For the typical home care agency caregiver, providing care consumes only a sliver of time. The majority of time is spent checking the schedule, travelling to client homes, reviewing the care plan, verifying visits, reporting mileage, and adding notes from visits.
Implementing the right care delivery software can change this all.
Have you ever heard someone say, “Well, there are lots of moving pieces”? That’s a typical refrain when they’re trying to describe a complex plan involving multiple groups and goals.
In home care, paperwork is everywhere – between the field and the office and between your agency and all types of third parties. Admission forms, schedules, point-of-care documentation, payroll processing, and care documentation for third parties – paper is often king.
Organizations that provide in-home health care are constantly challenged to improve the accuracy of services delivered. When care delivery doesn't match the care plan prescribed, the impacts can be serious and may include:
It’s often said that the key to success for modern organizations is to find the optimum marriage of people, processes and technology. That’s certainly true for home health care organizations these days. With pressure rising on all sides to reduce costs and improve margins, agencies must find the right balance on that three-legged stool.
It isn’t easy to deliver home care efficiently and effectively. There are just so many variables, including:
Health care delivery has evolved rapidly over the last decade. Medical treatments performed in a hospital or clinic still comprise a large chunk of care, but according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, the fastest growing industry is home health care services. Employment for home care services is projected to increase by almost 60 percent between 2012 and 2022.
Just two days after summer officially began this year, the Medicare Fraud Strike Force executed the largest sting on fraudulent home care billings in its history. In all, 301 people across 36 federal districts in the United States were charged in alleged fraudulent health care billings that totaled more than $900 million, according to Attorney General Loretta Lynch.