Coverage Help
Nurse Visits
Nurse Portal
Overview
🗣 The huddle questions (from Samantha's playbook) ▼
Staffing focus: Based on open hours and care needs, what is today's hiring focus? (type of caregiver, skills, schedule, location)
Critical issues: What urgent client or family concerns must be handled today? What start of care, schedule change, or admission is at risk? What compliance, EVV, billing, or documentation issue needs attention?
Blockers: What is the single biggest blocker that could slow today down?
Round-robin close, everyone answers: "My priority today is ______." It must connect to client safety, coverage, hiring, or retention.
Full breakdown — overdue, due today, new leads, completed
📋 How Start of Care Works — the three ways a Medicaid case arrives ▼
Start of Care
Communication
Inbox
Meetings
My Work
Needs Attention
Arriving on their own: missed calls, and new leads that nobody has answered yet. A lead closes itself the moment anyone contacts them, so this only ever lists people still waiting.
Coming next: unanswered texts, caregiver call-offs and orientation no-shows.
Phone Calls
Family Circles
EVV Corrections
Training
Applicants
🧭 How hiring runs now — read this once
Most of this happens without you. Your job is the judgement calls and the screenings only you can run.
- You make the offer on the Offer a Job tab. Paste their details from Augusta rather than retyping.
- Their start link sends itself. They get a text and email asking for references and the details the Family Care Safety Registry needs. This is the fastest way to get reference checks moving, which is the slowest part of hiring.
- They appear here on their own once they fill it in, with references already in place and a fingerprint check flagged if they have lived outside Missouri.
- Their references get asked automatically and answer five questions on their phone. The answers score themselves, exactly as if you had called.
- You run OIG, EDL and FCSR, because those are state systems only a person can use.
- Two positive references and three clear screenings turns them green and lights up the orientation invite.
What still needs you, and when:
- A negative reference or a flagged screening shows up in Needs Attention within four hours. Read it before that person goes any further.
- A reference who goes quiet gets one reminder after two days. After five we ask the applicant to help, since it is their job waiting. Only after nine does it become a phone call for you.
- Viventium Step 1 is their paperwork, not yours, but nobody gets an orientation until it is done. The Step 1 chip on their row tells you.
| Candidate | Ref 1 | Ref 2 | Ref 3 | Ref 4 | OIG Check | EDL Check | FCSR BG | Fingerprint BG | Status | Actions |
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June 2026
All Upcoming Sessions
| Caregiver | Hire Date | Agency Orientation + ALZ 6hr — cleared to schedule | First Client Contact | OJT In-Home + Online 6hr — all 12hr due within 30 days | Annual 5hr yr 2+ | Overall | Actions |
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| Caregiver | OIG 90 days | EDL 90 days | FCSR annual | Fingerprint BG | Supervisory Visit annual | Performance Review annual | Actions |
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- Log every attendance event the moment it happens — a call-in (the hub computes the notice automatically; less than 4 hours = write-up required per Handbook 2U), a tardy, or a no-call/no-show (immediate termination review per 2U — Samantha is alerted and makes the final call).
- The hub counts events per caregiver and applies the corrective-action ladder from Handbook 2V the same way every time: Verbal Warning → Written Warning → Final Written Warning → Termination Review.
- When a write-up is due, the caregiver's card shows a red button — click it and the document is drafted for you with the facts, dates, history and policy language. Print it, review it with the caregiver in person, have them sign (a signature confirms receipt, not agreement), then Mark issued and file the signed copy in Viventium.
- Every write-up — warning or termination — is approved by Samantha or Zach (the owners) before it can be issued. Nobody else can approve discipline.
⚙️ Policy thresholds (editable — the ladder applies these consistently)
Write-Ups
Recruit
Interviews
⚙ Connect a coordinator's calendar
basic.ics. Only events with “interview” in the title or notes show up here, so personal appointments stay private. Do not see a Secret address? It only exists on calendars you own, and a Google Workspace admin setting can hide it. If it is missing, tell Claude and we will connect the calendar a different way.
Team Calendar
Interview length, notice and how far ahead
Offer a Job
👀 The welcome message they get at the Viventium step
Who they are
The job
What you learned in the interview
Caregiver attributes for AxisCare
Settings
Supabase Connection
Use the same project as Staffing Hub — coordinators sign in with the same accounts, and this hub's tables live alongside caregivers in app_data.
