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2025 HCBS Trends: What You Need to Know to Succeed
2025 HCBS Trends: What You Need to Know to Succeed As we enter 2025, the Home and Community-Based Services (HCBS) sector continues to evolve, adapting to new challenges and opportunities. Providers must stay ahead of key trends to maintain compliance, deliver...
Mark Your Calendars: 2024 OAAS Resource Fair
The Office of Aging and Adult Services (OAAS) is starting their Resource Fair in 2 weeks!! Check out the schedule below! Hope to see you there!! P.S. Check out the 10 Questions to ask Software Providers before buying! 10 Questions to ask Software...
UPDATE: Value-Based Payments in Louisiana
We’ve been talking about the upcoming value-base payments for a while. Well guess what?! The Office for Citizens with Developmental Disabilities (OCDD) is hosting roadshows to talk about upcoming OCDD initiatives! What are they talking about? How to qualify for...
A Letter From Our Founder
Dear Fellow Providers, When I started CARE Inc back in 1991 things were so different from today. As providers, we were charged with keeping people healthy and safe as they transitioned out of institution-based care to Home and Community Based Services (HCBS)...
Meet Abbie Ross at AAIDD 2024
This year, we had the privilege of bringing both a participant and a Direct Support Professional (DSP) to the AAIDD conference in Alexandria, Louisiana! Our goal was to highlight Cura OS through the lens of a real user. The experience was incredible! Abbie stole the...
Cost 9: Client Impact
Over the past 10 weeks we've explored the costs of paper-based systems. Today we're wrapping up by diving into how paper systems impact the client. Let's dive in! 1. Barriers to Coordinated Care In a paper-based system, sharing client information between DSPs, staff,...
Cost 8: Disaster Recovery Costs of Paper Systems
According to FEMA, as much as 60% of small businesses don't recover from a disaster. Why? Well, most small businesses aren't aware of how damaging and costly a disaster can be. And if you're not aware of what all can happen, how can you prepare? Today, we're diving...
Cost 7: Opportunity Costs of Paper
When we make decisions, the first thing we think about is what the decision will cost us today, and what benefits we get today. It’s a balancing act. Opportunity costs are the potential benefits we miss out on in the future. These aren’t what we immediately think...
Cost 6: Compliance Costs of Paper Systems
While supporting clients is what got providers into the business, compliance costs are what drive most of the overhead costs. We've already dug through the physical costs of paper and the labor costs of handling paper. So what do we mean by compliance costs? For...