By Chris Attaya November 23, 2015
Value Based Purchasing - Agencies Need More Information

Earlier this month CMS provided many updates with the release of the 2016 final rule and Value-Based Purchasing program. However, home health agencies are still waiting for vital information they need to determine their agency’s overall quality.

Home Health
November 11, 2015
SHP Releases Two New Home Health Star Rating Reports

With the addition of Star Ratings to Home Health Compare this year, agencies now have an indicator of overall clinical quality.

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September 17, 2015
SHP Announces ICD-10 Readiness and Product Improvements

By configuring our product in the new ICD-10 coding environment, we hope that our customers can continue to deliver the best clinical outcomes and get properly reimbursed for their hard work.

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By Chris Attaya September 11, 2015
Value Based Purchasing – What is my target?

One of the sections in the Home Health Proposed Rule outlines how Home Health Value Based Purchasing (HHVBP) total performance scores will be calculated. Both sets of calculations are derived using base year scores. Thus the quandary...

Home Health
By Chris Attaya August 05, 2015
CMS Continues to Surprise

The Home Health Proposed Rule was posted by CMS on the Federal Register July 10th and it was full of surprises, especially in light of the much anticipated proposal on Value Based Purchasing (VBP).

Home Health
July 28, 2015
SHP’s Dry Run Results of CAHPS Hospice Data in Home Health Line

Home Health Line publishes article using SHP's new survey results from 15,000 surveys and over 1,000 providers.

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By Chris Attaya July 09, 2015
July is Heating Up

It’s going to be a busy month. The Home Health Proposed Rule was just issued and the new Home Health Compare measures for 30-day readmissions and Quality of Patient Care star ratings, along with the PEPPER reports are all scheduled to be released.

Home Health
By Chris Attaya July 01, 2015
First Quarter Results are in… Case Weights are Down, Revenue is Up!

I was curious to see how the Medicare case-mix weights and revenue were impacted, relative to the Home Health Final Rule published on November 6, 2014.

Home Health
June 22, 2015
Updates to Clinical Executive Advantage Report for Home Health Released

As one of our most popular reports, the Clinical Executive Advantage serves as a starting point for high level data analysis across a wide spectrum of clinically oriented home health quality metrics.

Home Health , Product Update ,
June 17, 2015
Strategic Healthcare Programs announces Rob Paulsson as new President

I am honored to join a successful company and a highly talented team that has been built over many years of developing solutions and delivering value to our customers

Company News
By Chris Attaya June 08, 2015
Just when you thought it was safe to go outside…

CMS announced an additional set of Star Ratings for HHCAHPS.

Home Health
By Chris Attaya May 21, 2015
PEPPER is Coming to Home Care

CMS is introducing new reports as an educational tool for Home Health Care in July 2015.

Home Health
By Chris Attaya May 13, 2015
Hospice is Clearly on the Radar at CMS

For many years Hospice has been under the radar, but not anymore.

Hospice
By Chris Attaya May 11, 2015
30-Day Readmits - A Deeper Dive into CHF Trends

I was curious to see how rehospitalization rates have been changing over the last several years. With CHF widely being touted by CMS as one of the diagnosis categories with high avoidable readmissions, I figured I would start there.

Home Health
By Chris Attaya April 14, 2015
Star Ratings for Home Health - How do you rate?

CMS made the Star Rating Preview Reports available within the last two weeks. Where does your agency fall in the ratings?

Home Health
March 25, 2015
Reminder: The 2016 HHCAHPS Exemption Deadline is Approaching - 3/31/2015

There's still time to submit a Participation Exemption Request, but not much!

Home Health
February 25, 2015
Home Health Line Covers SHP’s Release of CAHPS Hospice Data

Home Health Line publishes article using SHP preliminary CAHPS® Hospice data.

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By Barbara Rosenblum February 11, 2015
Multiple Problems Plague Home Health Star Rating

What’s not to love about CMS’ star rating system for home health? Plenty.

Home Health
By Barbara Rosenblum January 29, 2015
SHP Releases Preliminary CAHPS Hospice Survey Benchmarks

We’re excited to be able to share the benchmarks from the first four months of CAHPS Hospice data so you can see which quality measures are getting positive results and where there is some real opportunity for improvement!

Hospice
By Barbara Rosenblum January 26, 2015
Five-Star Rating Reflects Quality as “One” Score and Deserves Immediate Attention!

With CMS’s proposed Five-Star quality rating system, overall quality will be depicted as one score, ranging from one to five stars.

Home Health