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 | Apr 10, 2017 | Cost Reporting, Financial Fundamentals, Financial Management
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...
by John Reisinger | Mar 17, 2017 | Cost Reporting, Financial Analysis, Financial Management
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...
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 &...
