by Tim Rowan Last month, researchers from Harvard Medical School’s Department of Health Care Policy announced that they have launched a joint partnership with ClearCare, a company that provides a software platform for non-medical home care agencies, and Right at Home, the senior home care franchise corporation. The program, titled “The Intervention in-Home Care to […]
With the roar of the Pacific as a backdrop and the wisdom of leadership consultants Rick Foster and Greg Hicks, authors of the best-selling “How We Choose to Be Happy — the 9 Choices of Extremely Happy People,” setting the tone, Homecare 100 brought over 300 people to Liguna Niguel, California last week for an […]
One’s first inclination after hearing about a data breach as massive as the one that hit Anthem last week is to submit it as proof that HIPAA regulations do not work, that they should either be beefed up or eradicated. That opinion is, at best, premature, at worst, uninformed. Insurance companies, it turns out, are […]
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 […]
