The Affordable Care Act included language instructing the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to conduct a study of vulnerable patients and submit a report to Congress by March 31, 2014. The language also instructed CMS to develop a four-year demonstration project to begin on January 1, 2015. The study was completed on time […]
by Roger Shindell Fall seems to be cyber security “awareness month.” If you follow any sector of the data breach industry, blog posts or articles seem to address the topic day after day at this time of year. At the HIMSS Privacy and Security Forum, held in Boston in September, the topic was addressed in […]
by Audrey Kinsella The theme of last month’s Partners healthcare symposium, “Connected Health in Practice: Engaging Patients and Providers Outside of Traditional Care Settings” was less about the home and other post-acute settings than it was about the patient. Patient self-management of chronic conditions is a concern for all involved, symposium speakers emphasized, from professionals […]
by Donna Thomson Today, my family uses technology to coordinate our son’s complex care in the community, but it wasn’t always so. Nicholas is 26 years old and resides in a small care home in our neighborhood. He is non-speaking and medically complex, requiring one-to-one nursing care 24/7. For the first 22 years of […]
Washington, D.C., Nov. 12, 2014—Home health and hospice providers serve nearly six million patients each year. Performing care in the patient’s home makes each visit unique to the patient and setting, requiring careful clinician training and planning to ensure smooth care transitions and ongoing, quality patient care. Today, the Visiting Nurse Associations of America […]
Settlement of the Jimmo case has received widespread coverage in the healthcare industry and the general press. The initial Settlement Agreement was approved by the Court and issued on January 24, 2013, and includes the possibility of enforcement by the Court, if either party breaches the Agreement. According to the Settlement Agreement, the Centers […]
By Liz Seegert NAHC’s Vice President for Law sat down exclusively with reporter Liz Seegert last month during the association’s annual meeting in Phoenix for a wide-ranging interview on policy, programs, and the future of home healthcare. In this third and final installment of their conversation, he discusses ACOs, post-acute partnerships and the latest CMS […]
by Audrey Kinsella Last month’s Partners Healthcare symposium, “Connected Health in Practice: Engaging Patients and Providers Outside of Traditional Care Settings,” was much less about whether care is delivered in the home or other non-traditional setting and more about the patient. One speaker went so far as to proclaim “Patient is King.” As if […]
A Connecticut woman has sued her healthcare provider for disclosing personal health information to a third party against her explicit instructions. The headline of this story is that the state’s Supreme Court will allow the suit to go forward and allow the plaintiff to use the argument that HIPAA has become a “standard of […]
Consider the Conversation 2: Stories about Cure, Relief, and Comfort did not win an Emmy® Award in Chicago on Saturday night (11/1), but co-producers Michael Bernhagen and Terry Kaldhusdal continue to be amazed by the ripple effect of their collective work despite the absence of funding, a publicist, national media attention and a famous […]
