Datalytics

One of our clients, Home Healthcare Partners of Dallas, was recently featured in Home Health Line for their use of our Forms Automation System (Digital Pen and Paper) for clinical data entry. Click here to see the article in Home Health Line (on page 5).

I ran across this article recently and thought it could be insightful for folks looking to improve their OASIS-C knowledge….

http://www.homehealthnews.org/2009/12/lessons-learned-real-world-experiences-creating-successful-oasis-c-transitions/

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Matt

A quick note to followers about our most recent client acquisition….

We recently signed on Foundation Management Services of Denton, TX as a new client. Please read the full press release for more information. We are delighted for FMS to join the family! We’re hard at work delivering their data warehouse over the next few weeks and helping them grow their analytical capabilities.

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Matt

I just ran across this article referencing a cut in PPS payments proposed for 2011.

Many readers may find it informative. Watch those margins!
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Matt

Datalytics has a new 2-page digital pen brochure available for your viewing pleasure. It is posted near the top of the Digital Pen web page. You can also download it by clicking here. Enjoy!

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Matt

Dear Friends,
My colleagues returned from the recent NAHC financial conference with one presentation sticking in their heads:

“Up to 3.5% per year REDUCTION in Medicare payments for home health, starting in CY2014 for 4 years.”
Source: William A Dombi, Esquire, Director, Home Care & Hospice Financial Managers Association.

With home health margins getting squeezed, productivity improvements and insightful business intelligence analytics will be critical to business success. Managers with a complete and dynamic window into their operations will be equipped to make the best strategic decisions. A data warehouse or “cube report” as some call it won’t be just a technical buzzword but a business necessity.

• Do you know which of your patients are profitable and which are not?
• Do you know why some of your branches are losing money and others are making it?
• Do you know which referral sources are sending you the best patients?
• Are your nurses and therapists routed to their patients in a manner that saves gasoline and mileage costs?
• Do you know how demographic changes in your case mix will affect your profits?
• Do you know how you will implement Electronic Health Records (EHR) without breaking the bank?
• Can you run projections to model how payment system changes will affect your organization’s revenue and profit?

The average profit margin for home health care agencies is 3.7%. How will a 15% reduction in Medicare payments affect the average home health agency? How will it affect yours?

Datalytics LLC is the leading industry expert in technologies that improve operational efficiency agency-wide. Our productivity-boosting solutions include:

• Dynamic reporting solutions – Business Intelligence and data warehouse
• Optimized patient visit mapping & routing for clinicians
• Digital pen for point-of-care electronic data entry
• Paperless workflow systems
• Microsoft SharePoint and other custom development services

We’re confident that our clients will be equipped to deliver successful business results under virtually any market conditions.

Contact us today to arrange a free consultation about how to make your operations more efficient and boost your bottom line.

Sincerely,
Matt Willson
Managing Director

I’m excited to tell you that we have released an exclusive new, free white paper through our distribution partner, DecisionHealth! In this economy, cost is king – everyone is looking for ways to squeeze more productivity out of our people and other assets without spending lot of money.

The new paper is titled “5 Data-Driven Ways to Improve Productivity, Accelerate Payments, & Reduce Operating Expenses” and you can download it for free from DecisionHealth:

http://homehealthwhitepapers.decisionhealth.com/

Thanks! Happy Reading.
-Matt

Many of our home health clients were struggling with various business process issues and reporting issues when we first engaged with them. One theme that has come up again and again is that they never realized that a data warehouse could solve so many of their operational problems.

We’ve posted a new white paper here on the site that looks at some of the business problems you may be running into, and explores whether a data warehouse can help. Enjoy!
White paper: How do you know if you need a home health data warehouse?

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Matt

Friends,
We will be headed for the NAHC Financial Management Conference in Chicago on July 14-16. We’ve got a number of client meetings set up already but have room for a few more – please email your Datalytics contact to schedule a meeting. Hope to see you there!

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Matt

Be sure to check out this 6-minute video that Wayne Bazzle, CEO of Home Healthcare Partners, created as an overview of the transformation he and his team have achieved with the help of Datalytics tools and technology.

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Matt Willson
Managing Director