A research team at Princeton University has developed a way to measure blood sugar using lasers. The Princeton team directed an IR quantum cascade laser at the palm of the patient’s hand, and the patients absorbed the laser’s light. The amount of light that the patient’s sugar molecules absorbed signified the amount of blood sugar […]
by Liz Seegert Craig Mandeville knew all he needed to know about home care software. Every night his wife would come home from work and describe at length her latest frustrations about her agency’s attempts to deploy a million-dollar software “solution.” He says he was “blown away” by one gaping hole in the expensive product’s […]
by Audrey Kinsella According to the Centers for Disease Control, 795,000 Americans suffer a stroke each year. Approximately 665,000 survive, though most with at least one disability. Stroke is therefore recognized as the leading cause of serious, long-term disability in the United States. As rehab and treatment become more and more common outside institutional settings, […]
By Liz Seegert Despite proposed rule changes in face to face documentation, Tom Maxwell, chief strategy officer of Homecare Homebase thinks agencies can’t relax just yet — quite the opposite. Defensible documentation is vital. He shared some of his predictions about the state of the industry in the coming year with staff reporter Liz Seegert. […]
by John Reisinger Thank you for taking the time to consider the following comments on the 2015 Proposed Rule including CY 2015 Home Health Prospective Payment System Rate Update; Home Health Quality Reporting Requirements; and Survey and Enforcement Requirements for Home Health Agencies. There are several parts of the 2015 Proposed Rule that […]
We asked you last week [in the HCTR August 27, 2014 issue] to tell us about your experiences with VA physicians. We had been hearing how difficult it is to get essential documents signed and returned but we hoped what we were hearing were random anecdotes. According to what you told us, the problem […]
WASHINGTON, DC — September 3, 2014 — The Visiting Nurse Associations of America (VNAA) filed comments with CMS regarding its proposed Calendar Year 2015 Home Health Prospective Payment System Rate Update Notice of Proposed Rule Making (NPRM). In its comments, VNAA asserts nonprofit home health agencies are critical access providers for vulnerable patients and […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – (Sept. 3, 2014) – District of Columbia Mayor Vincent Gray, Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), U. S Representatives Erik Paulsen (R-MN), Diane Black (R-TN) and Phil Gingrey, MD (R-GA), Colonel Al Bonnema, MD, US Air Force, Medical Corps, Department of Defense and Dr. Theresa Cullen, CMIO and Director of Health Informatics for the […]
