Did you know you can advertise you can get free advertising in your local newspaper or on the radio and even TV?  Well you can, and there are a couple …

One of the most fundamental and overlooked pieces of a marketing plan for many agencies is the lack of a unified message of education.  Education of referral sources and education …

Rarely do you ever hear about a data breach associated with a home health agency.  But, the luck of the draw has caught up with agencies.  Last month, in July, …

It’s not uncommon in many areas of the country to have VNA’s operated by a local county health department or a partnership between local cities and the county government.  This …

With increasing scrutiny of home health agencies, compliance is becoming one your biggest operational challenges.  Whether Medicare, Medicaid and private insurance your agency must be ready. Compliance is not strictly …

Most agencies have two pieces of software – billing and electronic medical records (EMR) and their accounting software.  Rarely, if ever, do the two systems integrate.  Usually the accounting software …

A common trend is occurring between hospitals and home health agencies:  ‘vendor fees’.  Hospitals are increasingly demanding that home health agencies pay to be listed in a directory that is …

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Why is the Medicare Cost Report so important? Simple – it determines how much your agency and other agencies are going to get paid. Reimbursement and adjustments to PPS are …

Your agency, like so many others is affected by the 2% automatic reimbursement reduction imposed by the Sequester.  Although just effecting Medicare, and not Medicaid, agencies are feeling the impact.  …