by John Reisinger | Jan 9, 2023 | Cost Reporting, Financial Analysis, Financial Fundamentals, Financial Management
Cash versus Accrual – which methodology to use The Home Health Cost Report was recently revised back in 2020 (vers. 1728-20) coincident with the change over to the PDGM version of PPS. As someone that has been reviewing and/or preparing Medicare Cost...
by John Reisinger | Sep 6, 2022 | CMS Proposed Rules, CMS Rule Making, Home Health PPS Rule, The Rule-Making Process, Uncategorized
And how we can impact the rules proposed by CMS Introduction The Rule-Making Process is one that all of us in the Home Health (HH) Industry should be acutely aware of. Unfortunately, it’s not as well know as what it should be. The Rule-Making Process (for us in HH)...
by John Reisinger | Sep 2, 2022 | Budgeting and Forecasting, Budgeting in Home Health, Episodic Budgeting, Financial Analysis, Financial Fundamentals, Financial Management
How to properly budget and use a Forecaster in home health Introduction Budgeting is a basic business/financial fundamental that just about everyone is somewhat familiar with. Forecasting, much less so. Budgeting is where an organization projects out what its...
by John Reisinger | Sep 18, 2021 | Uncategorized
Changes aplenty. Will you be ready? This (CY2022) being year 2 under PDGM, there are numerous changes proposed in the CY2022 HH PPS Proposed Rule; most having to do with HH PPS (see § II of the Proposed Rule) and the HH VBP Model (see §III), which I will discuss...
by John Reisinger | Jun 30, 2020 | CMS Proposed Rules, CMS Rule Making, Federal Register, Home Health PPS Rule, The Rule-Making Process, Uncategorized
First, I’d like to talk about what is called: the Rule Making Process. The Rule Making Process is what occurs to get a Proposed Rule finalized. For Medicare, CMS is the agency that proposes a rule; for example, the Proposed HH PPS Rule for CY 2021. CMS...