Welcome to the HealthPRO Heritage Blog

Kelly Cooney, Regulatory Strategist, weighs in on the Public Health Emergency (PHE) ending and shares guidance.  

HealthPRO Heritage is proud to announce Ricky Cameron, MD, as the new Chief Medical Officer. With more than 20 years of experience, Dr. Cameron will replace Dr. Jim Avery, who is retiring with more than 30 distinguished years in medical practice. 

HealthPRO Heritage at Home invites you to  Envision Everything to master regulatory change and execute a strategic response rather than simply focusing on the mechanics of regulatory and reimbursement changes.

Rather than simply focusing only on the mechanics of CMS mandates like The Final Rule, HealthPRO Heritage’s Envision Everything! strategy encourages providers to harness CMS’ Six Strategic Pillars, and plan every initiative to be a step towards aligning with CMS’ ultimate vision for a future where health equity and innovation are top priorities and Value-Based Payment systems are fully realized. 

The CDC issued the 2023 ICD-10-CM code updates on June 9, 2022, which include 1,176 new, 28 revised, and 287 deleted codes to be used for patient encounters and discharges occurring from October 1, 2022 through September 30, 2023.

Now is the time to finalize your Home Health Value Based Purchasing (HH-VBP) preparation. There are some critical steps that your agency can take now to maximize success under the HHVBP model. The list below includes questions you should consider and develop an HHVBP action plan, which can be intertwined with your current QAPI plan.

Jonathan Thoupus, CFO, highlights the importance of participating in budget planning & other initiatives in support of providers' fiscal solvency.  

Kristi Smith, MSPT, RAC-CT, SVP, Clinical Strategies Division at HealthPRO Heritage explains the importance of offering best-in-class wellness solutions.

The CAHPS Home Health Care Survey (HHCAHPS) was implemented by CMS in 2009 to measure experiences with home health surveyors. The survey has three objectives producing comparable data on the patient’s perspective in order to make meaningful comparisons between agencies, incentive improvements to the quality of care through public reporting, and enhance public accountability in health care with increased transparency.

Hilary Forman, Chief Clinical Strategies Officer, weighs in on how therapy has changed since COVID.