Face to Face (F2F) Compliance Update
The release of new Face to Face (F2F) compliance was meant to aid and lower the compliance burden placed on agencies. When the news was released, agencies first thought that …
Home Health Today – January
The new edition of Home Health Today is available! January’s edition includes: A review of the overturned overtime law for home care workers. Improve your bottom line thanks to gas …
The Cost of Gas is Going Down…So Should Your Reimbursement Rate
While gas prices have continually dropped over the past couple of months, your mileage reimbursement most likely hasn’t. We haven’t seen gas prices this low in over 5 years and …
Home Care Overtime Law Thrown Out
January 14th is a special day for home care agencies that provide private duty home care and Medicaid Waiver home care services to patients. The decision was handed down in …
RAC Update
We have some good news! The awarded contract to Connolly, to provide Region 5 RAC services for home health has been put on hold. The Government Accountability Office (GOA) received …
2015 OIG Work Plan for Home Health and Hospice
The OIG has released its work plan for next year and should yield some interesting results. As you are well aware, the OIG likes to make sure that their investigations …
What We Hear: Is NAHC really on your side?
In November’s edition, we provided a fair and honest review of NAHC’s 2014 annual meeting in Phoenix. To many who attended, the meeting was deemed to be not worth the …
Home Health: A look at the year and what’s ahead
2014 has been an interesting year for many agencies. With reimbursement cuts taking effect, thanks to Obamacare, and the continued cuts going through to 2015, the industry is continuing to …
Home Health Today – December
The December issue of Home Health Today is here 2014 Year in Review and Looking Ahead at 2015 5th Largest Home Health Provider Sold to a Rehab Operator How the National …
For Profit Home Health Profit Margins
What do the profit margins of an investor-backed, private equity group based home health agency look like? We have a good idea now. Encompass Home Health has effectively put itself …