WHO – Wisconsin Homecare Organization

Improving YOUR Medicare Home Health Performance: An Exclusive 4-Part Series for Wisconsin Medicare-Certified Home Health Providers

It is no secret…Wisconsin Medicare home health providers are consistently under-performing financially when compared to providers in other states. At the request of the Wisconsin Homecare Organization, BKD experts analyzed available data sources to validate financial performance concerns and offer insights into potential reasons for the low financial performance of Wisconsin providers.

The result is a collaborative partnership between WHO, BKD and the Home Care Information Network to produce Improving YOUR Medicare Home Health Performance. The purpose of this educational series is to provide resources and guidance that will help all Wisconsin home health providers improve the operations and overall financial health of their agencies.

Included at no additional cost is your agency’s personalized dashboard – compiled from the most recent cost report data.

Program Outline

The first three parts are presented by Aaron Little, Senior Managing Consultant with BKD Health Care Group, for agency owners, administrators and managers. Part four is presented by Karen Vance, Supervising Consultant with BKD Health Care Group, for agency clinical managers and clinicians.

• Part One: Presents data analysis results, key performance measures, and drills down on data
• Part Two: Presents the essentials needed to design and analyze your dashboard and enable you to quickly measure your progress
• Part Three-A: Presents key elements of financial & billing operations, including influence of control on key performance measures [margin, revenue, expense] and billing measures [a/r, cash trending, write-offs]
• Part Three-B: Presented for the clinician, this part presents dashboard management basics, key performance measures, influence of control over these measures, and influence on agency practice.

Your subscription allows continuous and unlimited access through December 31, 2010. You can access this 4-part streaming-video series 24/7, from home or office, as an individual or group via the Home Care Information Network. (That’s vital education with no travel costs, no overnight stays, no time away form the office!)

For more information, including a short video on what the series covers and registration materials, go here.