Industry · Home Health

PDGM throughput without the documentation backlog.

Home health agencies operate inside one of the most operationally punishing reimbursement frameworks in healthcare. PDGM, OASIS, RAP timelines, and LUPA exposure mean a single intake or coding miss can cascade into weeks of delayed cash.

Operational pain

Where the operation breaks down.

01

OASIS and coding bottlenecks

Clinical reviewers backed up; QA queues delaying claim submission past payer windows.

02

LUPA and case-mix exposure

Visit utilization out of step with HIPPS coding; reimbursement leaving the building.

03

Eligibility and intake delays

Slow benefit verification pushing starts of care and inflating front-end denials.

Reimbursement complexity

The payer landscape, plainly.

PDGM 30-day periods, RAP submission timing, NOA penalties, MA plan diversity, and an expanding mix of Medicare Advantage authorizations create a payer landscape where operational discipline determines margin.

Staffing reality

You cannot hire your way through this.

Coders, intake coordinators, and A/R specialists are the hardest roles to keep staffed in home health. We augment your team with experienced post-acute resources who plug into your EMR, not generic billing labor.

How we support home health operations

What an engagement actually delivers.

01

OASIS review and PDGM coding

Certified coders calibrated to your case mix and clinical pathways.

02

Eligibility and benefit verification

Within two hours of referral receipt, including MA plan rules.

03

Denial management and A/R follow-up

Segmented by payer, with root-cause feedback into intake and coding.

Operational outcomes

What stabilization looks like for home health.

Outcomes vary by baseline and segment. The numbers below are representative of mature home health engagements after six months.

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Home Health Engagement Benchmarks

Days in A/R

34Median, post-stabilization

Clean-Claim Rate

96%First-pass acceptance

Denial Overturn

88%Inside the appeal window

Aggregate engagement performance. Individual results vary by segment and baseline.

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