Recognize that the needs of Private Duty Nursing for pediatric care are very specific. While this could be a profitable service line, the requirements such as round-the-clock nursing, ability to connect with children, more complex scheduling, and most importantly, the right nursing talent, make this a very challenging area.

A software platform designed to handle both home health care and outpatient services will provide a unique advantage to agencies.

Even though the FLSA rules for overtime pay for home care workers have now been in vogue for a while, most private duty nursing and non-medical agencies have to strike a careful balance between the high quality and continuity of care they provide and minimizing the overtime cost.

With falling reimbursements from third-party payers, and trying to strike a balance between expectations and quality of service for private pay patients, most home care agencies are trying to adapt their business models to limit caregivers to 40 hours a week.

As a leading software provider for Private Duty Nursing, we monitor the forces and trends that are shaping the Private Duty Home Care Industry. The industry is poised to boom in the post-COVID phase as there is a growing preference and shift from institutional to in-home care as the industry shifts. As a leading provider of software for private duty nursing, CareVoyant is committed to bringing software solutions that are collaborative and help home care agencies quickly adapt to industry changes.

As a leading software provider for Private Duty Nursing, we monitor the forces and trends that are shaping the Private Duty Home Care Industry. The industry is poised to boom in the post-COVID phase as there is a growing preference and shift from institutional to in-home care as the industry shifts. As a leading provider of software for private duty nursing, CareVoyant is committed to bringing software solutions that are collaborative and help home care agencies quickly adapt to industry changes.

Most Private Duty Nursing Home Care Agencies are using a software platform designed for visit based Home Health Agencies leading to operational inefficiencies. A software platform specifically designed for Private Duty Nursing Home Care Agencies should be able to meet these unique challenges.

EVV was designed to help verify that services billed for home healthcare are for actual visits made. The passing of the Affordable Care Act signed into law in 2010 made provisions for reducing fraud and over-payments, requiring states to stop Medicaid payments to providers when there is credible evidence of fraud.

An integrated software platform across these multiple lines of service can provide one patient and employee record to alleviate many of the issues faced by Private Duty Nursing Service Providers

Home Care Agencies often utilize multiple software solutions to manage their operations as they provide multiple lines of service – Private Duty Nursing, Private Duty Non-Medical Personal Care, and Home Health). An integrated software platform across these multiple lines of service can provide one patient and employee record to alleviate many of the issues that arise from using multiple software

From the monumental Patient-Driven Groupings Model (PDGM) and the unexpected pre-payment phaseout to the expanding Review Choice Demonstration (RCD), these three regulatory hurdles — and other changes — likely set up an even more chaotic year in 2020.