AxisCare Integration
Find your site number in your AxisCare URL: https://XXXXX.axiscare.com
⚙️ These belong to the agency now
Everything below except the Supabase connection is shared with the whole team, on every device. Pasting a key here switches it on for Krystal too. You can also manage the same settings from the Admin page.
💬 Communications & Training Hub
One key switches on three things: the texts, emails and calls shown on a lead, the Sync from Training Hub button on the Training tab, and escalation alerts. It lives in the Training Platform project as hub_read_key and starts with cchub_.
Cadences
Transcript Retention
Visit transcripts can contain medical detail. Once a care plan is pushed to AxisCare, the structured plan is the record of truth — the raw transcript doesn't need to stick around.
🔗 Lead Intake (Website Form → Hub)
Every mo-care.com form posts to the token-gated lead-intake Edge Function (see assets/forms.js in the website repo) and lands in the Leads tab with source "Website" — verified end to end 2026-08-01. No Zapier involved. An earlier note here showed a raw database URL; that path was closed in the July security hardening and was never the real one.
POST https://zngsgedlsxinbygwmxwn.supabase.co/functions/v1/lead-intake?token=cclead_…🪄 Care Plan Generation Webhook (Hub → Zapier → AxisCare)
Fires when you click "Generate Care Plan." Zapier structures the transcript with AI and pushes the result back here and into AxisCare custom fields.
Staff & Notifications
Add each coordinator with the email they sign in with — that's how the hub knows who's who: it shapes their view, stamps their work, and powers the stand-up counts. Samantha's account always sees everything.
Staff & Access — read only
Who exists, what they belong to, and what they hold, read from the structural identity model rather than from any list of email addresses in the code. Nothing on this panel can be edited yet; managing access here comes after the authority cutover.
Who gets reviewed
While somebody is learning, their work gets looked at before their oversight reduces. A rule here means the reviewer picks up a Review item each time that person finishes that kind of work. The employee’s own work is already done; the review is the reviewer’s.
🚨 After-Hours Escalation Protocol
Kept for reference (the On-Call tab was removed) — after-hours escalation steps live here if you ever want them surfaced again.
Admin Passcode
Keep this separate from staff login passwords.
📋 How This Tab Works — Step by Step ▼
All drafts — pending, approved, and sent
📋 How This Tab Works — Step by Step ▼
Referral Sources
📋 How This Tab Works — Step by Step ▼
AxisCare_Care_Assessment_Fields_Setup.md guide. Until those are created in AxisCare, pushes will save to Supabase but the AxisCare step will no-op.📋 How This Tab Works — Step by Step ▼
📋 How This Tab Works — New Clients, Needs Scheduling ▼
📋 How This Tab Works — State Submissions ▼
📋 How This Tab Works — Care Match Check-in Calls ▼
📋 How This Tab Works — Monthly Care Plan Reviews ▼
📋 How This Tab Works — Step by Step ▼
📋 How This Tab Works — Step by Step ▼
📋 How This Tab Works — the SOP Library ▼
📋 How This Tab Works — Step by Step ▼
🏡 HomeTogether Orders
Every order from the HomeTogether website lands here automatically, the shipping details, emergency contacts, care preferences, and a personal profile of the senior so a caregiver's very first virtual visit already feels like time with a friend. Click any order to open it.
📋 New-order runbook: ship a HomeTogether device
Golden rule: assign the Hub in the HomeSight Care Portal BEFORE it ships. An unassigned Hub will not set itself up when the family plugs it in.
- Order arrives (this tab + Stripe email). Note their shipping address and any add-ons.
- Care Portal → Accounts → Add: create the senior's account. First/last name, language English (en-US), Imperial units, their ZIP code (powers the weather on their TV), Central time zone.
- Open the account → Assign Wellness Hub: pick a Hub from the shelf by serial number (white sticker on the bottom). Icon turns from red to black when assigned.
- Write the serial on the order here in the hub, that serial is how we track the device for returns.
- Add-ons: channels are on by default (included). If they bought sensors / LTE / health readings, enable those modules on the account and pack the extra hardware.
