By Tim Rowan, Editor & Publisher, Home Care Technology Report President-elect Donald Trump has nominated Georgia Congressman Tom Price, MD, to be his Secretary of Health and Human Services, and Seema Verma, MPH, to be administrator for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. Price is well known as the author of most of the […]
Springfield, Mo. –November 23, 2016 –HEALTHCAREfirst, the leading provider of Web-based home health and hospice software, billing and coding services, and advanced analytics, announced that it is hosting a complementary webinar detailing upcoming home health regulatory changes and challenges, including the CY 2017 HH PPS Final Rule. [Topics include: Rates/Payment changes, Recalibration of case mix, […]
By Tim Rowan. Editor & Publisher, of Home Care Technology Report Last month’s release of “Optima Homecare” (HCTR 10/19/16) was not merely the familiar story of another garage programmer helping out a buddy in the business, later deciding to put his homemade home health EMR software on the open market. Optima Healthcare Solutions (Palm City […]
By Tim Rowan, Editor & Publisher of Home Care Technology Report Scientists from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) have identified an antibody from an HIV-infected person that potently neutralized 98 percent of HIV isolates tested, including 16 of 20 strains resistant to other antibodies of the same class. The remarkable breadth and potency of […]
By Tim Rowan, Editor & Publisher of Home Care Technology Report Sharon Brothers thought she would operate residential facilities for seniors for her entire career. She had prepared for it, earned a Masters Degree for it, and was good at it. Starting in the late 1980’s, she opened assisted living facilities in a number of […]
Vendor Watch: [1) Thornberry Ltd and new VP of sales Robert C DeArmitt; 2) Bayada Home Health Care & Strategic Partnership with Prepared Health and DNA™ and enTouch™software programs; 3) PasswordWrench and launch of patent-pending password management solution. Details are provided about 1) Thornberry Ltd (Lancaster PA) , its history and healthcare at home software […]
FRANKLIN, TN – November 17, 2016 – PlayMaker CRM announced today the addition of Jennifer Artabane, MBA as Senior Director of Product and former WebMD CEO Wayne Gattinella, MBA as Board Member. Ms. Artabane will serve as Senior Director of Product. “These additions to our company reflect our continued commitment to bringing together the brightest minds in healthcare and […]
By Tim Rowan, Editor & Publisher, Home Care Technology Report It is no easier to find something positive to say about the CMS Pre-Claim Review experiment in November than it was in August. This conclusion follows conversations with Illinois providers, a BKD managing director, NAHC’s Bill Dombi, and a Palmetto GBA staffer. Dombi announced at […]
by Audrey Kinsella, HCTR Telehealth Reporter I am technically not homebound, at least not by Medicare’s definition. Though I live with a debilitating chronic condition, I am able to go to the local YMCA every day to shower and swim. However, I can only get there with assistance from a home care aide, whom I […]
By Elizabeth E. Hogue, Esq. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has selected five new recovery audit contractors (RACs) and established new rules. RAC audits will undoubtedly resume soon. Performant and Cotiviti were awarded contracts, along with HMS Federal Solutions. A previous RAC auditor, CGI Group, did not bid in the latest round […]
