Increasing Home Health Agency and Patient Outcomes

About The Author

Sharon Litwin RN, BSHS, MHA, HCS-D, COQ-S

Sharon is the founder and was the senior managing partner of 5 Star Consultants, a national consulting and coding firm specializing in homecare and hospice services since 2003, selling the company to Healthcare Provider Solutions in 2020. She was the Clinical Support Specialist at CHAP, providing training and education and assisting with accreditation activities. Sharon was also CHAP and an ACHC surveyor, performing Medicare deemed accreditation surveys for 10 years.

Sharon has focused on assisting homecare and hospice agencies in providing quality, meeting regulations, ICD-10 coding, OASIS, increasing outcomes and Star Ratings, and having continued survey readiness. Sharon is a certified experienced ICD-10 coder and both teaches coding and does reviews for agencies. She also has extensive experience in teaching many topics in home health and hospice is a regular speaker for education companies, state and national associations; she also has written articles for many industry publications over the years.