by Carolyn Dean, the Regulations Compliance Manager for Brightree. Post-Acute Care Services, Lawrenceville, GA When a Medicare beneficiary elects to receive hospice care, the provider must submit a Notice of Election (NOE) with Medicare. NOEs are required to be filed and accepted in the Medicare system within five days of a patient’s hospice admission in […]
By Tim Rowan, Editor & Publisher of Home Care Technology Report In a rare but encouraging demonstration of unity and cooperation, an ad hoc collection of home health associations and large providers joined forces to speak to Congress and CMS with a single voice last week about the proposed Home Health Groupings Model. They agree […]
October 15, 2017 (Los Angeles, CA) — The Telehealth Honors® program announced its 2017 honorees at the National Association of Home Care and Hospice Annual Conference in Long Beach, California. It is the only program to annually recognize those individuals and programs who provide exceptional patient care in the home using modern telehealth technology. The Telehealth Honors® […]
At this year’s Annual Meeting, the path toward “NAHC 2.0” was laid out by its Interim President. We spoke to him about what comes next.
Again this year, we are sending telehealth reporter Audrey Kinsella to Boston for the Connected Health Symposium, sponsored by Partners Health. Here is her preview of events.
Franklin, TN – October 23, 2017 – PlayMaker, the leading provider of sales solutions for post-acute care, today announced PlayMaker Edge for HME. Built specifically to address the needs of Home Medical Equipment providers, PlayMaker Edge for HME combines comprehensive and timely market data and the provider’s referral data with industry-leading relationship management tools to empower sales organizations to […]
By Tim Rowan, Editor & Publisher of Home Care Technology Report Spending a few days with owners and administrators of non-medical home care agencies was an eye-opener. They deal with issues that would cause many entrepreneurs to look for a fast food or vertical blinds franchise to invest in. Here are some of the […]
by Tom Moverman, Esq (of the Lipsig Bronx firm since 1989, which focuses on personal injury, products liability, and medical malpractice). Patients put an enormous amount of trust in the hands of healthcare workers. Efforts to avoid breaking this trust must be continuously implemented. Nurses are required, both ethically and legally, to treat patients according […]
EVV Best Practice: The One Day Time Sheet by Ken Accardi, MBA and CEO Ankota As agencies move to Electronic Visit Verification (EVV) they will achieve numerous benefits, including regulatory compliance and increased speed for processing billing and payroll. As everyone knows by now, the 21st Century Cures Act instructs each state to develop […]
By David Cole, Certified Compensation Professional (CCP) Many providers have been wondering about the future of Medicaid waiver programs, in light of the efforts by Congress to reduce Medicaid benefits and funding. However, it appears that most of the waiver programs may be spared the sword this time around, and for some very good reasons. […]
