By Tim Rowan What to do with an additional $900,000? This is the question Advanced Home Care (Greensboro, NC) has to deal with this year. ACH is a not-for-profit, hospital-affiliated company that offers full healthcare at home services through 30 branch locations in North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, Tennessee, and Georgia. 19,000 employees care […]
3 items in Vendor News this week: Kinnser Acquires PPS Plus; Curantis Solutions, LLC– a new software solutions company focused exclusively on serving the hospice industry PSA Healthcare Names New Chairman and CEO Kinnser Acquisition of PPS Plus announced at Nashville party. PPS Plus to retain existing alliances, integrations and headquarters. AUSTIN, TEXAS – […]
Home Care Technology Report by Elizabeth Hogue On November 3, 2015, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services published proposed regulations governing discharge planning by home health agencies in the Federal Register. If finalized, these proposed regulations will require agencies to devote considerably more time and resources to discharge planning activities. Comments to these proposed […]
Home Care Technology Report By Tim Rowan CMS has contracted with RTI International and Abt Associates to develop potentially preventable readmission measures, in alignment with the Improving Post-Acute Care Transformation Act of 2014 (known as the IMPACT Act) and the Protecting Access to Medicare Act of 2014 (known as PAMA). The contract names are Development […]
Home Care Technology Report By Tim Rowan The HomeCare Elite™ is an annual compilation of the most successful home care providers in the United States. This market-leading review, from OCS HomeCare by National Research Corporation and DecisionHealth, names the top 25 percent of agencies in home health performance measures. The HomeCare Elite also recognizes […]
Home Care Technology Report CARY, NC, October 27, 2015 — Relias Learning, the leader in online training and compliance solutions for the healthcare market, announced today that it has completed the acquisition of RediLearning, an online learning company focused exclusively on the senior care industry. Relias’ acquisition of RediLearning reflects a continued investment in […]
On September 18, 133 Members of the U.S. House of Representatives, from both sides of the aisle, delivered a letter to CMS Acting Administrator Andy Slavitt expressing their deep concern with proposed Medicare home health funding cuts. On September 24, a bipartisan group of Senators followed up with their own letter expressing the same […]
by Tina Marrelli Author’s Note: Many clinicians ask about care planning and the related clinical and operational processes. As the author of the Handbook of Home Health Standards: Quality, Documentation, and Reimbursement (also called the “little red book”), the topic of documentation and care planning is one close to my heart! I hope that […]
>by Tim Rowan You have seen the advice given to people preparing for a job interview. Learn as much as you can about the company, including its successes and its challenges, so you can speak intelligently during the interview about how hiring you will enhance the former and mitigate the latter. According to 13-year hospice […]
by Tim Rowan, Editor It is not possible to overestimate the benefits of completing clinical documentation in the presence of the patient. From initial assessments to daily visits to 12-hour shifts, the accuracy and thoroughness of what is written down is nearly as important as the quality of treatments administered. Catching up on paperwork […]
