December 16, 2016
Strategic Healthcare Programs (SHP) Launches Home Infusion Solution

SHP has released its new Home Infusion Pharmacy solution. This innovative product replaces SHP’s first generation reporting suite to bring real-time, interactive reports to home infusion pharmacies to help home infusion pharmacies improve quality and performance.

By Chris Attaya November 07, 2016
Home Health Final Rule confirms Home Health Value-Based Purchasing (HHVBP) as proposed

CMS issued the Final CY 2017 Home Health PPS Rate Update in the Federal Register on November 3rd. All of the proposals to update the VBP program were finalized with no changes regardless of stakeholder comments, except for one...

By Chris Attaya September 19, 2016
SHP CAHPS® Hospice Survey Results Are In

Now that a full year of CAHPS Hospice data from the SHP database is available, we would like to share those results with you.

By Chris Attaya September 15, 2016
Home Health Proposed Rule comment period closed August 26th – Now we wait

With provider and industry comments now in, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) will take the next 60 days to evaluate and make any suggested changes in the Home Health CY 2017 Final Rule.

By Chris Attaya July 18, 2016
Home Health Proposed Rule updates Home Health Value-Based Purchasing (HHVBP)

Value-Based Purchasing: CMS says “No” to 4 new measures.

June 10, 2016
Next generation of SHP's Scorecard Suite has been released

"We developed the new Scorecard Report Suite so that our customers can make better business decisions and improve their performance more quickly," said Rob Paulsson, President of SHP.

May 31, 2016
SHP releases OASIS-C1 to OASIS-C2 Crosswalk Guide

SHP is pleased to provide you with a complete side-by-side comparison of the OASIS-C1 and OASIS-C2 assessment forms.

By Chris Attaya May 18, 2016
CMS releases FY 2017 hospice proposed rule – Are we seeing stars yet?

The rule includes two new quality measures and a new Hospice Item Set (HIS). CMS also reported that a star rating is coming soon.

By Chris Attaya April 14, 2016
HQRP: How hospices are scoring and what changes to expect...

To be ready for public reporting, hospices must start working now to ensure that these previously ineligible patients are meeting all applicable quality measures.

By Chris Attaya March 31, 2016
Flu vaccine window is closing…or is it?

With March coming to a close, it is important to intensify your efforts so that patients whose episodes start before the end of the month have access to the flu vaccine.

March 30, 2016
Amedisys, Inc. partners with SHP for insights to help enhance patients' care experience

"We are proud to support Amedisys in its commitment to provide the best possible quality of care for its patients," said Rob Paulsson, SHP President.

By Chris Attaya March 10, 2016
Quality Star Ratings up for Refinements

CMS recently announced they were establishing a new technical expert panel (TEP) to review the Quality of Patient Care Star Ratings.

By Chris Attaya February 05, 2016
In a recent Home Health Line article SHP’s Chris Attaya weighs in on agencies best opportunities for improvement with CMS programs

Republished with permission from Decision Health. Article originally published on Home Health Line January 11, 2016. The list of quality measures for home health CMS may ultimately use to help determine payments to agencies just grew six measures longer.

February 05, 2016
Shout out to SHP in the latest Home Health Line issue

In the latest issue of Home Health Line (1/18/2016), Lynette Godhard, director of clinical operations, chief privacy and organizational integrity officer for Adventist Home Health in Silver Spring, Md., discusses the agency plans for this year.

By Chris Attaya January 12, 2016
Hospice's first significant payment change since benefit inception

January 1, 2016 marks the start of the new Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) regulation on how hospices are reimbursed.

By Chris Attaya January 09, 2016
CMS Home Health Value-Based Purchasing Q&A – Finally Some Answers

On December 31st, CMS released their first Q&A on the CMS website, and in doing so provided some key information.