By Tim Rowan, Editor & Publisher, Home Care Technology Report On June 23, Judge Michael L. Rankin of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia, Civil Division, declared null and void the October, 2015 dismissal of Joanne Cunningham and Laurie Neander from the National Association for Home Care Board of Directors. The lawsuit was […]
From the July 15 edition of ASAP, a weekly publication of the Home Care Association of New York State: In January 2016, HCA commenced litigation against the National Association for Home Care and Hospice (NAHC), NAHC’s Board Chair, its President and CEO, and outside legal counsel, for violating the NAHC bylaws when they illegally attempted in October 2015 […]
Portsmouth, NH, July 26, 2016– – ChartaCloud Technologies LLC today announced its agreement with OPERACARE Inc. (San Antonio, NM) to introduce and offer its CMS OASIS claims, pre-submission claims and proactive OASIS analytics software and services. OPERACARE will be offered via ChartaCloud’s ChartaCares health care services business. OPERACARE’s design and development was led by […]
By Tim Rowan, Editor & Publisher of Home Care Technology Report “Hospices that think they do not have a Notice of Eligibility problem are in trouble.” The CEO of software developer MedTranDirect was anxious for us to get this message out. Yes, they have software to sell that helps with the NOE crisis but […]
Schaumburg, IL — July 20, 2016 — Procura announced today that it has completed testing and launch of functionality and integration to fully support Texas Medicaid’s Electronic Visit Verification (EVV) mandate. The functionality has been fully implemented into Procura’s cloud-based ContinuLink product. Electronic Visit Verification is mandated for selected Texas Health and Human Services […]
By Tim Rowan, Editor & Publisher of Home Care Technology Report Cathy Sorenson was skeptical but desperate. With an average daily census over 400 but a profit margin at a barely surviving level, the President and CEO of Home Healthcare Hospice and Community Services in Keene, New Hampshire, frankly rated her agency’s overall performance as ‘mediocre’ […]
By Tim Rowan. comp., editor & publisher of Home Care Technology Report The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has announced the conclusion of its five-year effort to validate certified providers. Is this cause for a “Phew” or a “Uh-Oh?” The answer, according to longtime home health financial advisor Jim Plonsey, President of is a […]
By Tim Rowan, compiler, editor and publisher of Home Care Technology Report On June 22, Attorney General Loretta E. Lynch and Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Sylvia Mathews Burwell announced an unprecedented nationwide sweep led by the Medicare Fraud Strike Force in 36 federal districts, resulting in criminal and civil charges against 301 […]
Schaumburg, IL and Clearwater, FL — Procura Healthcare Software today announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Suncoast Solutions, the hospice technology arm of Empath Health. Vancouver, BC-based Procura released a statement asserting that, “This transaction joins two of the strongest performing companies in the healthcare industry and deepens Procura’s commitment to […]
