Consumers are increasingly using internet to search for goods and services. Patients and families looking for home care services will be no different. They will be using Google and other search engines to search for home health care agencies for services. Understanding Search Engine Optimization (SEO) is pivotal for home care agencies to stay on top of today's digital environment. In this blog post, we'll review tips and strategies to improve the contents and search engine rankings of your website. Keep reading to learn how to create relevant content and stay ahead of the competition by optimizing your website for SEO.
The Essential Features of Private Duty Nursing Home Care Software
Many Private Duty Nursing Home Care agencies use home care software platforms designed for visit-based home health agencies for Private Duty Nursing services. This approach leads to many operational inefficiencies for Private Duty Nursing agencies. Home Care Agencies providing Private Duty Nursing services should adopt software that will meet complex and demanding requirements.
This blog will discuss some of the critical features required in the software to manage Private Duty Nursing Home Care Agencies efficiently.
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6 Benefits of an Integrated Software Solution for Your Home Care Agency
Agencies should leverage technology and software platforms to do more with less and improve operation efficiency. An integrated home care software platform that can handle multiple services and payers will help agencies to manage their operations efficiently and overcome the challenges posed by the labor shortage, wage increases, and reimbursement cuts. This blog will discuss the benefits of an integrated Home Care Software Platform for an agency with multiple services and payers.
Work-Life Balance for Caregivers
Healthcare is an incredibly stressful career field. Caregivers constantly face things others could never even dream of, and providing care in a home-based setting adds to that stress. Caregivers in home-based settings work most of their time independently, develop a closer relationship with the patient and family, and often work long hours. To prevent burnout, caregivers need to maintain an excellent work-life balance. We share below some strategies to help maintain a good work-life balance:
Four Strategies to Support New Home Healthcare Clinicians
New nurses, CNAs, and caregivers can often feel lost and overwhelmed due to the immense responsibility they now hold for sometimes critically ill patients. Lack of proper support through these new challenges can lead to employee burnout, job dissatisfaction, and decreased patient care. There are countless benefits to supporting new clinicians, including increased employee retention, increased employee referrals, and improved patient care.
Payer Diversification Strategies for Home Health Care Agencies
Home Health Value-Based Purchasing (HHVBP) – Is Your Software Ready?
HHVBP represents the most significant change to provide incentives (or penalties) to Medicare Certified Home Health Agencies to give higher quality and more efficient care. This blog reviews the must-have functionalities in your home care agency management software platform to help you succeed in the HHVBP Model.
Home Health Value-Based Purchasing (HHVBP) – A Primer
Home Health OASIS-E Changes – Is Your Software Ready?
The software platform will play a critical role in helping Home Health Agencies to implement OASIS-E changes. Agencies should check with their software vendors to understand their plans to accommodate OASIS-E, make sure their plan will meet the requirements, and adjust their process accordingly.
This blog reviews the functions needed to support your transition to OASIS-E.
Home Health OASIS-E Changes – A Primer
After delaying the implementation of OASIS-E changes due to the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency, CMS has announced that Home Health Agencies should implement OASIS-E changes by January 1, 2023. Home Health Agencies should understand the extent of OASIS-E changes.
In this blog, we will review OASIS-E changes, the impact of these changes, and how the agencies should prepare for these changes.
Clinical Documentation for Home Health Care Agencies – Addressing Staffing Challenges - Part 3
Scheduling and Authorization Management for Home Care Agencies - Addressing Staffing Challenges - Part 2
Revenue Cycle Management for Home Care Agencies - Addressing Staffing Challenges - Part 1
At CareVoyant, we have a strategic focus on improving operational efficiency and have made it a central theme of our development efforts. We empower home care agencies with features that will help them do more with less across care coordination, scheduling, and revenue cycle management functions. This article looks deeply at how each functional area can contribute to optimal reimbursement and accelerate cash flow.
Key Performance Indicators for Home Care Agencies
A Home Care Agency's management should look at defining KPIs in client acquisition, staff recruiting, deployment, marketing, and financial performance. These KPIs will help agencies measure, monitor, and manage the operations and give them the ability to focus on improving operational efficiency and growth.
5 Steps to Improve Clinician Utilization for Home Health Care Agencies
Improving operational efficiency in scheduling, clinical documentation, and quality assurance will impact the bottom line of Home Care Agencies. In this article, we discuss the five steps home care agencies can take to improve the utilization of clinicians' time. Home Care Agencies should look for a software platform that will provide the right tools to enhance clinicians' productivity.
Effective Care Coordination for Home Healthcare Agencies
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Top 10 Features to Improve Operational Efficiency for Home Healthcare Agencies
Growing your Home Care Agency in 2022
2020 and 2021 have been challenging years for home care agencies across the United States. The devastating impact of 2020’s COVID-19 lockdown meant that home care agencies faced a problem they had not experienced ever before. On one side, more patients prefer receiving care at home , on the other side, there are staffing challenges of finding the caregivers to help them cope up with the demand.