Home Care Answers provides the human element that is critical in insuring proper payment. We beat out OASIS software everyday. It takes a human brain and significant amounts of time to review all available documentation and then insure that it is all consistent with OASIS answers. This makes the world of difference. We are currently averaging 1000% return on investment, and this includes the agencies that use OASIS software of all sorts. Home Care Answers uses only the best and brightest minds in the industry for reviews. We will always complete reviews and you will have your reply with all codes and suggested OASIS corrections by the following business day. We are here to help, and in no way slow your revenue down.
All of our highly trained clinicians can help your agency clinicians learn as we review your patient files. Don't let the OASIS-C processes make you forget what the OASIS is: a patient assessment. There are so many processes in OASIS-C that many folks are losing track of the fact that the assessment is still the reason for your visit. We can help you get it right!
The process is simple; You scan/e-mail us all evaluations (including nursing, therapies, and H&P), or provide us read-only access to your clinical software. We review all available documentation and send back a reply within 1 business day with all ICD-9-CM codes, as well as provide suggestions for potential corrections to OASIS with our reasons for the recommendation and point out any other documentation conflicts. We also let you know the "as is" value of your file and the "proposed value" if suggestions are followed (if your agency desires those values). Of course the signing clinician always has the final say.
We offer all this spectacular help for a minimal cost of around $50 or less per file, depending on volume & prompt pay.
We are currently offering a free, no-obligation trial* for your agency so you have a risk free way of seeing how we can help you.
We are completely HIPAA compliant with our high levels of security including our secure servers.
Partnering with us will make you and your clinicians very happy. The process allows your clinicians to be clinicians, while our expertise helps you maximize your revenue. The process also helps with justifying all of your clinical services, an important fact considering the RAC audit program for Home Health agencies. Remember that CMS reimburses RACs a percentage of the claims denials they find, so they have an incentive to find claims they can deny. You do not want to come up short in the clinical services area.
We can also serve as your QA/QI partner. We can come on-site or work remotely every few months or as often as you'd like to do full chart audits. We'll let you know our full findings, including trends, etc. Our team consists of RN's as well as a long time home health Registered Physical Therapist. To have us do this quarterly saves you a great deal of money over paying a full time employee to run your QA/QI program.
*Free trial consists of between 5 and 10 patient file reviews at the sole discretion of Home Care Answers based on the size of your agency.