Tim Rowan, compiler How does WOTC work? The tax credit employers can claim depends on the target group of the individual hired, the wages paid to that individual in the first year of employment, and the number of hours that individual worked. There is also a maximum tax credit that can be earned.[The author specifies […]
By Tim Rowan According to the Department of Health and Human Services Fiscal Year 2015 Financial Report, “Advancing the health, safety, and well-being of the nation,” the Medicare FFS gross improper payment estimate for FY 2015 is 12.09 percent or $43.3 billion. The FY 2015 net improper payment estimate is 11.39 percent or $40.8 […]
By Tim Rowan “We have clinicians complaining that we have them document too much, as if that was a bad thing. Ah, but they are all so happy that they have the documentation when CMS tries to get its money back.” This front-line analysis by a healthcare at home nurse supervisor summarizes one of the […]
By Tim Rowan MatrixCare®, provider of EHR software for long-term care and senior living providers, has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire AOD Software of Fort Lauderdale, including its home care EHR software subsidiary, Soneto, which AOD acquired in 2014. (See HCTR 7/16/14) AOD serves over 800 Continuing Care Retirement Communities (Life Plan Communities) […]
By Tim Rowan According to a news release in The Sacramento Bee, Sutter Health’s home care division has acquired Salinas-based Alliance Home Health. The acquisition expands Sacramento-based Sutter Health’s home health programs and services in Monterey County. The deal follows a formal partnership in April between Sutter and Santa Clara County-based Hospice of the Valley. Sutter Care at Home […]
by Roger Shindell, CEO of Carosh Compliance Solutions (Crown Point, IN) The audits are coming! The audits are coming! The Office for Civil Rights has given fair warning that its 2016 round of compliance audits are about to unfold. OCR is responsible for administering and enforcing HIPAA Privacy, Security, and Breach Notification Rules. While […]
By Audrey Kinsella, HCTR’s Telemedicine Reporter In his introductory keynote speech to the recent Partners-sponsored Connected Health Symposium, organizer Joe Kvedar, MD noted the many tools available for scrutiny by attendees. He stressed that that scrutiny should involve visualizing how to actually make these tools work. For me, there was no better place to […]
We reported in our October 30 issue about the incident that created a rift between the National Association for Home Care and Hospice and its affiliate organization, the Forum of State Association Directors. New developments in the last two weeks indicate that rift may be wider than first thought.
In health care, usability of software is a patient safety issue.
The rules of online marketing changed this year on August 7. To remain competitive, every business must respond to these changes.
