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.

Home Health Care Trends for 2023

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.

Benefits of Care Team Communication for Home Care Agencies

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.

Work-Life Balance for Caregivers

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

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

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.

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

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 Value-Based Purchasing (HHVBP) – A Primer

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. Home Health Agencies must review processes to monitor quality outcomes and adjust as needed.

Home Health OASIS-E Changes – Is Your Software Ready?

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

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

Clinical Documentation for Home Health Care Agencies – Addressing Staffing Challenges - Part 3

In the third article in the series on how home care agencies can navigate staffing challenges, we look at how scheduling, communications, clinical documentation, alerts and validations at the point of care must integrate on one platform to help you utilize resources optimally.

Scheduling and Authorization Management for Home Care Agencies - Addressing Staffing Challenges - Part 2

Scheduling and Authorization Management for Home Care Agencies - Addressing Staffing Challenges  - Part 2

In the second article in the series on how home care agencies can navigate staffing challenges, we look at how efficient authorization management and scheduling can help home care agencies to get the most out of limited resources.

Revenue Cycle Management for Home Care Agencies - Addressing Staffing Challenges - Part 1

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

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

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

Effective Care Coordination for Home Healthcare Agencies

Care Coordination plays a critical role in improving collaboration, quality of care, and compliance. Home Health Care Agencies need the tools to coordinate care effectively and efficiently to ensure the highest quality and level of service.

CareVoyant Ranked as High Performer and Leader across multiple Home Healthcare Categories on G2.com

CareVoyant Ranked as High Performer and Leader across multiple Home Healthcare Categories on G2.com

The Spring 2022 rankings of home healthcare software providers are out on g2.com. We are continuing our journey of getting better across multiple home healthcare categories.

Top 10 Features to Improve Operational Efficiency for Home Healthcare Agencies

Top 10 Features to Improve Operational Efficiency for Home Healthcare Agencies

To improve operational efficiency. Home Care Agencies must look for a software platform that will meet most of their requirements without manual workarounds. This article shares some of the top 10 features to improve operational efficiency by using an integrated platform.

The Importance of Technology for Home Healthcare Agencies

Technology has a significant role in improving the effectiveness of agency operations. By trusting in a leading home care software such as CareVoyant Home Care Software, agencies can effectively manage their employees and their time delivering care. With the rise of hospital-at-home and SNF-at-home care delivery models and the increasing relevance of telehealth, the choice of a scalable and configurable homecare software that can address the needs of nurses, operations managers, patients, and their families, becomes crucial.

Home Health Care Trends for 2022

Home Health Care Trends for 2022

Rising demand for home healthcare services, changing business models, the shift of higher acuity care services to the home, changing role of home care software to improve agency operations, and the impact of labor shortage on home care are some of the trends that will define home healthcare industry in 2022

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