays starting in 2017 if President Obama’s latest federal budget proposal is enacted. CMS and the administration have either suggested or implemented a host of changes to … Continue Reading
Posted On: May 16th, 2013
By Karen Utterback If I had a crystal ball and could accurately envision what the future of healthcare will look like, I could retire a rich woman. Unfortunately, I don’t. But I do know that home health will be central to the success … Continue Reading
Posted On: May 14th, 2013
By Karen Utterback When the dust settled (and CMS had tweaked its formula twice), more than 2,200 hospitals were hit with penalties for readmissions related to heart attack, heart failure and pneumonia. But I wonder what CMS thinks about patients returning to the … Continue Reading
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