Home Health Agencies and Hospices Need to Move Forward or Fall Behind

Home health agencies have seen their Medicare episode payments decrease over that last few years and the future payments will probably continue to fall over the next few years.  Hospice Medicare payments have not decreased but they are not receiving their full inflation updates and the likelihood is that payments will not be keeping up with inflation in the future.

Home health agencies and hospices claims continue to receive more scrutiny from Medicare Administrative Contractors (MACs), Zone Program Integrity Contractors (ZPICs), Recovery Audit Contractors (RACs), and the Office of Inspector General (OIG). 

Many home health agencies and hospices have adopted a bunker mentality.  They are so busy and overwhelmed that they have failed to keep up with the latest information to enable them to move forward and survive. 

Operating a successful home health agency or hospice requires you to move forward and adapt to the changes.  You can either move forward of fall behind.  The best description of this is walking up a down escalator.  You are either moving forward or if you stand still you are falling behind. 

Take some time to learn and adapt to the changes in Home Health and Hospice.  You need to think outside the box to enable your company to survive.  We have a fabulous set of leadership seminars coming up in Hawaii in September.  The Hospice Leadership Conference will be held on the “Big Island” of Hawaii on September 18^th to 20^th.  The Home Health Leadership Conference will be held at the same location on September 23^rd to 25^th.  Join with us, a wonderful set of presenters, and many of your colleagues in Hawaii in September.  We have developed a tremendous program that will help you to move forward and not fall behind.