- Invite the family: add their family contacts on the account, each gets a welcome email to register for the app and portal. Do this now so the app works the day the box arrives.
- Box and ship: Hub, remote (batteries in), HDMI cable, quick-start sheet. Same-day if ordered by early afternoon.
- They plug it in: Hub connects to Wi-Fi, registers with the cloud, updates itself, and their account comes alive. Offer the setup phone call from the order email.
- If they bought caregiver visits: coordinator calls within one business day to lock standing times, then schedule the recurring calls in the Care Portal.
When a customer cancels: send the return-label email (templates in 🎫 Support), and when the device comes back: Care Portal → set deployment status to not deployed, purge the unit with their tools, back on the shelf for the next customer.
Reorder devices when the shelf drops to ~3 spares: help.homesight.care → Submit Request → Order Request (min 2 Hubs; SIM choice T-Mobile or AT&T; ships to our office).
Feedback
Star check-ins from clients, families and caregivers, plus Caregiver of the Year nominations. Everything here also landed in your email the moment it was sent.
Consultation Bookings
Consultations booked on mo-care.com/book. The public calendar only offers times that are open here AND free on the connected Google Calendars below, so a family can never double-book a coordinator. Orientation sessions from the Staffing Hub block this calendar automatically too.
Scheduler settings
Times are Central. Changes apply to the public calendar the moment you save.
In Google Calendar: Settings → your calendar → "Integrate calendar" → copy the Secret address in iCal format and paste it here. Busy events on that calendar automatically block the public scheduler. Keep these links private, treat them like a password.
Caregivers Corner
The support community on mo-care.com/caregivers-corner. Nothing goes public until you approve it here. Replies you post from this tab appear with a "Caring Companions" badge.
Post a pinned prompt
A standing conversation-starter that sits at the top of the Corner (e.g. "Wednesday Wins: tell us one thing that went right this week"). Goes live instantly with the Caring Companions badge.
Waiting for review
Live on the site
Support calendar
HomeTogether Hire
Concierge matching. Caregivers apply and families request at tryhometogether.com/local; you interview + background-check caregivers, then personally introduce matches by phone or email. Nothing is ever public.
Caregiver applications
Family requests
Campaigns
Your designed email library, ready to send. Pick an audience, open an email to preview it exactly as it will arrive, choose recipients, and send a test to yourself first. Everything goes out through GoHighLevel and lands in each contact's timeline.
🎫 HomeTogether Support
Every "Submit a request" from the HomeTogether websites lands here. Open a ticket, click Reply to answer by email (the ticket number stays in the subject so the thread is easy to find), and set the status so nothing slips.
📦 Device return emails (cancellation flow)
When someone cancels HomeTogether: send #1 right away with the prepaid label. If the device hasn't arrived, #2 goes out around day 14 and #3 around day 25. The $300 fee only ever applies after all three, and it's waived the moment the device shows up.
Subject: Your HomeTogether return label (prepaid, takes 5 minutes)
Hi {First},
Your cancellation is all set, no further charges. The only thing left is sending the Wellness Hub home to us, and we've made it easy:
1. Put the Wellness Hub, remote, and cables in any sturdy box
2. Print the attached prepaid label and stick it on (no postage needed)
3. Drop it off at any carrier location within 30 days
That's it. We'll email you a confirmation the moment it arrives and your account will be fully closed.
Thank you for letting us be part of your family's story, truly.
Warmly,
The HomeTogether team
Subject: Friendly reminder: your HomeTogether return label
Hi {First},
Just a gentle nudge, we haven't received the Wellness Hub yet. No worries at all, life gets busy!
Your prepaid label is attached again. Any sturdy box works, and any carrier location will take it, no postage needed.
If the label gives you any trouble, or the box already shipped, just reply to this email and we'll sort it out.
Warmly,
The HomeTogether team
Subject: Heads up: device return needed by {date} to avoid the $300 fee
Hi {First},
We want to make sure this doesn't cost you anything: the Wellness Hub needs to be dropped off by {date} (30 days after your cancellation). After that date, the $300 device replacement fee from our Terms of Service applies to the card on file.
The good news: dropping it off any time before then means no fee at all, and if it's already on its way, you can ignore this note entirely.
