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May 7, 2021
Home Health Care agencies should take a holistic view of their needs for a software platform rather than just focusing on their EVV needs. Using an integrated home care software platform to meet all the requirements of a home care agency will provide significant benefits that will outweigh the cost savings of ‘Free’ EVV.
The 21st Century Cures Act requires home care agencies providing personal care services to implement an electronic visit verification system - digitally verifying location, date time, and services provided.
Increasing demand for in-home personal care services will require a simple, accurate, and efficient EVV platform to meet the Cares Act requirements.
CareVoyant CV Mobile is a powerful, simple, easy-to-use, integrated platform to meet disparate EVV requirements for multiple states.
CV Mobile displays, employee schedules, and the care plan to document. CV Mobile captures GPS location, tasks performed, time-in, and time-out at point of care for each visit.
CV Mobile offline can be used to document services in locations with limited connectivity. Integration with authorization, care plan scheduling, billing, and payroll, streamlines the process and enforces compliance.
Monitor shifts in progress using real-time schedule monitor to improve patient satisfaction and outcome.
CV Mobile will send verified visits to EVV aggregators to improve compliance and reduce claim denials.
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.
In the absence of other viable public or private options to finance current and future LTSS needs for people of all ages, Medicaid will continue to be the major financing and delivery system for Home and Community Based Services for millions of Americans. Addressing community-based provider shortages and streamlining access to community-based care that supports functional independence and enhancing the quality of life will remain key objectives of states’ rebalancing efforts as the need for Medicaid HCBS continues to grow.
At CareVoyant, we are empowering home and community-based services providers by developing cost-effective software solutions for care delivery and revenue cycle management.
Home Healthcare Industry News
Legal Expert Weighs in on EVV Progress
The 21st Century Cures Act became law in December of 2016. Within the act were future Electronic Visit Verification (EVV) requirements for home-based care providers.
But over four years later, confusion remains.
Specifically, the Cures Act mandated that states implement EVV for at-home visits conducted by all Medicaid personal care services providers and home health agencies, though each group had different go-live dates. Personal care services that were Medicaid-funded needed to abide by EVV statutes by Jan. 1 of last year; home health care agencies will need to by Jan. 1 of 2023.
How EVV Can Streamline Operations & Improve Caregiver Safety
Humana Inc. (NYSE: HUM) believes it can deliver home health services better than traditional providers do today.
More than any other reason, that’s fundamentally why it’s accelerating its in-home care strategy by acquiring 100% of home health giant Kindred at Home for a “bargain” purchase price of $5.7 billion — the company’s largest acquisition ever
AMN Healthcare Acquires Synzi
AMN Healthcare, a workforce solutions provider for health care facilities, is entering the post-acute care market with the recent acquisition of the telehealth company Synzi for $42 million in cash. The transaction closed in April 2021.
About CareVoyant
CareVoyant is a leading provider of cloud-based integrated enterprise-scale home health care software that can support all home-based services under ONE Software, ONE Patient, and ONE Employee, making it a Single System of Record. We support all home care lines of service, including Home Care, Private Duty Nursing, Private Duty Non-Medical, Home and Community Based Services (HCBS), Home Health, Pediatric Home Care, and Outpatient Therapy.
CareVoyant functions – Intake, Scheduling, Clinical with Mobile options, electronic visit verification, eMAR/eTAR, Financial, Secure Messaging, Notification, Reporting, and Dashboards – streamline workflow, meet regulatory requirements, improve quality of care, optimize reimbursement, and bring operational efficiency.
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