By Tim Rowan, Editor & publisher, of Home Care Technology Report We received this notice from the Texas Association for Home Care and Hospice. They are taking a pro-active position on preparing for the day when CMS gives Texas a 30-day notice that pre-claim review will begin in that state. This delay does not currently […]
by Tim Rowan, editor and publisher, Home Care Technology Report TRY THIS: Open Google in your browser and search for “Home care” + “name of your city.” Study these results for a minute and see if this is what you find: two or three ads at the top, paid for by one of your competitors, followed […]
By Tim Rowan, editor & Publisher, Home Care Technology Report One contributing factor to increased hospital readmissions and Emergency Department utilization is behavioral health. Whether a person suffers from substance abuse as a result of mental health issues or develops behavioral issues because of drug use, this person may visit the ED 100 to 200 […]
by Audrey Kinsella An encouraging case study in the use of a user-friendly home telehealth and patient engagement system comes all the way from Amsterdam. Live Expert® is a remote patient monitoring and video consultation system from ClairVista, a Chicago company with an office, and a large customer, in the Netherlands. Unlike early telehealth systems […]
By Tim Rowan, Editor & Publisher, Home Care Technology Report Fifteen minutes from Palmetto Government Benefits Administrators, the Home Health Medicare Administrative Contractor for Illinois and other states, lies the home ballpark of the Columbia Fireflies, the Single A farm team for the New York Mets. Just a quick drive down South Carolina Highway 227, any […]
by Roger McManus, MBA (who has held several positions as Director of Strategic Relationships). In a world where over 80 percent of prospective consumers will see your ad, but look you up online before calling your place of business, your placement in a local Google search is critical. A local search is triggered when someone types in […]
By Tim Rowan, Editor & Publisher, Home Care Technology Report There was a day when Internet users anxiously awaited the release of the newest and fastest modem so they could experience blazing connectivity up to 56k. Then again, there was also a day when K-Mart sold black and white televisions. Memories like these arose when […]
by Michelle Boasten, humanitarian and social entrepreneur, and founder of “You Can Care, Inc,”as well as founder of EVV (electronic visit verification). Last month, Procura sponsored a one-hour webinar titled “Medicaid Doesn’t Have to Be Complicated.” Industry veteran presenters Stewart Campbell and Scott Brashears reached out to Medicare Home Health Agencies as well as Private […]
By Tim Rowan, Editor & Publisher of Home Care Technology Report Victory Home Care, a licensed and Medicare certified home health care agency in Mesa, Arizona, has selected Medocity as its mobile patient engagement platform for their new transitional care program. “The idea of moving to a system that addresses all aspects of patient engagement and supports our […]
By Tim Rowan, Editor & Publisher of Home Care Technology Report It was not clear at first to Mark Heinemeyer and the rest of the team at Wanda™ that the Remote Patient Monitoring-centered data analytics system of the same name that he and his colleagues were developing would be most effective when deployed by home […]