Your prepaid label is attached one more time. Questions or a hiccup with shipping? Just reply, we're happy to help.
Warmly,
The HomeTogether team
🛡 LTC Insurance Policy
Paste a client's long-term care policy and get an instant, clear breakdown, then set it up as a payor in AxisCare. See the family-facing LTC page ↗
📄 AI policy analyzer
Paste the policy or its benefits/summary pages. The AI pulls out the elimination period, daily & lifetime limits, benefit triggers, whether home care from an agency is covered, and what it all means for the client. Tip: on a PDF, select all (Ctrl/Cmd‑A), copy, and paste here.
⚙️ Set up LTC insurance as a payor in AxisCare
General flow, exact menu labels vary by AxisCare setup. Confirm as you go.
1. Assignment of benefits (direct billing) — the client signs an assignment and we bill the LTC carrier directly; they pay nothing out of pocket within policy limits. Set the LTC company as the payer.
2. Private pay + reimbursement — the client pays us at our rate and we give them paid invoices to submit to their carrier. Bill the client as Private Pay; use the LTC payer only to track the daily/lifetime limits.
- Create the payer. Settings / Admin → Payers (or Payers & Bill Rates) → Add Payer. Name it clearly, e.g. “Genworth – LTC Insurance”, and set the type to Private Insurance / Long‑Term Care.
- Set the bill rate. Enter your agency rate (hourly or per‑visit) for this payer so invoices calculate correctly. If the carrier reimburses a fixed daily amount, still bill your true rate, the policy’s daily max is tracked in the authorization (next step).
- Add the payer to the client. Open the client → Payers / Authorizations → add the LTC payer. Set effective dates and enter the policy’s daily or monthly maximum as the authorization cap so AxisCare warns you before a visit exceeds coverage.
- Handle the elimination period. AxisCare won’t track the waiting period for you. Keep the client on Private Pay until the elimination period is satisfied (note the satisfied date), then switch the primary payer to the LTC payer from that date forward.
- Turn on direct billing / assignment. If the carrier pays the agency, add the carrier’s billing address to the payer and attach the required documents (signed plan of care, assignment of benefits, caregiver visit logs).
- Invoice & submit. Generate the payer invoice, then export the visit logs / EVV records the carrier requires and submit with the claim form. Most carriers want these monthly.
✅ Our claim process (quick reference)
- Free policy review. Get the policy or benefits letter, run it through the analyzer above.
- Verify benefits with the carrier. Call with the client to confirm elimination period, daily max, and requirements in writing.
- Assessment & plan of care. Arrange the professional assessment and plan of care the carrier requires.
- File the claim. Submit claim forms plus caregiver logs and invoices.
- Care begins, bill the carrier. Start care on schedule and bill directly, keeping documentation current.
📚 Coordinator Playbook
Everything you need to answer a family's questions with confidence — how every payor works, the intake process for each, and word-for-word scripts for selling blended care. When in doubt, verify eligibility before promising anything.
How families pay
Tap a payor to expand. Every family fits one — or a blend — of these five.
Private Pay Fastest start ▸
| Wellness Care | from $30/hr |
| Personal Care | from $32/hr |
| Advanced Care | from $34/hr |
| 24-Hour Care | $28–$32/hr |
| Live-In Care | $450/day* |
| HomeTogether virtual check-ins | from $75/mo |
*Live-In includes a $25/day caregiver meal fee. These are the only published rates — quote them exactly, never invent others.
Best for: families who need to start now with no eligibility wait, want flexibility, or don't qualify for a program. Lead with: our caregivers are screened, insured W-2 employees, backed by 24/7 support and backup coverage.
Medicaid — MO HealthNet HCBS $0 to family ▸
What it is: Missouri's Home & Community-Based Services pay for personal-care hours at home so seniors avoid a nursing facility. Two ways to receive it — the Agency Model (we employ and send the caregiver) or Consumer-Directed Services (CDS), where the client directs their own attendant (often a family member) and we handle the management/fiscal side.
Who qualifies: MO HealthNet (Medicaid) eligible · age 63+ or an adult with a disability · and meets nursing-facility level of care confirmed by the state's in-home assessment.
Covers: authorized personal-care / ADL hours (bathing, dressing, mobility, meals). Does not cover: room & board, or hours beyond the authorized units.
