WASHINGTON, DC — January 30, 2015 — Yesterday, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released for comment a voluntary paper clinical template that could be completed by physicians during their face-to-face examination of a Medicare patient. CMS noted that, if implemented, the template could be completed by physicians and the resulting document would […]
by Paul Murphy, MS, MA, Paramedic Advances in healthcare technology, such as telemedicine, are revolutionizing care delivery. Also referred to as mhealth, ehealth, telehealth, and mobile health, telemedicine continues to gain industry-wide acceptance, including within the home care environment. As devices become increasingly mobile, the ability to use technology in home health will continue to […]
Rob Love Joins ContinuLink Boca Raton, FL (January 26, 2015) — Procura, owner of the ContinLink SaaS solution, announced this week the addition of Robert Love as Regional Vice President of Sales in the Western region. Rob has over 14 years of experience in the home care technology space. After obtaining an MBA from the […]
Thornberry’s NDoc software has been given the Best in KLAS award in the homecare market segment for the second year in a row, the Lancaster, Pennsylvania company announced this week. The designation, announced in the 2014 Best in KLAS Award Software & Services report, recognizes excellence in customer service, support and interoperability and is based […]
With less than a 30-day warning, CMS is making a computer system change that will affect users of the following applications: Bundle Payments EFT, COB, CPCi, CSR, ECRS, Gentran, HPG, Internet Server (TIBCO), MAPD (MARx UI), MDR, MED, myCGS, Novitasphere, PS&R, STAR, The SPOT (FCSO) and VMS CL IACS. Home health organizations and hospices that […]
Under the heading that they are adding experience to the management team, CellTrak quietly announced last week that it has replaced 6-year CEO Michael Wons with second-phase growth specialist Mark Battaglia, of MK Capital, Celltrak’s venture capital partner. Battaglia has over 30 years experience in start-up and growth stage companies. Prior to joining CellTrak, he […]
Home telehealth in Colorado is on the move again. Thanks to the efforts of lobbyist Ellen Caruso, a bill has been introduced and unanimously passed by the state legislature that would make insurance companies pay for in-home monitoring services much in the same way Medicaid in Colorado now pays. Under current law, health benefit […]
January 15 – Calling it a “huge victory for patients and providers,” the National Association for Home Care & Hospice today announced that the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia has handed down a decision invalidating the proposed new U. S. Department of Labor overtime rule that had been slated to take […]
Not knowing what we were going to find, outside of a couple of familiar company names among the exhibitor list, we ventured last week into the belly of Sin City, otherwise known as the Las Vegas Convention Center. We were surprised that, among all the cool gadgets such as wrist fitness monitors, Google Glass knockoffs, […]
By Tim Rowan Healthcare in Transition, the seminar series I created last spring for both Medicare and private duty home care owners and administrators, received rave reviews in its first incarnation and I have promised it will be bigger and better next year. So get your taxes done early and please join me and […]
