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What the PACE Access Improvement Act Could Mean for Home Care Agencies
The PACE Access Improvement Act would make PACE a mandatory Medicaid service and allow anytime enrollment. What home care agencies should watch next.
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How to Confirm the October Home Health Grouper Update Before Claims Move
CMS HH Grouper v07.2.26 applies to claim From dates on or after October 1. Confirm vendor version, clear deleted codes, and brief billing before October 5.
What the New Home Health Value-Based Purchasing Report Means for Payment
The preliminary home health value-based purchasing report is in iQIES. See the payment percentage, who can still ask for review, and what to read first.
Run a Friday Visit Exception Huddle Before the Weekend Starts
Friday afternoon is when unverified visits quietly turn into Monday debt. A short Friday visit exception huddle keeps that from becoming a surprise. Recent ops training keeps pointing at the same habit:...
Tie Home Health Schedule Updates to Visit Capture Before the Shift Starts
Tighten your home health schedule to visit workflow so published board changes reach the field before capture starts. A short Owner/CEO product checklist.
Track Home Health Visit Completion Rate Before the Week Closes
By Wednesday, the board already tells you which planned visits stuck and which ones slipped. That is the right moment to read your home health visit completion rate as an ops signal,...
Run Midweek Visit Documentation QA Before Claims Leave the Board
By midweek, most Owner/CEO home care and HCBS teams already know which visits ran clean and which ones still look soft on the board. That is the best window for midweek visit...
What the Home Health Enrollment Moratorium Means for Ops Before November
The nationwide home health enrollment moratorium is heading toward a November decision window, and Owner/CEO ops teams should treat that as an operations timeline, not a rumor. CMS put a temporary freeze...
How to Clear Caregiver Visit Records Before Payroll Closes
Payroll closes on a deadline. Caregiver visit records often do not. Incomplete time, missing clock-ins, and open corrections pile up while the pay period is still soft, then harden into overtime disputes...
Make Your Weekend Schedule Handoff Stick Before Monday
A weekend schedule handoff is how Monday stays quiet. Declined visits sit half-moved. Missed visits never get a new window. Reassigned stops never make it onto the roster caregivers will open at...