Accounts Receivable

Delinquent A/R not only has a negative impact on cash flow, but it’s bad for business. If your agency does not have impeccable accounts receivable, L.M. Cantone & Associates can help you solve your immediate problems once and for all.

We will:

• Analyze your accounts receivables
• Perform on-site billing and collections on backlogged accounts
• Create/amend billing and collections policies and procedures
• Train your staff on billing compliance

To read more about L.M. Cantone's approach to improving AR health, read our article, "Getting Tough with Homecare Accounts Receivable." You can also read a case study that documents a recent project, "An Accounts Receivable Case study."

Corporate Compliance

In today's dynamic health care environment, increased competition for market share, pressure to increase revenues and reduce costs has intensified. This, coupled with regulatory scrutiny has heightened the awareness of clinical, operational, and financial risks to organizations. Real-time monitoring is needed. At L.M. Cantone & Associates, we can help you identify and minimize your risks. With proper risk management, organizations can control risk, measure performance more effectively, determine capital allocations, satisfy regulatory expectations and realize a variety of other business advantages.

• Pre-regulatory survey diagnostics
• Post-survey assistance
• Forensic auditing/litigation support
• Risk assessments
• Development and implementation of compliance programs
• Regulatory negotiation assistance with your special counsel
• Education and training

To read more about L.M. Cantone's approach to corporate compliance, read our article, "Corporate Compliance: Critical to Organizational Success." You can also read a case study that documents a recent project, "A Corporate Compliance Case study."

Staff Education

Frequently the first area to get its budget cut is education. At L.M. Cantone & Associates, we believe a well-informed staff is critical to agency success. In addition to on- and off-site seminars, our series of one-hour teleconference training sessions gives providers the following benefits:

• Your entire staff can attend conference calls at your agency
• No decrease in staff productivity at all-day, off-site seminars
• Learn compliance strategies
• Interactive question and answer sessions after the call

Current offerings include the latest information on PPS, OASIS: the clinical link to reimbursement, Home Care 101 and cost-containment strategies for the home care executive.

JCAHO Readiness

The most effective strategy of preparing for JCAHO accreditation is to be "ever ready." Successful organizations begin preparing for their next JCAHO survey immediately after the conclusion of their last survey. L.M. Cantone & Associates can help you become "ever ready," too.

• Analyze existing policies and procedures for JCAHO compliance
• Create collateral materials to demonstrate your agency’s efforts (i.e., storyboard)
• Mock surveys
• Agency preparation
• Training

Medicare PPS

Now that it’s here, how well is your organization doing with PPS? At L.M. Cantone & Associates, we know PPS – what works, what doesn’t. More to the point, we can help you and your staff become more knowledgeable and skilled.

• Caseload analysis
• Clinical model development
• Service utilization and supply management
• PPS billing basic training

You can also read a case study that documents a recent project, "Prospective Payment (PPS) Case Study."

Operational Assessment

L.M. Cantone & Associates’ home care and hospice assessments are a great way to report where your agency’s operations are today.

We will:

• Review critical process flows
• Assess clinical competencies
• Review administrative policies
• Analyze financial well-being
• Make recommendations for a tune-up