by Audrey Kinsella Home healthcare clinicians have always prided themselves on being closer to their patients than other clinicians can be. They do not mean merely physically closer but speak of a personal closeness as well. They know pets’ names, favorite foods, and they know of the difficulties following directives regarding dietary needs, medication […]
Since January, an ‘S’ code has been available to identify, and possibly bill for, telehealth services. CMS created it but does not recognize it, of course, on Medicare claims. Nevertheless, its existence means home healthcare agencies are able to introduce it to other payers, such as Managed Care Organizations and state Medicaid offices. Details […]
By Andrey Ostrovsky, MD The Affordable Care Act is reshaping the healthcare reimbursement landscape, pressuring risk-bearing organizations like insurance companies and Accountable Care Organizations to transition from a fee-for-service to a pay-for-performance model of reimbursement.1 This transition is threatening hospitals with a 5-20% contraction in annual revenue over the next 5-8 years.2 Healthcare finance […]
Dear HCTR Readers, I’m proud to tell you that I have been arrested by the Muscular Dystrophy Association and am going “behind bars” to help in the fight against muscle disease. The only way out of the MDA jail is to raise bail so I thought I would reach out to my faithful readers […]
Thanks again to everyone who participated in the Home Care Technology Report HIPAA compliance survey we ran from February 23 through March 26. The purpose of the survey was to gather information in a manner that would allow us to compare it to the Ponemon Institute Second Annual Benchmark Study on Patient Privacy and […]
Bayer HealthCare, a subsidiary of German-based Bayer AG, has quietly exited the U.S. home telehealth marketplace. Effective May 1, the international company sold Viterion TeleHealthcare to a newly-formed company that will be known as Viterion Corporation. The new company will receive investment and strategic support from NSD Co., Ltd., a Japan-based IT systems integrator, […]
Suture Health, Inc., provider of SutureSign, the new electronic signature network created by physician Michael Blackstone, announced on May 21 that the Visiting Nurse Association of Cape Cod, a member of Cape Cod Healthcare, has selected SutureSign to streamline care order processing. Details are provided in this article about this home health software’s advantages […]
Springfield, MO — May 7, 2013— McKesson Corporation has released McKesson Homecare™ v13.0, which the company describes as a “major advancement” in how homecare clinicians document treatment and develop care plans. According to a company news release, Version 13.0 incorporates evidence-based principles into the natural flow of a patient visit, helping to increase efficiency […]
Two companies featured in this week’s Vendor Watch are Procura Group of Companies, now working with CellTrak Technologies; and HomecareCRM. Westmont, IL — May 16, 2013 — The Procura Group of Companies and CellTrak Technologies announced that they have extended interface support to Procura’s Progresa Health Systems product line. As part of the interface […]
by Roger Shindell Thank you to everyone who participated in the Home Care Technology Report / Carosh Compliance Solutions Survey (the Survey) we ran from February 23 through March 26, 2013. The goal was to learn typical home healthcare and hospice practices to ensure patient health information privacy and keep data secure in order to compare […]
