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 | Feb 7, 2020 | Budgeting and Forecasting, Budgeting in Home Health, CMS Rule Making, Episodic Budgeting, Financial Management, Home Health PPS Rule, the Change in the PPS Payment Rates, The Rule-Making Process
food for thought As a financial consultant to the home health industry, I like to periodically share a free nugget or two of information, and today, I want to say something about the LUPA Thresholds under PDGM. There have been several significant changes regarding the...
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...
