You’re juggling the latest state and federal regulations, managing day-to-day operations and providing the best possible care to your members – it’s no secret that running a homecare agency is no easy feat. To help make running your business easier, we’ve outlined the ultimate homecare provider software checklist.
- Simplify billing and payroll: Instead of spending time processing invoices and payroll manually, agencies should implement systems that can improve first-pass claims acceptance rates, resulting in fewer denials – and ensuring that you get paid faster. With an automated one-step invoicing system like the HHAeXchange Homecare Management Software, agencies can:
- Better coordinate payments and manage split billing
- Guarantee receipt of electronic remittances
- Customize invoice templates based on payer
- Accurately calculate payroll hours by caregiver
- Improve communication with accounting packages and payroll companies
- Optimize scheduling with integrated dashboards: With automated systems that simplify scheduling, provider agencies are better equipped to avoid scheduling issues and maximize each aide’s availability and preferences. Integrated dashboards allow providers to:
- Minimize time spent driving to appointments by tightening an aide’s range and tapping the nearest aide to provide care
- Avoid overtime
- Manage caregiver certifications and member preferences
- Ensure each member is receiving the right care, from the right person, at the right time
- Increase referrals: Increasing referral revenue is the path to growth, and all homecare providers have it top-of-mind. Instead of managing referrals through traditional, manual means, providers would benefit from an integrated system that:
- Streamlines the referral process
- Allows for direct communication with the source, including insurance companies, managed care organizations, and states.
- Ensure compliance: Keeping up with the ever-changing regulations and requirements in the homecare industry is a significant challenge. An agency management system addresses it by:
- Keeping track of changing regulations and requirements
- Alerting providers to any member who is no longer eligible for services
- Notifying providers before caregivers fall out of compliance
- Ensuring providers get paid for the services they provide
- Maintaining a full audit trail of visit information, including validated times and duties performed
- Implement an effective human resource management system: Human resources is another important business function that can often become difficult for small and large homecare agencies to manage manually. With an integrated HR solution, agencies can:
- Track caregiver trainings, upload certifications and track criminal background checks, medicals, evaluations and I-9 forms
- Manage staff’s in-services training, including reminders for caregivers, missing in-services and tracking continuing education
- Keep an up-to-date profile on each employee’s demographics, emergency contacts, history and notes
- Understand the sources delivering your best employees and run periodic analyses for future hiring
Running a homecare agency will always have challenges, but HHAeXchange can help you simplify. Learn more about the integrated HHAeXchange platform and how you can optimize your agency management systems.
