Homecare Education: Hire A Consultant That Meets Your Educational Needs. Make The Investment And Save Yourself A Whole Lot Of Headache!
Kenyon HomeCare Consulting • March 15, 2021
Today, there are so many things for clinicians, back-office employees, and administration to handle on a daily basis. If you get behind working on something in a department, then you can miss what changes in the process. Homecare education is key so that those involved in all cogs of the wheel understand why the process has to work a certain way. Let’s talk about how a homecare education consultant helps put everything together while making sure those involved understand the puzzle.
Pick The Right Consultant:
Listen, reality is that it doesn’t make sense to hire someone who is entirely clinical if you need assistance with billing or financial issues. Likewise if your issues are financial due to clinical issues such as Oasis, documentation, or coding then you don’t need an accounting consultant. It is important to understand where the initial deficit lies. If you are unsure, you may need to start with an organizational assessment from your consultant. This will give you an in depth look at your clinical and financial operations to determine where to start. Regardless the deficit, education is so key to making successful changes occur within your organization.
What Does Homecare Education Look Like From A Consultant:
Your homecare education from the consultant will be planned based upon what the deficits are. It may mean classroom format with all your clinical staff or a webinar series with your staff and the consultant that moves through clinical and care planning processes. If you are a new agency or adding new service lines, your consultant will go in the field and assist staff with hand-on care or working through the proper Oasis assessment process. Your education may be working with billing staff who have never completed the process and do not understand terminology or the steps from RAP to final billing. Ultimately, home care consulting is a very broad term because there are so many facets to the work in home care. Pick a consultant or consulting firm that can work directly with your educational needs.
Kenyon Homecare Consulting Has The Experience And Team Approach:
At Kenyon Homecare Consulting, we have senior consultants with diverse backgrounds of home care, home health, and hospice experience. We have those with expertise in software, clinical, finance, and operations. We can discuss working with you on-site or remotely dependent upon your educational needs. Call us today at 206-721-5091 or contact us online to see how our educational programs assist agencies to be the best version of themselves. Check out the services available to find the best fit for you.
Results Based Consulting
Did you find value in this blog post? Imagine what we can do for your home care or hospice agency. Fill out the form below to see how we're leading the industry with innovation, affordability, and experience.
Contact Us
In the regulated world of home health, OASIS and ICD-10-CM Coding integrity non-negotiable for quality, compliance, and critically, and agency's financial health!
"Boots on the ground," emphasizes direct, in-person engagement to build the crucial referral network between your agency and referral sources and it is a necessity.
A positive corporate culture isn't just a feel good initiative, it's a critical business strategy that directly impacts ability to recruit and retain top talent.
Healthcare systems prioritize keeping patients out of hospitals. The burden and opportunity of managing chronic disease falls directly upon home health field staff.
OASIS standardized assessment requires comprehensive data with accuracy to ensure quality and positive financial outcomes for agencies providing home health care.
Effective management of chronic illnesses is critical to maintaining the patient's quality of life, preventing complications, and reducing costly hospital visits.
Accurate ICD-10 coding is more than a requirement for home health/hospice agencies—it is a critical for clinical integrity, financial health, and compliance .
The OASIS is a foundational component that affects agencies, patients, and the entire healthcare system and is the scoring bedrock for proper PDGM reimbursement.
A job as an aide can be the first step on a dynamic and flexible career path instead of entry level. Help make sure you know how to make it that way in your agency!
The most effective marketing strategies begin with a clear understanding of your client and the specific needs you can fulfill for them. It's not just advertising.