Tips & Tricks – How Home Care Providers Are Lowering Costs With EVV Software
With the EVV compliance deadline looming, many Idaho providers may be frustrated with having to meet yet another mandate and are left with more questions than answers — primarily, how to implement this new requirement most efficiently and which EVV software to use....
Four Steps to Improving Caregiver Retention in Home and Community-Based Services
Home care agencies have spent the past year doing their part to flatten the COVID-19 curve. Unfortunately, the HCBS industry continues to be plagued with a pandemic of its own – sky-high caregiver turnover rates. Home care providers have struggled to retain key...
Protecting Home Care Providers During COVID-19
There have been many changes over the past year — things like social distancing and sheltering in place have become part of our everyday vocabulary as a primary means of preventing the spread of COVID-19. However, for the healthcare worker who provides essential...
Overview of the 5 EVV Models
In December of 2016, congress passed the 21st Century Cures Act which requires the electronic verification of Medicaid-funded services for in-home visits by a provider. Over the last few years, states have been planning for how they will implement this new rule which...
Improve Employee Safety Using Service Management Software
Healthcare workers already have a challenging job, but the COVID-19 pandemic isn’t making things any easier. Keeping caregivers as safe as possible during this trying time should be the top priority for agencies, after all, without them, millions of people all over...
Tips on How North Carolina Providers Can Ensure EVV Compliance
The federal government passed the 21st Century Cures Act in December 2016. This law mandates the use of electronic methods for confirming and tracking consumer care services that are funded by Medicaid. According to the law, providers of personal care services had...
Tips on How Ohio Providers Can Ensure Compliance With the EVV Mandate
In December 2016, the federal government passed the 21st Century Cures Act. This law established requirements for states to implement electronic visit verification for Medicaid-funded Personal Care Services and Home Health Care Services. The original implementation...
How Pennsylvania Providers Can Prepare For the EVV Mandate
According to the 21st Century Cures Act that was passed in December of 2016, all state Medicaid agencies are required to implement an electronic system for verifying both Medicaid-funded Personal Care Services (PCS) and Home Health Care Services (HHCS). The original...
