The Home Health Care Wire
Your source for CareVoyant and industry news. August 24, 2022
Importance of using the right clearinghouse system
There are many tasks and processes involved when capturing patient demographics and following the information through to clean claim submission. Streamlining intake and billing functions are essential to your Home Health Care operations. The use of the right Clearinghouse will help to meet your end goals of achieving operational efficiency.
Together with Waystar, CareVoyant's Home Healthcare software streamlines your workflows, empower your team to be more productive, and help your organization collect more revenue, more quickly.
There are millions of people who serve as caregivers. Whether they work for a private duty nursing services provider, work for a home care agency, or work independently taking care of a family or friend who might need extra assistance, this article highlights the traits necessary to get the job done.
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 their processes to monitor quality outcomes and adjust as needed.
Home Healthcare Industry News
Home Health Job Growth Improving, But Outpaced By Other Health Care Settings
Workers are steadily rejoining the home health care field, new data confirms. Their return comes after many retired or switched to other jobs during the COVID-19 pandemic.
According to the latest labor brief from health care research and consulting firm Altarum, upwards of 1.57 million workers were employed in home health care in July 2022. Altarum’s analysis is based on U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics data.
Legal: Kickbacks to Discharge Planners and Case Managers – A Recent Case
Case managers/discharge planners continue to come under fire from fraud enforcers for violations of the federal anti-kickback statute. This statute generally prohibits anyone from either offering to give or actually giving anything to anyone in order to induce referrals. Case managers/discharge planners who violate the anti-kickback statute may be subject to criminal prosecution that could result in prison sentences, among other consequences.
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