On January 1, 2010, The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) closed a loophole in its home health PPS regulations with a rule that is likely to harm more legitimate providers than shady characters, the group the rule supposedly targets. Responding to a known abusive practice, the federal agency applied a sledge hammer where […]
Volume 2, Number 5 — February 1, 2010 336 days until the first Baby Boomer applies for Medicare Dear Home Care Colleague, I want to emphasize one point this week by mentioning it here instead of burying it in a news story. I have been speaking with members of the advisory board of the Home […]
Your software vendor search is over. Your preferred servers, routers and operating systems have been selected. It was a grueling process but, now that it is over, you can relax, maybe give your IT department a half day off. According to a newly unveiled White Paper from Informatics Corporation of America, you had better not.
TouchPointCare believes in the efficacy of a “data driven” approach to home health care, where caregivers proactively gather patient data and use that information to make treatment decisions. Monitoring programs for homebound patients enable earlier intervention and reduce emergency visits and hospital admissions. The Libertyville (Chicago)-based software company also believes that remote patient monitoring devices […]
Education released for 5010, new HIPAA X12 transaction standards. Obama FY2011 budget allocations millions for Health IT. HME industry snubbed by HHS at Medicare fraud summit.
NEW HOME-TO-HOSPITAL CONNECTED CRITICAL CARE PROGRAM AT MASS GENERAL’S PEDIATRIC INTENSIVE CARE UNIT PUTS ATTENDING DOCTORS AT PATIENT BEDSIDE 24/7 The eleven-year-old girl – for privacy we will call her Michele – was admitted to the MassGeneral Hospital Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) at 2:00 am with respiratory distress. The on-call attending physician evaluated Michele, […]
Philips signs 3-year deal with Suncrest Healthcare to provide home telemonitoring technology. FirstChoice Home Health of Ohio selects CareAnyware. Embark Health launches its online Advance Directive Solution service.
