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How to Utilize Data to Address Employee Retention Challenges
The intellectual and developmental disability (I/DD) industry has suffered from some of the highest employee turnover challenges of the past decade. While the industry reports growth over the past five years, it has also struggled with caregiver turnover rates near...
Four Best Practices for State Payers to Achieve CMS Certification
Recently, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) overhauled their state payer Electronic Visit Verification (EVV) certification process. While the new process is more simplified and streamlined, it is still quite involved and can be tricky to...
California Selects Sandata Technologies as State Vendor for Electronic Visit Verification
Port Washington, NY, September 2, 2021 – Sandata today announced that it was selected by the state of California to be the state vendor for Electronic Visit Verification (EVV) Phase II. EVV is a telephone- and computer-based solution that electronically...
Improve Your Home Care Agency’s Revenue Cycle Performance with an Insurance Eligibility System
The number one source of claims rejections and denials for home care agencies is ineligible patient insurance coverage. By leveraging the power of an eligibility solution, your agency can better manage patient insurance eligibility for the services you deliver,...
The Real Costs of Turnover for Your Agency
The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reports that an estimated 778,000 personal caregivers and 431,000 home caregivers will need to enter the workforce by 2026 to meet the demand. But in today’s environment, organizations have nearly as many people leaving as they are...
Grow Your Agency with Revenue Cycle Management Outsourcing
As a home care agency operator, you want to focus on providing the best possible care to your clients. But operating within the healthcare industry can provide distractions that shift your focus away from your clients. This is frustrating, for sure. But, more...
The State of Maine Achieves CMS Certification
Sandata congratulates the State of Maine on achieving certification by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). CMS certification uses an outcomes-based approach to ensure business needs of the state and CMS are meet by systems that receive federal...
The Value of Uptime
In the past few weeks, we have witnessed numerous cybersecurity attacks against our country. Industries such as transportation, pipelines, government, and even beef production have fallen victim to criminals looking to disrupt our lives and demand millions of dollars...
Making the EVV™ Mandate Work for Your Agency
Electronic Visit Verification "EVV” Systems have been used to decrease fraud, drive accountability, and improve visibility into the delivery of care for many years. As a result of the 21st Century Cures Act, states are now mandated to implement EVV for all Medicaid...
Missouri Selects Sandata as State Aggregator for Electronic Visit Verification (EVV)
Sandata is pleased to announce it has been selected by the State of Missouri to be its Electronic Aggregator Solution for Electronic Visit Verification (EVV). This marks the 19th state with which Sandata is partnering to manage EVV. As the State Aggregator, Sandata...
Sandata Announces New Chief Executive Officer
Sandata is pleased to announce the appointment of Timothy Bacci as the organization’s next Chief Executive Officer. Mr. Bacci brings to Sandata over 25 years in technology, most recently leading HighWire Press, a scholarly publishing technology provider. His...
Opportunities for Payers to Address SDOH
In our last blog we discussed how providers can specifically address the social determinants of health (SDOH) in their day-to-day operations. For individuals to receive the comprehensive and holistic care they deserve; providers and payers need to work together to...