The Home Health Care Wire
Your source for CareVoyant and industry news. January 04, 2023
Effective Management of Labor Shortage in Home Care
The labor shortage will be an ongoing challenge to Home Care Agencies for the foreseeable future. Home Care Agencies will have to leverage technology and learn to do more with less to meet the demand for home-based services and continue to grow.
Even though home healthcare agencies face many challenges, there are also many upsides. Despite all the challenges facing the home healthcare industry, it will continue to grow and play an integral part in providing care at home. Technology will play a significant role in helping home agencies meet these challenges and continue to grow.
In this article, we discuss how some of these trends are shaping the direction of the home healthcare industry.
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. An integrated platform that covers all processes including intake, authorization management, scheduling, billing, and collections, and provides features to manage the revenue cycle requirements of these processes is a must for ensuring optimal reimbursements.
Home Healthcare Industry News
HHS seeks comments on developing safety Action Alliance
The Department of Health and Human Services is seeking public comment about the development of a National Healthcare System Patient Safety Action Alliance.
According to the RFI, the Action Alliance is intended to support improvements across healthcare settings, including home health care, as well as between care settings.
Face to Face Encounter Requirements Not Met Remains top medical review denial
Agencies continue to struggle with the requirements for the face-to-face encounter documentation, according to Medicare administrative contractor (MAC) Palmetto GBA. Learn why nearly two out of every five clams are denied.
CMS Proposes Rule to Improve the Prior Authorization Process
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has issued a proposed rule that it says would improve interoperability and streamline processes related to prior authorization for medical items and services.
CMS also said the rule would shorten the time frames for certain payers to respond to prior authorization requests and establish policies to make that process more efficient and transparent. The rule would also require certain payers to implement standards that would enable data exchange between payers if a patient changes payers or has concurrent coverage.
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