Right Electronic Visit Verification (EVV) Home Care Software

Right Electronic Visit Verification (EVV) Home Care Software

Home Care Agencies providing Home and Community-Based Services face many challenges in implementing EVV solutions to meet CURES Act requirements. Home Care Agencies should take a holistic approach in finding the right home care software partner to implement EVV rather the settling for the solutions provided by the state or managed care providers. Taking an integrated approach will improve operational efficiency and the agency's bottom line.

 This blog will review the key factors Home Care Agencies should consider in selecting the right home care software to implement EVV in their agencies.

Electronic Visit Verification for Home Care Agencies - A Primer

Electronic Visit Verification for Home Care Agencies - A Primer

Even though Electronic Visit Verification (EVV) has been in use for a while, the 21st Century CURES Act mandated the use of EVV for Medicaid providers. The Cures Act initially required states to implement an EVV (Electronic Visit Verification) system by January 1, 2021, for Medicaid-funded Personal Care Services (PCS) and by January 1, 2023, for Home Health Care Services (HHCS) that require in-home visit by a provider. Many states received exemptions and deferred implementation of EVV for a year or two. As of January 1, 2023, nearly 80% of the states require EVV for Personal Care Services. Quite a few states also require EVV for Home Health Care Services (Skilled).

This blog will review EVV requirements and the steps Home Care Agencies should take to implement EVV in their agencies.

Right Home Care Software for Consumer Directed Services

Right Home Care Software for Consumer Directed Services

Consumer Directed Services (CDS) are home-based health care services offered by Medicaid or Medicaid waiver programs where the consumer (Patient) can hire the caregiver and coordinate the services authorized. Consumer Directed Services are also known as Self Directed Care or Participant Directed Care. Consumer Directed Services programs will allow the consumer (Patient) to select and direct the caregivers to provide the services authorized by Medicaid or Medicaid Waiver Programs. The patient’s ability to choose a family member or a friend to provide the services needed will increase the trust and comfort level with the caregiver. Consumers will still work with a Fiscal Intermediary, usually a Home Care Agency, to manage the payroll for caregivers and billing for the services.

Essential Features for Home and Community Based Services Software

Medicaid beneficiaries are increasingly receiving LTSS through HCBS. Because states can limit enrollment in HCBS waivers, most states report having HCBS waiver waiting lists totaling over 665,000 people nationally. Proposed additional funding for HCBS will enable states to reduce their HCBS waiver waiting lists and add more people to HCBS. The need for HCBS services will continue to grow in the foreseeable future. Home Health Care Agencies looking for growth and expansion should consider HCBS services as one of the options.

This blog will discuss some of the essential features required in the software to manage HCBS Home Care Agencies efficiently.

Home and Community Based Services: An Introduction

Home and Community Based Services: An Introduction

Home and Community-Based Services (HCBS) allow Medicaid beneficiaries to receive services in their home or community rather than institutions or other isolated settings. These programs serve a variety of targeted population groups, such as people with intellectual or developmental disabilities, physical disabilities, or mental illnesses. Over 3.5 million individuals receive HCBS through various Medicaid Waiver programs.

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Effective Intake Process for Revenue Cycle Management

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Effective Intake Process for Revenue Cycle Management

Effective Intake Process plays an outsized role in Revenue Cycle Management. Collecting timely and accurate information at the point of referral and intake will help Home Care Agencies to reduce denied claims and improve reimbursement time and cash flow. Home Care Agencies must leverage technology and integrated intelligent automation to improve intake efficiency and enable their staff to do more with less. Improving cash flow will help agencies continue providing quality care and improve patient and employee satisfaction.

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Four Tips for Enhancing Your Home Healthcare Agency's Online Presence

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This blog post will go over some of the key approaches like growing the social media presence, optimizing website listings, running efficient AdWords campaigns, and evaluating and analyzing results for Home Healthcare Agencies.

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Scheduling Efficiency for Private Duty Nursing Home Care Agencies

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Scheduling Efficiency for Private Duty Nursing Home Care Agencies

Private Duty Nursing Home Care Agencies should look for a software platform with functions and features to meet the unique scheduling requirements for private duty nursing care. CareVoyant understands the demanding needs to manage Private Duty Home Care Agencies providing skilled care for medically fragile patients while supporting other services like Non-Medical Personal Care, HCBS, and Home Health. CareVoyant Home Care software platform offers the right technology and tools to help a Private Duty Home Care Agency effectively manage the agency and improve operational efficiency and the agency's bottom line. 

This blog will discuss some of the vital scheduling features required in the software to improve the scheduling efficiency of Private Duty Nursing Home Care Agencies.

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SEO Tips for Home Healthcare Agencies

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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.

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The Essential Features of Private Duty Nursing Home Care Software

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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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CareVoyant Ranked as Easiest to Do Business with in Private Duty Home Care on G2.com

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CareVoyant Ranked as Easiest to Do Business with in Private Duty Home Care on G2.com

Winter 2023 rankings of home healthcare software providers are out on G2.com. CareVoyant has been named again as a Leader, High Performer, and Easiest to Do Business With across Home Care Software Categories. CareVoyant has again been listed under ‘Users Love Us’ Category.

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6 Benefits of an Integrated Software Solution for Your Home Care Agency

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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.

Effective Electronic Visit Verification (EVV) Software for Home Care Agencies

Effective Electronic Visit Verification (EVV) Software for Home Care Agencies

Home Care Agencies should take a holistic approach to implementing EVV solutions rather the settling for the solutions provided by the state or managed care providers. Taking an integrated approach will improve operational efficiency and the agencies bottom line.

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Home Health Care Trends for 2023

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Home Health Care Trends for 2023

Despite reimbursement cuts, labor shortages, and inflation, the future of home base services remains bright despite the challenges posed by reimbursement cuts. Home Health Care agencies investing in people and technology will grow and thrive in the future.

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Benefits of Care Team Communication for Home Care Agencies

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Benefits of Care Team Communication for Home Care Agencies

For Home Care Agencies, timely and effective communication among the care team plays a critical role in providing quality patient care. Connected Care Team will lead to successful patient outcomes, improved patient satisfaction, improved employee satisfaction, and growth while being compliant with regulatory requirements.

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Work-Life Balance for Caregivers

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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:

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Four Strategies to Support New Home Healthcare Clinicians

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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.

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Payer Diversification Strategies for Home Health Care Agencies

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Payer Diversification Strategies for Home Health Care Agencies

Home Health Care Agencies can adopt payer diversification strategies to mitigate the impact of reimbursement cuts by diversifying the payer mix and services offered. Diversifying the payer mix will reduce volatility in revenue and mitigate the impact of reimbursement cuts for the agencies.

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Home Health Value-Based Purchasing (HHVBP) – Is Your Software Ready?

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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.

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