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The book is what is being bought
A home health, hospice, or home care deal is a census, a payer mix, and a set of claims. The price only holds if the OASIS, the coding, the authorizations, and the cash match the story in the data room.
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Healthcare Integrations · Mergers & Acquisitions
The deal is the operation you inherit.
Cardinal BPS stays with buyers and agency leaders through the review and the months after close. The work is the census, the revenue cycle, and the systems that have to run as one agency.
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Integration is the back office
After close, two agencies still have to admit, document, code, and bill. The electronic record, the billing system, and the visit-verification tool have to carry one workflow, not two sets of habits.
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The risk transfers with the charts
Open denials, a late hospice notice, an EVV mismatch, and documentation that cannot defend the claim do not stay with the seller. They show up in the first months under the new owner.
What we look at
What is actually being acquired.
- Census, payer mix, and which claims actually collect
- OASIS, coding, and the documentation behind the revenue
- Hospice election timing and aggregate cap exposure
- Home care authorizations, units, and visit verification
- Open accounts receivable, denial patterns, and compliance items
- How the record, billing, and visit tool fit after close
Where this lives in the work
Diligence and the operating work are the same review.
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The transaction
A read of the book of business, the open risk, and the few operating changes that matter before and after close.
Healthcare Consulting02
The revenue
Claims, denials, and accounts receivable, so the cash in the model is the cash the agency can collect.
Revenue Cycle Management03
The record
Documentation and coding quality behind the census, reviewed the way a payer or a buyer would read it.
Clinical Documentation04
The coding
Diagnoses and therapy documentation behind the census, read before the revenue in the model is treated as collectible.
Medical Coding