By Tim Rowan, Editor & Publisher of Home Care Technology Report The National Association for Home Care and Hospice announced last week that its board of directors has appointed Bill Dombi as Interim President. Immediately curious about how long an “interim” is and what might be in store for the association after the untimely passing […]
By Tim Rowan, Editor & Publisher Last week, in the first installment of our series on mandated Electronic Visit Verification, we reported on our conversation with Sandata CEO Tom Underwood about the ways states might choose to comply with the 21st Century CURES Act. (See “Four EVV Models States Might Choose; Three Lead to Disaster” […]
By Tim Rowan, Editor & Publisher of Home Care Technology Report Some simple advice: when you have an idea the FBI might raid your home, do not leave lying around a book titled, “Hide Your A$$ET$ and Disappear — A Step-by-Step Guide to Vanishing Without a Trace.” It might also be a good idea to […]
By Tim Rowan, Editor & Publisher of Home Care Technology Report While Dr. Jacques Roy began serving his 35-year sentence for defrauding Medicare of $375 million through his Dallas clinic, the owner and Director of Nursing of a Houston home health agency was being sentenced to 75 years in prison for her role in a […]
By Tim Rowan, Editor & Publisher of Home Care Technology Report After years of working with home health agencies one by one to bring professionalism to their sales staffs, Cheryl Peltekis, RN and Melanie Stover, OT, MBA, MS/ISM, decided they could help more agencies by gathering them for an intensive working weekend. The first “High […]
Two Vendor News items this week: 1) eSolutions Announces Acquisition of RemitDATA; and 2) PreparedHealth, announces multi-year agreement with Encompass Overland Park, KS, and Plano, TX, August 11, 2017 – eSolutions, Inc., a provider of healthcare technology and analytics solutions, has acquired RemitDATA Inc., a pioneer in the field of comparative data analytics in the […]
By Tim Rowan, Editor & Publisher of Home Care Technology Report Targeted Probe and Educate Medical Review Strategy The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services utilizes Medicare Administrative Contractors (MAC) to review clinical documentation in order to prevent improper payments. MACs choose claims for review based on many factors such as the service specific improper payment […]
By Tim Rowan, Editor & Publisher of Home Care Technology Report According to Sandata CEO Tom Underwood, there are four models that states might use to implement Electronic Visit Verification, which every state must do by January, 2019 to comply with the 21st Century CURES Act [and hence get paid for these health service visits.] […]
FacebookTwitterGoogle+Email By Tim Rowan, Editor & Publisher of Home Care Technology Report Springfield, Mo. – August 2, 2017 – HEALTHCAREfirst, a provider of Web-based home health and hospice software, billing and coding services, and advanced analytics, announced this month the release of a revamped user interface for their industry-leading EHR software systems, firstHOMECARE and firstHOSPICE. We took a look at the UI […]
By Tim Rowan, Editor & Publisher of Home Care Technology Report For all of modern time, the home health industry has been completely dependent on physician signatures for payment by Medicare, the largest payer for home health services in the US. Yet despite this process being so fundamental to running their businesses, home health companies […]
