As an advocate of technology in home care for the last 13 years, HCTR believes we should adopt an editorial position on the events of last week. The crime ring allegedly created by a Dallas-area physician could not have been successful had the state mandated the use of Electronic Visit Verification by home care agencies. Other states would be well-advised to take the six-year, $375 million fraud operation as a warning, not to merely step up investigation efforts but to put prevention measures in place. We have some measures to suggest.
Among the concerns facing home care agencies and hospices today is the issue of billing accuracy. Owners and administrators must be confident that they are submitting claims for visits that actually happened at the time and location recorded on timesheets. As guest writer Scott Herrmann explains, that confidence can never come from paper-based, manual systems, but there is another way.
by Audrey Kinsella Personal Health Informatics Mull over that one. Not sure quite was it is? It is the field that targets ongoing personal healthcare needs and develops “wellness” technologies for individuals, not to be confused with patients. It is focused not on people with diseases but on health management information and tools that people […]
