Medicare Open Enrollment – How Home Care Agencies Can Support Clients This Fall
Medicare Open Enrollment – How Home Care Agencies Can Support Clients This Fall Every fall, older adults across the country review their Medicare coverage. Medicare Open Enrollment runs from October 15 to December 7. During this window, people can switch plans, join a Medicare Advantage plan, or change their drug coverage. For home care agencies, […]
Plan Your Holiday Staffing Now
Plan Your Holiday Staffing Now The holidays are a busy and emotional time for home care agencies. Families travel, clients need extra support, and caregivers want time with their own loved ones. If you wait until December to plan, you may end up with open shifts and stressed staff. October is the perfect time to […]
Can AI Write Your Home Care Policy and Procedure Manual?
Can AI Write Your Home Care Policy and Procedure Manual? Artificial intelligence has made its mark in nearly every industry, and home care is no exception. Agency owners often use AI to draft emails, build checklists, and tidy up old documents in minutes. So it’s reasonable to wonder: can AI write your home care policy […]
What Actually Happens During a Home Care Survey
What Actually Happens During a Home Care Survey Most agency owners have read the standards. Far fewer have a clear picture of how survey day actually unfolds. That gap creates unnecessary anxiety, and anxiety leads to mistakes that a prepared team would never make. Here is what to expect, step by step. The Surveyor Arrives […]
Emergency Preparedness in Home Care – Testing Your Plan Before You Need It
Emergency Preparedness in Home Care – Testing Your Plan Before You Need It September sits at the peak of hurricane season, and it marks the start of planning windows for wildfire, flooding, and severe winter weather across much of the country. It is also the month when many agencies discover their emergency plan has not […]
Turning Annual Requirements Into a Monthly Routine
Turning Annual Requirements Into a Monthly Routine Most home care deficiencies do not come from owners who misunderstood the rules. They come from agencies that knew exactly what was required and ran out of month. A compliance calendar fixes that. It converts a long list of annual obligations into small, assigned, recurring tasks that someone […]
Change of Ownership and the Medicare Moratorium – What Buyers and Sellers Need to Know
Change of Ownership and the Medicare Moratorium – What Buyers and Sellers Need to Know Most agency owners planning a sale understand the change of ownership process. Fewer realize that the current Medicare enrollment moratorium can reach into CHOW transactions, and that a deal structured the wrong way can lose its Medicare enrollment entirely. Here […]
Q4 Planning for Home Care Agencies – Setting Up a Strong Start to the New Year
Q4 Planning for Home Care Agencies – Setting Up a Strong Start to the New Year The decisions that shape your next year are made now, not in January. Accreditation preparation takes months. Licensure in a new state can take longer. Rate changes need to reach clients and payers with notice. Budget assumptions built in […]
Is Your Home Care Agency Survey-Ready? A Practical Accreditation Checklist
Is Your Home Care Agency Survey-Ready? A Practical Accreditation Checklist Accreditation opens doors. It signals quality to families, unlocks contracts with payers, and builds the referral relationships that fuel steady growth. Yet many agency owners treat survey preparation as a frantic, last-minute scramble. The calmer weeks of late summer offer a smarter path: prepare now, […]
The Caregiver Retention Playbook Every Home Care Agency Needs This Fall
The Caregiver Retention Playbook Every Home Care Agency Needs This Fall The biggest threat to a home care agency’s growth is not a shortage of clients. It is the revolving door of caregivers who walk out as fast as agencies hire them. As operators plan for a busy fall and winter, retention deserves the top […]