by John Reisinger | Mar 12, 2017 | CMS Rule Making, Federal Register
The Rule-Making Process is an opportunity presented to us in the home health industry to submit comments and/or concerns to CMS to try to influence a Proposed Rule or Regulation. The Rule-Making Process: An Unknown Opportunity I have worked in the Home Health &...
by John Reisinger | Oct 30, 2015 | 2016 HH PPS Rule, FINAL Rule for 2016, Home Health PPS Rule
CMS has issued the pre-publication version of: CY 2016 Home Health Prospective Payment System Rate Update; Home Health Value-Based Purchasing Model; and Home Health Quality Reporting Requirements today (10/29/15) at 4:15 pm. This is available at the Federal Register...
by John Reisinger | Aug 16, 2015 | Financial Fundamentals
Financial Fundamentals in Home Health: where have they gone? Financial Fundamentals in Home Health have greatly deteriorated since the inception of PPS. To succeed, HHAs will have to re-introduce them to their operations. Most HHAs do have some level of financial...
by John Reisinger | Aug 29, 2014 | 2015 HH PPS Rule, Health Information Exchange, Home Health PPS Rule
CMS states that the Health Information Exchange (HIE) initiatives are designed to encourage HIE among all health care providers, including … those who are not eligible for the EHR Incentive programs (this includes Home Health). This is in general a very good idea and...
by John Reisinger | Jan 2, 2014 | Home Health PPS Rule
Following is a table that I have developed to identify the incremental changes in revenue at each of the therapy visit ranges. Please note that these revenues (total and change) are for a Service Area that has a Wage Index of 1.0000 and are based on a NRS Severity...