In back-to-back news releases last week, Delta Health Technologies LLC introduced its new VP of sales, announced that it will underwrite the “2013 National State of the Industry Study,” and proposed a new name for the industry it has served for nearly 45 years, the care-at-home industry. Details about these developments are provided in […]
A new survey has found that many states are investing in technology and simplifying Medicaid enrollment processes. Nearly all states are pressing forward with information technology and process improvements to develop faster, streamlined Medicaid enrollment systems, as required under the Affordable Care Act (ACA) whether or not the state accepts the law’s expanded Medicaid […]
by Liz Seegert Two exciting developments surrounding health technology, Medicare payments, and IT acquisition are already in the works in the 113th Congress. Details are provided in this article about a telehealth reimbursement bill introduced by Rep. Mike Thompson (D-CA-5), in his proposed legislation HR 6719; and about suggested removal of Medicare reimbursement limits for […]
Express Billing Reduces Overhead Costs Plainview, NY — Fastrack Healthcare Systems, Inc. has released Express Billing, a new automation feature that the company describes as the industry’s fastest method to generate bills to Medicare, Medicaid, invoice carriers, private pay facilities and wholesale accounts. Traditionally, HME Software Systems required running a variety of processes to […]
ContinuLink, LLC has announced a new software feature: LinkMail. Designed to help enhance communications within home health care agencies, the Boca Raton, Florida-based company says it has been designed to help improve patient care by eliminating the costly, inefficient games of phone tag and daisy chaining voice mails between office staff and field clinicians.
By Elizabeth E. Hogue, Esq. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has issued final rules to: Modify the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) Privacy, Security and Enforcement Rules to implement statutory amendments under the Health Information Technology Economic and Clinical Health Act (HITECH Act) to strengthen the privacy and security […]
We are usually wary of any new home healthcare or hospice software that was built after someone’s request by a developer with deep software expertise but new to our industry. For this reason, when we heard about Hospice Management Suite (HMS) by longtime business software developer Q90 – software specialists with products for facility […]
In a recent 6-month period, the Community Health Innovation Network (CHIN) saved payers $569,000 by preventing avoidable readmissions. Director and founder Janet Wheble’s announcement of that kind of result typically draws resounding applause, especially when delivered to a gathering of executives from Las Vegas’ thirteen hospitals and the health plans that benefit from their […]
When curative medical treatment is no longer an option, focus shifts to supporting a patient’s quality of life. Catholic Hospice is a community-based, not-for-profit program, serving Miami-Dade, Broward and Monroe counties in Florida since 1988, that believes responsibility to its employees is second only to its patients. It was with these core values and twin […]
