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The July 13 QAPI phase-in compliance date is fast approaching. Is your agency ready?

There has been a lot of education around defining Quality Assurance and Performance Improvement (QAPI), the five elements of QAPI, and QAPI background. Much to many providers’ dismay, little information has been presented on where to start a QAPI process. (more…)

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John Reisinger has developed a finance-based care plan development tool. (more…)

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On July 10, CMS proposed changes to the Medicaid Provider Reassignment regulation that would eliminate state’s ability to divert Medicaid payments away from providers, with the exception of payment arrangements explicitly authorized by statute. (more…)

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Among the many attempts at explaining the next iteration of a home health payment plan, perhaps the clearest came from a panel discussion featuring two Chief Strategy Officers, Steve Guenthner of LHC Group, and Luke James of Encompass Home Health & Hospice. The session at last month’s Lincoln Health Post Acute 360 conference was moderated by Des Varady, CEO of The Corridor Group. (more…)

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New connected health research from Parks Associates estimates that more than six million people will use a PERS (Personal Emergency Response Systems) device by 2021. (more…)

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McBee Associates Inc. [of Waynesville PA and additional offices in Charlotte NC and elsewhere)–[ an independent healthcare services and consulting firm].  McBee delivers financial, operational and clinical consulting services exclusively to healthcare practices across the continuum of care. A good deal of this article is devoted to the professional history and experience of McBee’s new President Mike Dordick and his plans for continuing steering McBee toward finding innovative solutions that help providers achieve significant performance improvements, as well as improve patient outcomes.]

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