The Home Health Care Wire
Your source for CareVoyant and industry news. June 01, 2023
Scheduling Efficiency for HCBS and Private Duty Non-Medical Home Care Agencies
HCBS and Private Duty Non-Medical Home Care Agencies should leverage technology and intelligent automation to improve scheduling efficiency. Improving scheduling efficiency will positively impact many aspects of agency operations. A Home Care Software platform with efficient scheduling tools will improve the operational efficiency of HCBS and Private Duty Non-Medical Home Care Agencies.
This blog will discuss some of the vital scheduling features required in the software to improve the scheduling efficiency of HCBS and Non-Medical Home Care Agencies.
Reimbursement cuts and additional regulatory changes, such as HHVBP, EVV, etc., will continue to create different challenges for Home Health Care Agencies. Reimbursement cuts and regulatory changes are often concentrated in one line of service. CMS has proposed a cumulative $18 Billion cut to Home Health reimbursements over the next decade. While Home Health Care Agencies are finally coming out of the woes posed by COVID-19, potential reimbursement cuts, along with the HHVBP model, have created additional challenges for Home Health agencies. These cuts will have a much higher impact on the agencies providing only Medicare Certified Home Health Services.
Care Coordination is critical in improving collaboration, quality of care, compliance, and patient and employee satisfaction. Home Health Care Agencies need the right home care software platform with tools to coordinate care effectively and efficiently to ensure the highest quality and level of service.
Home Healthcare Industry News
CMS releases health equity TEP report for home health and hospice
The structural measure concept for a home health and hospice equity measure was well received by industry leaders participating in a technical expert panel (TEP), according to CMS.
New report looks at 9-state HHVBP model results
CMS has released the sixth annual report on the nine-state model of Home Health Value-Based Purchasing (HHVBP). CMS noted a cumulative decrease of $1.3 billion in spending for Medicare fee-for-service beneficiaries using home health, largely driven by reduced spending on inpatient services. The national rollout of HHVBP is currently in its first performance year, with the first payment adjustments planned in 2025. This new report also noted a 0.3% to 0.5% decrease in HHCAHPS survey scores on professionalism, communication and discussion of care by the agencies, but CMS stated that “this does not translate to an especially meaningful impact of HHVBP on these aspects of patient experience with care, given the high overall levels of performance on these measures.”
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