Category Archives: Home Health
What We’re Reading – Why Dementia-Focused Home Health Provider Tender Rose Cherry-Picks Top Caregivers
Upon first glance of this article’s headline, you might think, as we did, that it’s a “puff piece” about a home care provider. But the magnitude of the information – given COVID’s ravages of the home care industry this year … Read Full Post
Nurse Registry – not just Home Health Agency “Lite”
The nurse registry (NR) business model has evolved a great deal in CCG’s 20 years of business. In our early days, the NR was a faster, cheaper-to-run alternative to the home health agency model, and still allowed for the provision … Read Full Post
There is Room for Home Care in Hospital-at-Home Programs
CMS recently announced “unprecedented flexibilities” in providing acute hospital care for patients in the home, but the concept of “hospital at home programs” isn’t new at all. Johns Hopkins in Baltimore has operated such a program since 1994 and found … Read Full Post
Penalty for Delayed RAP Submission in 2021
In an earlier blog, we briefly touched on the challenges for the home health industry this year and the news just keeps getting – er – worse. For those who may not know, the Request for Anticipated Payment (RAP), which … Read Full Post
What We’re Reading – New CMS Data Highlights ‘Massive’ Expansion of Home Care-Related Medicare Advantage Benefits
CMS announced significant positive changes for 2021 Medicare Advantage (MA) plans, two of which are quite impactful for the home health industry. Supplemental MA benefits will be offered by more plans in 2021. This article covers the two broad categories … Read Full Post
Trump Administration Announces $20 Billion in New Phase 3 Provider Relief Funding
On October 5, 2020, the Department of Health & Human Services announced that healthcare providers will be able to apply for a Phase 3 General Distribution allocation from the Provider Relief Fund. This allocation is available to providers who were … Read Full Post
What We’re Reading – Enhanced Care During COVID-19: New Uses for Home Health Virtual Visits
An interesting whitepaper from NavCare shed some light on the importance to the bottom line and patient outcomes of virtual visits and associated technology. In 2020, the perfect storm hit home care: the phasing in of the Patient-Driven Groupings Model … Read Full Post
What We’re Reading – Home Care No Longer a Job Seeker’s Market, New Data Suggests
According to Indeed Hiring Lab, home care was a job seeker’s market before the pandemic. The sector’s unemployment rate was “incredibly low,” which left agencies quite challenged in finding and retaining workers whose market advantage encouraged them to job-hop for … Read Full Post
COVID-19 & the New School Year
As the new school year commences, employers have already seen an increase in requests for time off under the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA). For some, the allowed 12 weeks of emergency family leave was already used at the … Read Full Post
Home health: DIY or Use a Consultant?
There is no doubt that most entrepreneurs are gifted with a vision of their successful business. That’s often the catalyst for the move to start or grow a business. The tendency to minimize expenses during the start-up process is common, … Read Full Post