The Case-Mix Planner (CMP) was designed to help clinicians develop patient-specific Plans of Care (POC) in a most efficient and effective manner, to help achieve high-quality patient care and good patient outcomes.
A lower cost per visit can look like evidence of greater efficiency. But what does that visit accomplish—and how many visits are needed to achieve the desired result? In my recent article, “Do You Know What It Costs Your Agency to Make a Visit—Today?”, I emphasized...
For too long too many HHAs have relied on their MCR to identify the costs per visit (CPVs) throughout the year. This is not a sound business practice as all HHAs should be calculating their CPVs shortly after they close their books each month.
Innovative Financial Solutions for Home Health is pleased to announce the release of the newly revised and expanded Case-Mix Planner™ (CMP)—formerly known as the Resource Planner. The CMP was originally designed—and has continued to evolve—to help home health agencies...
The best agencies do not choose between providing excellent patient care and achieving strong financial results. They understand that long-term success requires both.
Understanding the context of a number or situation improves the precision of management’s decisions.
Do You Understand What It's Telling You? The new Home Health PEPPER examines 10 areas of Medicare claims activity that CMS considers potentially vulnerable to improper payment. Being an outlier does not mean your agency has done something wrong. But it may identify a...
An appropriate Plan of Care identifies the resources expected to be needed to provide the care the patient requires.
Comments for Proposed Rule. Some of the most important issues raised by the Proposed Rule aren't simply about what CMS is proposing. They're about the questions the home health industry should be asking CMS to answer. I recently submitted my comments to CMS regarding...
LUPA, especially controllable LUPAs, erode an agency’s revenues. IFS4hh’s free LUPA Revenue Calculator can help you identify the lost Medicare revenue for any LUPA encounter.