CareVoyant understands the demanding requirements to manage Home and Community Based Services while managing other services like Private Duty Nursing, Non-Medical Personal Care, and Home Health. CareVoyant software platform provides tools that will help a home health care agency to effectively manage Home and Community-Based Services (HCBS) along with other service lines.
Home and Community-Based Services: A Primer
Home and Community-Based Services (HCBS) provide Medicaid beneficiaries opportunities to receive services in their own home or community rather than institutions or other isolated settings. These programs serve various targeted population groups, such as people with intellectual or developmental disabilities, physical disabilities, and mental illnesses.
Top Home Healthcare Trends for 2021
The Importance of Choosing the Right Clearinghouse for your Agency
CareVoyant’s partnership and integration with Waystar demonstrates our commitment to providing operational excellence for our Home Health Agencies, Private Duty Nursing Home Care Agencies, Private Duty Non-Medical Home Care Agencies, Outpatient Therapy providers, and Medical Billing Services providers.
Navigating the challenges of Consumer Directed Services in Home Health Care
Six Traits of a Successful CAREgiver
There are millions of people who serve as caregivers. Whether they work for a private duty nursing services provider, work for a home care agency, or work independently taking care of a family or friend who might need extra assistance, it is imperative to find someone who has the traits necessary to do a job well done.
Understanding PDGM No-Pay RAP - CMS Guidelines
Beginning January 1, 2021, home health agencies (HHAs) will be required to submit a Request for Anticipated Payment (RAP) before filing each claim. CMS will pay the RAP at 0 percent.
CareVoyant will be implementing software enhancements to accommodate No-Pay RAP to help Home Healthcare Agencies effectively manage No-Pay RAP.
Effective Revenue Cycle Management for Home Care Agencies
With falling reimbursement rates, the rollout of PDGM, and increased compliance, Home Care Agencies are under pressure to do more with less. Improving the health of the revenue cycle is a complex process that needs both caregivers and financial administrator to work in synchrony to achieve optimal results.
Electronic Medication Administration Records (eMAR) Software for Private Duty Nursing Home Care Agencies
During the recent times, there has been an increasing demand as well as the adoption of electronic medication administration records (eMAR) Software, especially by caregivers providing Private Duty Nursing. By employing a system such as eMAR (electronic Medication Administration Record) can not only ensure that medication errors don’t occur, but also achieve a whole host of other advantages. In this article, we talk about the functionalities and the importance of Electronic Medication Administration Records (eMAR) Software for Private Duty Nursing Home Care Agencies.
Electronic Visit Verification (EVV) Functionality in CareVoyant Software
Selecting Pediatric Private Duty Nursing Software - What Home Care Agencies need to look for
Recognize that the needs of Private Duty Nursing for pediatric care are very specific. While this could be a profitable service line, the requirements such as round-the-clock nursing, ability to connect with children, more complex scheduling, and most importantly, the right nursing talent, make this a very challenging area.
Finding the right software for In-Home Outpatient Therapy
Interestingly, most of the currently available software have limited features to handle or not be able to handle the billing requirements, and as such, in-home outpatient therapy services will pose unique challenges for scheduling, documentation, and billing.
A software platform designed to handle both home health care and outpatient services will provide a unique advantage to agencies.
Building your Home Care Agency’s Brand – 6 things you can do
The best is yet to come for Home Care Agencies. With many studies now pointing to a revival and boom phase coming up for Home Care agencies, we bring your tips and techniques to manage your organization’s online presence. Unfortunately, most home care agencies invest little time and effort in building their online presence. It is not as expensive as you think. Here are six things you can do to improve your agency’s brand.
Overview of the Home Care Industry – A Ready Reckoner
As the country ages, the Home Care Industry is poised to grow. The US home healthcare market is projected to grow about 7% annually from $103 billion in 2018 to $173 billion by 2026 — outpacing growth in all other care types, including hospital care (+5.3% annually) and physician services (+5.6% annually). The industry has also come into a lot of focus during the COVID-19 crisis as well.
The Future of Private Duty Home Care – Trends for 2020 and Beyond
As a leading software provider for Private Duty Nursing, we monitor the forces and trends that are shaping the Private Duty Home Care Industry. The industry is poised to boom in the post-COVID phase as there is a growing preference and shift from institutional to in-home care as the industry shifts.
Benefits of using Integrated Electronic Visit Verification for your Home Care Agency
Electronic visit verification was created to reduce fraud and ensure that people receive the documented care they need. EVV was designed to help verify that services billed for home healthcare are for actual visits made. The passing of the Affordable Care Act signed into law in 2010 made provisions for reducing fraud and over-payments, requiring states to stop Medicaid payments to providers when there is credible evidence of fraud.
CareVoyant implements COVID-19 and related Diagnosis codes as per CMS and CDC guidelines
CDC has introduced two new diagnosis codes – one for COVID-19 and the second one for Vaping related disorders. CMS has added these diagnosis codes for PDGM as of 04/01/2020.
CareVoyant has incorporated these changes immediately and released an update to all our customers. We made the following changes.
Added the ICD codes to our library
Changed PDGM calculator to incorporate the new diagnosis codes.
Wrap-up – Illinois HomeCare & Hospice Council’s Annual Conference 2020
The Illinois HomeCare & Hospice Council hosted its 2020 Annual Conference, “Focus on the Future”, between March 3-4 in Lombard, IL. The conference convened hundreds of leaders & experts in Home Healthcare, registered nurses, and medical practitioners to discuss the current state of home care, share the latest information in the field of home care, enable market participants to network and serve the patients better through calibration.
How to select the right software for Private Duty Nursing Agencies?
Private Duty Nursing Agencies should choose software that addresses their unique clinical documentation, scheduling, and billing requirements. The software should be easy-to-use and enable Nurses to keep up with continuous care documentation during the shift while providing efficiency in communicating changes in real-time to the nurse at the point-of-care.
Further, the requirements of home care services are many and the software should allow for rendering of other services without needing to switch between multiple software platforms.
Benefits of using an Integrated Software Solution for your Home Care Agency
CareVoyant, as an industry pioneer, has strived to bring you the best of both with an integrated home care software solution for agencies providing multiple lines of service. With the power of one database, not only do you reduce your investments, but also eliminate redundant processes while getting unified clinical, administrative, and financial views.