Volume 2, Number 4 — January 25, 2010 343 days until the first Baby Boomer applies for Medicare Dear Home Care Colleague, When I began writing about home health care technology in 1998, I was admittedly unpracticed at interviewing and, frankly, after five years as a home care agency IT Director, I still knew less […]
BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee has announced that it has spent more than $7 million to respond to a security breach that might have compromised members’ personal and health data, the Chattanooga Times Free Press reports. How did this happen?
The Visiting Nurse Service of New York (VNSNY) Center for Home Health Care Policy & Research, the only research center focused on studying home health care in the U.S., has received funding from The Center for Technology and Aging to test state-of-the art information technology (IT) strategies designed to help elderly patients with cognitive impairment […]
WEDI to Build ICD-10 Vendor Directory. ATA to coordinate telemedicine assistance for Haiti. Small progress noticed in movement toward telehealth reimbursement.
Palatine, IL – January 26, 2010 – Addus HomeCare Corporation (NASDAQ: ADUS) announced this week the appointment of Michael Siegel as Vice President of Information Services. The former Simione associate and Maxim Healthcare CIO will be responsible for leading all aspects of Addus’ information services operations and infrastructure.
BALTIMORE, MD — Newswise — January 28 — National home care and health care leaders kicked off an 18-month national home-health quality-improvement campaign this month at CMS headquarters in Baltimore.
Analysis by Editor Tim Rowan As we have emphasized over the last few months, too much attention is focused on the Recovery Audit Contractor program and too little on other contractors that have the power to reduce home care and hospice revenue today rather than on some unknown date in the future. For the contractors […]
File this one under “lesson learned…the hard way.” Incorporate it into your next staff training. This agency properly followed the government’s appeal procedure after receiving a notice of payment denial. Excerpts below show that the administrative law judge did not find the provider’s care lacking, just its paperwork. That is correct, it is not merely […]
Some healthcare providers are concerned they may not know how to proceed if their organization is audited by a Recovery Audit Contractor (RAC) and receives a payment recoupment notice. Fortunately, there is a way to learn the RAC appeal process in advance and be completely prepared.
Volume 2, Number 3 — January 18, 2010 351 days until the first Baby Boomer applies for Medicare Dear Home Care Colleague, I hope to see you if you might be in San Antonio this week for the TAHC&H Winter Meeting. There was another laptop theft incident last week. Are you protected against such an […]
