Simione Consultants and OCS HomeCare present the Financial Monitor

March 17, 2010 · 10:00 AM PST

The Financial Monitor created by Simione Consultants and OCS HomeCare is a comprehensive collection of graphical reports that evaluate your agency's performance, using your agency's data.

With the Financial Monitor, you will be able to:

• Understand how your gross margin, by payer, compares to your peers.
• Know if your cash collections are where they should be.
• Identify how much money should be spent on marketing campaigns.
• Discern if you have sufficient working capital to sustain reimbursement changes.

Should you have any questions, please feel free to contact Simione Consultants at 800-949-0388 or info@simione.com or OCS at 888.325.3396 or info@ocsys.com.

HH-CAHPS: We’ve Got You Covered

March 31, 2010 · 10:00 AM PST

HH-CAHPS is the new CMS requirement for home health agencies to collect standardized patient satisfaction data. Failure to comply with HH-CAHPS in 2010 will reduce your Medicare reimbursement by 2%.

OCS HomeCare has prepared a complimentary educational teleconference to give you answers and information about our affordable and information-rich HH-CAHPS solution for the home health industry.

Hurry, space is limited. At this teleconference, we’ll cover:

• A can’t-miss HH-CAHPS overview that explains the CMS requirement
• A primer that debunks the myths and misunderstandings of HH-CAHPS
• What an agency needs to do for HH-CAHPS—requirements and recommendations
• Pitfalls of working with less experienced or “specialty” HH-CAHPS vendors.

Light Up the OASIS-C Blackout

April 08, 2010 · 10:00 AM PST

Home Health Compare and CASPER reports will stop in April 2010. This “blackout” of public reporting will continue until Q3 2011 for outcomes measures—over one year later—and Q4 2010 for process measures.

 Don’t get left in the dark. Do you know how to get outcomes data during the Medicare Home Health Compare and CASPER blackouts? Do you know how your staff can improve outcomes based on OASIS-C results?

 OCS offers a low-cost solution to agencies that rely on these sources for benchmarking data to support performance improvement and marketing efforts.

 Join us for this complimentary webinar and find out how you can transition to OASIS-C with OCS and get affordable OASIS-C benchmarking and new process measure results during the Medicare (CMS) blackout.

• Learn about the reporting plans announced by CMS, including new OASIS-C measures to be publicly reported
• Find out how to get data-driven insights on OASIS-C outcomes during the blackout
• Take advantage of monthly outcome analysis and performance improvement reporting
• And more!