Home Health Care News July 14, 2021
Home health providers have over half a year of “no-pay RAPs” under their belts now. Just like COVID-19 and the Patient-Driven Groupings Model (PDGM), their adaptation to that change has been based on their size, capabilities and location, among other factors.
But for the most part, the fear of having a significant amount of cash flow stripped away was greater than its actual effect on agencies in practice.
“Initially, I thought it was going to be pretty painful,” Cleamon Moorer Jr., the CEO of American Advantage Home Care, told Home Health Care News. “I was thinking, ‘How do you take care of a patient for 30 to 60 days and not be compensated, and how big of an impact would...