How multiple, unrelated problems can hide behind rising revenue and aggregate profit The financial figures in this article are approximate, and certain details have been generalized to protect client confidentiality. Several years ago, the owners of a relatively new...
Why revenue and bottom-line profit are not enough to manage a home health agency The financial figures in this article are approximate, and certain details have been generalized to protect client confidentiality. Several years ago, the owner of a Medicare-certified...
The Profitability Threat Most Home Health Agencies Never See When home health agencies experience declining margins or disappointing financial performance, the first explanation is often reimbursement. It's an understandable reaction. CMS changes payment rates. Labor...
and planning for the CY2027 HH PPS Proposed Rule Following are some updates, articles, and information applicable to Hospice (above), and Home Health (below), that all should be aware of, and preparing for where appropriate: Hospice Issues/Considerations: The 2027...
What is it, and what is it intended to do? The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) introduced the Service and Spending Variation Index (SSVI) in the FY 2027 Proposed Rule as a new tool to evaluate hospice providers. This scoring system analyzes nine...
Overutilization of resources in home health is a hidden expense for the agency and a drain on profitability. Minimizing overutilization is one of the easiest ways to improve an HHA’s profitability, but you need to know how to identify and address it effectively.
Even doing a limited budget is better than not doing a budget at all.
The 2025 HH PPS FINAL Rule, published by CMS projects an increase of approx. $85 million, an increase of 0.5% in home health spending.
It may be hard to believe, but the home health industry utilized more business and financial fundamentals 25+ years ago than what it utilizes today. That seems backward, because logic would dictate that as an organization/industry matures, its utilization of business...
The use of financial fundamentals in home health will help leadership to better understand the agency and achieve greater profitability.