Wednesday, November 18, 2015

Wake Up or Get Left Behind - 11/18/2015

I have been quite disappointed with the home health industry lately.  Medicare continues to make enormous changes to the rules and regulations and it appears either everybody is asleep at the switch or they just don’t care.  We had two one-day seminars regarding the Home Health Value-Based Purchasing Model and how to make the necessary changes for home health agencies to succeed.  I know it is fall and it was only a one-day seminar, but the attendance was lower than expected.  We held a seminar in Louisville, KY as a central point for Tennessee, Iowa, Kansas, Nebraska, and North Carolina.  We also held a seminar in Orlando, FL mainly for the state of Florida.

I was astonished that only one home health agency in Florida attended the meeting in Orlando, but we had people come from Arizona, Nebraska and many other states.  The Home Health Value-Based Purchasing Model program starts for 9 states effective on January 1, 2016, which is less than two months from today.  The states are Massachusetts, Maryland, North Carolina, Florida, Washington, Arizona, Iowa, Nebraska, and Tennessee. 

CMS is determined to have most of all future Medicare payments based on outcomes.  This Home Health Value-Based Purchasing Model will probably spread to all states by 2019 or 2020.  I know that most of are overwhelmed by all of the changes, but we must adapt to meet the changes or we will be forced out of business.

I have been involved in the Medicare program for over 30 years and have seen tremendous amounts of change, but I have not seen so much change in such a short period of time.  Just think about Face-To Face, ZIPCs, RACs, ICD-10-CM, New Wage & Hour Laws, and now Value-Based Payments. 

You will have the opportunity to obtain much of the information you need at our new “Plug in to Win”

2-Day Home Health Seminar at Bally’s in Las Vegas, NV January 28th to January 29th.  This seminar feature Richard Dixon, President of Dixon Healthcare Solutions, Inc.  I it will also feature J’non Griffin one of the leading home health coding and clinical experts in the country and Robert Liles one of the leading home health attorney’s.  You will have the opportunity for free 15 minute appointments with each speaker.  Over 99% of our previous attendees recommend and would attend a future Dixon Healthcare Solutions, Inc. seminar.  Learn to adapt and think outside the box so your home health agency can succeed.

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