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...
An appropriate Plan of Care identifies the resources expected to be needed to provide the care the patient requires.
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.
If your organization’s average Case-Mix Weight increased next year, would that necessarily be good news? For many organizations, the immediate answer would be yes. Over the past three decades, I’ve had the opportunity to participate in hundreds of discussions...
What Every HHA Owner, Executive and Preparer Should Understand Before the Report Is Signed Why accounting-basis errors, improperly reported costs and visits, and inadequate preparation can create exposure far beyond Medicare reimbursement Every Medicare-certified home...
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 Home Health Outlier Funding Methodology: Is It Time for Another Look? Looking Beyond the Mechanics to Examine Whether the Current Funding Methodology Continues to Represent the Best Approach for Achieving Its Intended Purpose If you haven't already read the first...
Outliers: A Benefit… But at What Cost? Looking Beyond the Payment to Better Understand the Medicare Home Health Outlier Provision The Outlier Provision was created as a financial safety net to help preserve access to care for Medicare beneficiaries whose care requires...
Why the Home Health Spending Adjustment May Not Reflect the Impact on Your Agency Each year, when CMS releases the Home Health PPS Proposed and Final Rules, one of the most widely discussed figures is the projected change in Home Health Spending (HHS). Industry...