by John Reisinger | Mar 17, 2017 | Cost Reporting, Financial Analysis, Financial Management
Do You Know Your Medicare Margins? Medicare Margins (as a % of Medicare revenues) have been bandied about for over a decade here in home health. The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPac) and CMS are the two biggest promoters of this metric. MedPac submits...
by John Reisinger | Feb 27, 2017 | Financial Analysis, Financial Fundamentals, Financial Management, Home Health PPS Rule
Do HH PPS Payment Rates Impact Your non-Medicare Profitability? Home Health (HH) PPS payment rates to the industry are updated every year by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). How often are your non-Medicare payment rates updated? If your Home...
by John Reisinger | Feb 20, 2017 | Financial Analysis, Financial Fundamentals, Financial Management
What to do when there is an error Because unfortunately, this is not an unusual situation for home health agencies! The 1099-MISC received by HHAs is incorrect more often than what one would think! The 1099-MISC Form 1099-MISC is a tax form that is used to report all...
by John Reisinger | Feb 6, 2014 | Budgeting and Forecasting, Budgeting in Home Health, Episodic Budgeting, Financial Analysis, Financial Management, Home Health PPS Rule, Patient Budgeting, Resource Planner
Proper patient-budgeting probably has the potential to make the quickest and biggest impact on your bottom-line. Since we in home health must continue to do even more with less, becoming more efficient and cost effective is a MUST for survival and growth. Powerful...
by John Reisinger | Nov 20, 2012 | 2012 FINAL Rule for HH PPS, Financial Analysis, Financial Management, Home Health PPS Rule
In the 12+ years that PPS has been around for the home health industry, the Outlier Provision has been in existence. Let me tell you right off that I have been against the Outlier Provision since Day 1! I have always felt that 99+% of the HHAs would do better off...
