With the Balanced Budget Act of 1998 (BBA), home health has been under siege and retrenchment. During this period, home health visits shrank resulting in more than 50% of home health providers leaving the business.

Poised to assist providers during this turbulent time, FHA's consulting efforts concentrated on operational and business strategies for survival.

Today, the climate for home health has changed. Under PPS for home health services, reimbursement is now fairly reasonable. Although issues with regulations compliance and close scrutiny by OIG still exist, the environment is more favorable for home health providers today than in the pre BBA era. With the right strategy and operating system, home health providers can recapture their vibrancy and structure their business for long term growth.

FHA's services are designed to assist providers to build for the future in a sound and reasonable manner. FHA's services focus around five key areas:

• Strategic development
• Operational efficiency maximization
• Service and program diversification planning and implementation
• Reimbursement and financial planning
• Compliance audits for documentation and coding