The mission of all home health agencies is to improve patient satisfaction and clinical outcomes, at least in part.
Some of those providers do not feel like the Review Choice Demonstration (RCD) is helping in either of those areas.
“With the extra burden that you have that comes with RCD, it really hasn’t changed or caught these fraudulent actors in our industry,” Janice Riggins, chief clinical officer at VitalCaring, told Home Health Care News. “It really hasn’t improved patient care, it really hasn’t improved outcomes. It’s just that: an ongoing administrative burden.”
Generally, RCD requires home health care providers to submit claims documentation earlier on in the care process and is meant to target and combat fraud in the industry. Read more.
