Matt Saucedo
Founder & CEO, ClientCare
Matt Saucedo is the founder of ClientCare, an automated eligibility monitoring and OIG screening platform for home health agencies. He built ClientCare to solve the compliance and revenue problems he saw agencies struggle with firsthand: missed coverage lapses, manual OIG screening processes, and the penalty exposure that comes with both. Before ClientCare, Matt worked in software engineering with a focus on healthcare data systems.
Published Articles
The Complete Guide to Home Health Physician Orders Management
Everything agency owners and billing managers need to know about physician orders: the lifecycle, common problems, compliance requirements, and the modern approach to automation.
What Happens When AI Reads Your Faxes
Intelligent document triage uses AI to classify incoming faxes into eight categories automatically. Learn how it works and why it eliminates the manual sorting bottleneck.
The Revenue Gap Most Home Health Agencies Don’t Know They Have
Most home health agencies have a gap between what they bill and what they collect. Learn what a revenue gap analysis reveals and how consulting engagements recover it.
PECOS Verification: The Compliance Gap That Triggers Survey Findings
If the ordering physician is not enrolled in PECOS, Medicare denies the claim. Most agencies never check until a survey or denial forces the issue. Learn how to close this gap.
The Fax Machine Problem Nobody Talks About
Home health agencies receive 50 to 150 faxes daily. The real cost is not the machine. It is the staff hours spent sorting documents that add zero clinical value.
PDGM Explained: How 432 Payment Groups Determine Your Revenue
PDGM classifies home health episodes into 432 payment groups across 5 dimensions. Learn how each dimension affects your case-mix weight and reimbursement per episode.
The Revenue Per Patient That Most Home Health Agencies Leave on the Table
Most home health agencies underbill under PDGM through suboptimal coding, missed comorbidities, and eligibility lapses. Learn how to capture the revenue you have already earned.
Home Health Claims Denial Rate in 2026: Benchmarks and Prevention
Home health claims denial rates in 2026 average 11.8% overall and 16.7% for Medicaid MCOs. Learn the top denial reasons, current benchmarks, and how to reduce denials.
Home Health Billing Code Compliance Checklist for 2026
A practical billing code compliance checklist for home health agencies in 2026. Covers ICD-10, HCPCS, PDGM grouping, and pre-submission validation steps.
Why So Many Denied Home Health Claims Are Never Resubmitted
Roughly a third of denied home health claims are never resubmitted. Learn why agencies leave recoverable revenue on the table and how to fix the process.
Why Your EHR’s Pre-Billing QA Isn’t Enough for Home Health
Most EHR pre-billing QA checks code format, not CMS billing rules. Learn what EHR validation misses and why home health agencies need a separate compliance layer.
Why Unsigned Orders Cost Home Health Agencies Thousands Every Month
Unsigned physician orders are one of the biggest hidden revenue leaks in home health. Learn how a single missing signature can cost your agency thousands per episode.
CMS Cut Home Health Payments in 2026 — How to Optimize Your PDGM Coding
CMS reduced home health payments in the 2026 Final Rule. Learn how PDGM coding optimization, diagnosis sequencing, and billing validation protect your revenue per episode.
Why Medicaid Eligibility Checking Matters for Home Health Agencies
Medicaid eligibility checking prevents denied claims, revenue loss, and compliance risk for home health agencies. Learn why continuous verification is now a business necessity.
How Often Should Home Health Agencies Verify Patient Eligibility?
Most home health agencies only verify eligibility at intake. That leaves months of exposure. Learn why rolling verification is the new standard and how to implement it without adding staff.
How to Prevent Denied Claims in Home Health: A Practical Guide
Denied claims cost home health agencies thousands per year. Learn the most common denial reasons, how to prevent them, and why eligibility monitoring is the highest-ROI fix.
What Is Eligibility Verification? A Guide for Home Health Agencies
Eligibility verification confirms a patient has active insurance coverage before you provide services. Learn why home health agencies need automated verification and what happens when it fails.
Home Health Compliance Checklist for 2026
A practical compliance checklist for home health agencies in 2026. Covers OIG screening, eligibility verification, documentation, HIPAA, and CMS survey prep.
How AI Is Replacing Manual OIG Screening
Manual OIG screening with exact name matching misses excluded individuals. Learn how fuzzy matching and AI-powered tools close the accuracy gap.
The $6.5M Mistake: When a Home Health Agency Employed an Excluded Nurse
OIG enforcement actions show what happens when agencies employ excluded individuals. A look at real penalties, how they accumulate, and how to prevent them.
Medicaid Eligibility Churn: The Silent Revenue Killer for Home Health
Medicaid eligibility churn costs home health agencies thousands in denied claims. Learn why coverage lapses happen and how to catch them before you bill.
What Is the OIG Exclusion List? A Plain-English Guide
The OIG exclusion list bars certain individuals from participating in federal healthcare programs. Learn what it is, who gets excluded, and the penalties for non-compliance.
5 Compliance Gaps Hiding in Your Home Health Agency
Most home health agencies have compliance blind spots they don't know about. Here are the five most common gaps and how to close them before a survey finds them.
How Often Should You Screen Staff Against the LEIE?
OIG guidance recommends monthly LEIE screening. Learn why quarterly or annual checks leave dangerous gaps and how to implement a compliant screening cadence.
LEIE vs. SAM.gov: What's the Difference?
The LEIE and SAM.gov are two different exclusion databases. Learn who maintains them, what they cover, where they overlap, and why you need to check both.
Prior Authorization for Home Health: Medicare, Medicaid, and MA Rules
Prior authorization requirements for home health vary by payer. Learn the rules for Medicare, Medicaid MCOs, and Medicare Advantage, plus how to prevent PA-related denials.
Medicaid Redetermination and Home Health: What Agencies Need to Know
Medicaid redetermination is the annual process that causes coverage gaps for home health patients. Learn how it works, when it happens, and how to protect your revenue.
The True Cost of Manual OIG Screening for Home Health Agencies
Manual OIG screening costs more than you think. Break down the hidden costs of labor, accuracy risk, documentation gaps, and survey exposure, plus the ROI of automating.
Best Eligibility Monitoring Software for Home Health (2026)
A fair comparison of eligibility monitoring tools for home health agencies in 2026. Covers ClientCare, Approved Admissions, Availity Essentials, Waystar, Experian Health, and pVerify.
How to Automate Eligibility Verification Without Replacing Your EHR
You do not need to rip out your EHR to automate eligibility verification. ClientCare works alongside Axxess, WellSky, KanTime, and any system that exports a CSV.
Medicaid Unwinding in 2026: What Home Health Agencies Need to Know
The Medicaid unwinding disenrolled over 25 million people. In 2026, redeterminations are back to normal but the structural risks remain. Here is what home health agencies should know.
What Happens If You Bill a Patient Who Lost Medicaid Coverage?
Billing a patient who lost Medicaid coverage triggers denied claims, write-offs, and potential False Claims Act exposure. Here is exactly what happens, step by step.