Monthly Archives: September 2013
Home Health Case Managers Can Save the Day
In the field of home health, the single most important individual just might be the case manager. Given the increasing pressure for all providers to assure cost-effective, high quality care, a skilled case manager can enhance quality of care and … Read Full Post
2014 Holds Big Changes for the CMS-HCC Model
The purpose of the CMS-HCC model is to improve the accuracy in predicting the costliness of Medicare Advantage (MA) enrollees’ healthcare costs and to properly fund MA plans for those expenses. It isn’t a perfect model but it surpasses the … Read Full Post
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