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 […]
Schaumburg, IL — June 24, 2016 — Procura, with its reach into Canada, the U.S, and Australia the world’s largest provider of business management software to the home and community healthcare industry, announced last week a record year of growth and expansion as the company’s fiscal year concluded on March 31, 2016. During the previous […]
by Merrilly Evdokimoff, RN, PhD The dual approach of the use of a patient/family facing electronic personal health record and support from a certified lay patient navigator has demonstrated an improvement in Patient Activation measures in home health care patients, according to Gail Embt, CEO of Kinergy Health (McLean VA). Lay navigators with certified home […]
Summary by Tim Rowan, Editor & Publisher, Home Care Technology Report On June 17, the IRS duly recognized that employers (and state workforce agencies) need more time to adjust to WOTC program changes initiated by the so-called “Protecting Americans from Tax Hikes Act of 2015.” With the issue of Notice 2016-40, employers have been given […]
