How HIPAA-Compliant Communication Tools Can Prepare Home Healthcare for PDGM

The new home healthcare Patient-Driven Groupings Model (PDGM) released by the Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) goes into effect after January 1, 2020. With it, payment periods will be cut in half and therapy volume will no longer be considered when determining home health agency payments.This means that that home healthcare agencies will have to plan, deliver, document and bill for care more quickly than before. While this may seem like a daunting task to accomplish, optimizing the right technology—like HIPAA-Compliant Communication Tools—can help your agency overcome accomplish this. Here’s a look at some of the challenges agencies may be facing and how HIPAA-Compliant Communication Tools can help them overcome them.

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