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...
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...
The Home Health Cost Report The Home Health Medicare Cost Report is a document that must be completed and filed annually by all home health agencies (HHAs). Failure to do so can result in the termination of all cash-flows from the Medicare program and can also...
Do You Know Your Medicare Margins? Medicare Margins (as a % of Medicare revenues) have been bandied about for over a decade here in home health. The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPac) and CMS are the two biggest promoters of this metric. MedPac submits...
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 &...
This user-friendly, web-based app enables your agency to quickly and accurately project the financial outcome at the beginning of any/all episodes of care regardless of Payor.