Watch out: care is capped at the authorized units — anything above that isn't reimbursed. Confirm remaining units before scheduling.
Veterans (VA) Underused — always ask ▸
Two very different paths — know which one you're on:
- Aid & Attendance — an increased monthly VA pension for wartime veterans (or surviving spouses) who need help with daily activities. The family uses that money to pay us privately. Start by connecting them to a Veterans Service Officer to apply.
- VA-authorized home care (Homemaker/Home Health Aide, Veteran-Directed Care, Community Care) — the VA authorizes and pays the agency directly. You must have the VA referral/authorization before care starts.
Always ask: "Did your loved one serve in the military?" It's the most-missed source of funding.
Medicare GUIDE (dementia respite) 75 hrs/yr ▸
What it is: Medicare's GUIDE program covers up to 75 hours/year of in-home respite for people with dementia — and we're an approved provider who bills Medicare directly.
Who qualifies: Original Medicare (Parts A & B) · documented dementia diagnosis · not living in a long-term facility · not on hospice or certain Medicare Advantage plans.
Process & limits: we check eligibility, coordinate approval with our GUIDE partner (typically 7–20 days), then care can begin. Respite hours only; they reset each program year and don't roll over. Full detail lives on the public Medicare GUIDE page.
Long-Term Care (LTC) Insurance Verify first ▸
What it is: a private policy that reimburses home care once the person qualifies. Benefits vary wildly by policy — never promise coverage before you read the policy.
Check these five things:
- Benefit trigger — usually needs help with 2+ ADLs or has cognitive impairment (confirmed by our assessment).
- Elimination period — days the family pays out of pocket before benefits start (often 30–90 days).
- Benefit amount — the daily or monthly maximum the policy pays.
- Agency requirement — many require a licensed agency and a written plan of care (we provide both).
- Reimbursement vs. direct bill — the family may pay us and get reimbursed, or we bill the insurer.
The intake process (every lead)
The hub tabs walk you through each step — this is the shape of it.
- Identify payor early. On the first call, find out how they plan to pay — and always screen for Medicaid, VA, and a dementia diagnosis (GUIDE) even if they lead with private pay. It's the difference between an affordable plan and a lost family.
- Verify before you promise. For Medicaid, confirm level-of-care + authorized units. For VA-paid and LTC, get the authorization or policy details in hand before the start date.
- Assessment sets the plan. The in-home Care Assessment drives the care plan and satisfies documentation for LTC and GUIDE.
- Start of Care is where private pay can begin same/next day — one of our biggest advantages. Say so.
Sales scripts
Say it warm, not salesy. You're relieving stress, not closing a deal.
Discovery questions — ask these before pitching anything:
- "Tell me what a hard day looks like right now for you and your mom/dad."
- "What's prompting the call today — was there a fall, a hospital stay, or just a slow build?"
- "Who's helping right now, and how are you holding up?"
- "Did your loved one ever serve in the military?" · "Are they on Medicaid, or do you think they might qualify?"
- "Has a doctor mentioned memory issues or a dementia diagnosis?" (opens the GUIDE benefit)
Selling blended care Your best tool
In-home hours + HomeTogether virtual check-ins = whole-day coverage for closer to half the cost. This wins the families who think they can't afford care.
A family thinks they need 8 hours/day of hands-on care → 8 × $32 = ~$7,600/mo. Out of reach for most.
Blend it: 4 hours of morning Personal Care (bathing, meals, getting the day started) = ~$3,900/mo, plus HomeTogether at $75/mo for eyes-on wellness checks and video visits the rest of the day.
→ Whole-day peace of mind for roughly half the cost — and Mom is never truly alone.
HomeTogether is simple for the senior (works through the TV they already use), reduces isolation, and gives the family alerts and check-ins between caregiver visits. It's the natural add-on to every in-home plan.
Handling objections
Agree, reframe, offer a next step. Never argue.
"It's too expensive." ▸
"Doesn't Medicare pay for this?" ▸
"We're not ready yet." ▸
"I can take care of Mom myself." ▸
"Let me talk to the family / think about it." ▸
Rates and program rules change — confirm current details with Samantha before quoting anything unusual. Payor eligibility must always be verified before care is promised.