AuditShield for Home Health
9/10
Demand Score
Medicare audits can result in $500k+ clawbacks and criminal charges. Agencies live in constant fear of surprise audits with 30% failing.
9/10
Blue Ocean
Competition Level
$249-499
Price/Month
Predicted customer spend
50 days
Time to MVP
Difficulty: Moderate
The Problem
[Allnurses.com Thread: “Paperwork and audit anxiety in home health?”](https://allnurses.com/paperwork-audit-anxiety-home-health-t726828/)
🔗 Validated by Real User Complaints
This problem has been verified through 1 real user complaints:
Competitor Landscape
- Strategic Healthcare Programs (SHP) - consultancy model, $5k+/month
- Fazzi Associates - manual audit services, expensive hourly rates
- Generic compliance tools - not home health specific
Must-Have Features for MVP
EMR integration via API or file upload
Real-time audit risk scoring
Automated documentation gap detection
Mock audit report generation
Priority remediation task lists
⚠️ Potential Challenges
- Accessing EMR data from various systems
- Keeping up with changing Medicare regulations
- Building trust without being seen as 'audit insurance'
Risk Level: Moderate
🎯 Keys to Success
- Partner with former Medicare auditors as advisors
- Guarantee finding issues before real audits or money back
- Start with agencies that recently failed audits
- Provide monthly compliance certificates for insurance discounts
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This moderate-difficulty project could be your next micro-SaaS success.