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Strategic Scheduling: Buzzworthy News from NAHC’s FMC

Posted on: September 1, 2021

Recent functional impairment data and staffing intel presented at the National Association of Home Care and Hospice (NAHC) Financial Managers Conference (FMC) surrounding visit utilization highlights the enhanced need to implement strategic scheduling. PDGM set out the initiative to reimburse agencies based on patient acuity and left it to providers to determine the appropriate level of care.

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Tags: Home Health Agency, LUPA, contract therapy

Winning the Gold with LUPA Management: Buzzworthy News from NAHC’s FMC

Posted on: August 12, 2021

Our HealthPRO Heritage leadership team recently attended the National Association of Home Care and Hospice (NAHC) Financial Managers Conference (FMC) in Chicago. The FMC is where industry leaders of home care and hospice connect on industry trends and opportunities. All the buzz this year was centered around:

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Tags: Home Health Agency, LUPA, contract therapy

Ensuring Financial Solvency with LUPA Mitigation and OASIS Scoring

Posted on: November 17, 2020

Reimbursement, revenue, payment, or better yet, the term “cash flow” seems to be on the mind of every home health agency in the nation today. Not only were agencies hit with the RAP reduction from 60% to a minimum 20% with the start of PDGM in January 2020; but the COVID-19 pandemic, which began in March, seemed to throw gasoline onto an already large cash flow fire by increasing the occurrence of LUPAs (Low Utilization Payment Adjustment).

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Tags: PDGM, Home Health Agency, LUPA

LUPA Management: Avoiding the 4 Letter Word

Posted on: September 27, 2019

LUPA (Low Utilization Payment Adjustment), the 4 letter word that we have all been trying to avoid under the current PPS system.  Just when we thought we had it under control, CMS has decided to add a whole other level of complexity with PDGM.  The challenge to managing LUPA’s under PDGM will be two-fold; a “moving LUPA” for each 30-day payment, and the need to meticulously manage visits within each of those 30-day windows to avoid that LUPA. 

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Tags: Home Health, PDGM, CMS Update 2019, LUPA