The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) recently announced a simplified, outcomes-based approach to certifying Electronic Visit Verification (EVV) systems for Medicaid personal care and home health services. Read on to learn more about the new streamlined certification process.
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The Homecare Agency Growth Roadmap
Home care is one of the fastest growing industries today, with the demand for home health aides expected to increase a whopping 41 percent through 2026! Learn how you can prepare your agency for the future in HHAeXchange’s Home Care Agency Growth Roadmap.
How to Prepare for the 21st Century Cures Act
Signed into law in December 2016, the 21st Century Cures Act’s purpose is to help bring new innovations and medical advances faster to patients who need them. Several of its provisions apply directly to homecare agencies. Here’s what providers need to know to prepare for the changes ahead and ensure compliance with the Cures Act EVV requirements.
CMS Announces States Can Apply for Delay of EVV Implementation
The Cures Act includes a provision that allows states to delay implementation of EVV if they can demonstrate they have made a good faith effort to comply and have encountered unavoidable delays. Learn more.
How Three MCOs Prepared for Cures Act
Americare Scales its Business After Implementing HHAeXchange’s Shared Platform Solutions
A Case Study with Americare Companies’ CIO, Michael Mayer When Michael Mayer, Chief Information Officer with Americare, joined the organization, the company was managing clients and employees with both paper and an older software system for the Licensed Agency. These systems required a tremendous amount of manual intervention which was both labor-intensive and inefficient. As… Read more »
Homecare compliance: Keeping ahead of the changes at hand
Extensive paperwork, unauthorized claims, incorrect member IDs and billing codes, discrepancies between EVV data and claim data – staying on top of compliance requirements can be a homecare provider’s nightmare.
More Than EVV
Electronic visit verification (EVV) is only the first step to an effective agency management solution. Discover some of the unique features that HHAeXchange can offer your agency.
Integrated EVV is the center of successful agency management
We’re all familiar with electronic visit verification (EVV), but are most people losing sight of its importance as the center of successful agency management? Sure, it’s an effective monitoring tool for tracking arrivals and departures, but top home care agencies are also using EVV as the engine to drive successful agency management.
How Medicaid Payers can achieve greater visibility with consumer directed services
In the United States, Consumer Directed Services (CDS) continues to grow as states prepare to address a looming shortage of home care workers.