by Audrey Kinsella Among the excellent keynote presentations delivered at last month’s Partners Healthcare Connected Health Symposium, by physicians from a variety of technologically advanced hospitals, Dr. Adrienne Boissy, MD stood out, but not for the reason one might expect. She challenged a technology-oriented audience to make the human experience a priority. A neurologist at […]
By Tim Rowan, Editor & Publisher of Home Care Technology Report Facebook Twitter Google+ Email Dr. Ed Breazeale approaches the 21st Century CURES Act with a unique perspective. As a plastic surgeon, he told us in an exclusive interview, he has always had an interest in the problem of fraud, waste and abuse in healthcare. […]
By Tom Underwood, CEO, Sandata Solutions November 29, 2017 Dear Editor: Thanks for the opportunity to respond to the testimony provided by Joe Russell. We appreciate and respect the role of the Ohio Council for Home Care & Hospice, and we understand their goal to improve the Ohio Department of Medicaid (ODM) EVV program. We […]
By Joe Russell (Executive Director at the Ohio Council for Home Care & Hospice (OCHCH)) On November 17, Ohio Council for Home Care & Hospice Executive Director Joe Russell testified before the Ohio Department of Medicaid. He represented the association’s position that the method the department has chosen to comply with the 21st Century CURES […]
by Audrey Kinsella. Telehealth Reporter for HCTR “Connected Health for Shaping Health and Wellness for Every Generation,” was the title of the 2017 joint “Personal Connected Health” and Partners Healthcare’s Annual Symposium held in Boston last month. Joe Kvedar, MD, VP of Connected Health at Partners, kicked off this year’s event with a keynote address […]
Springfield Mo. — November 14, 2017 — HEALTHCAREfirst announced this week what it is calling a “game changing technology.” CAREpliance for hospice providers, released earlier this year for home health, comes at a time of pronounced regulatory change and increased scrutiny, promising to strengthen clinical documentation and create charts that uniquely describe each patient’s health […]
by Elizabeth Hogue, esq. New Conditions of Participation (CoPs) of the Medicare Program for home health require agencies to take action to protect patients’ exercise of their rights. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) issued draft Interpretive Guidelines for the new CoPs for home health agencies on October 27, 2017. The draft provides […]
The U.S. House of Representatives on Nov. 7 [2017] passed the Veterans E-Health and Telemedicine Support (VETS) Act of 2017 (H.R. 2123), which will allow Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) health professionals to practice telemedicine more freely nationwide. The bill, introduced by Reps. Glenn Thompson (R-Pa.) and Julia Brownley (D-Calif.), would do three things. First, it would […]
by Tim Rowan, Editor & Publisher of Home are Technology Report In the shadow of the news that LHC Group and Almost Family are merging and that Kindred has been slapped with a $3.1 million fine, it is important to not lose sight of what is going on in the Private Duty Home Care sector. […]
Pubished by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Today, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a final rule (CMS-1672-F) that updates the calendar year (CY) 2018 Medicare payment rates and the wage index for home health agencies (HHAs) serving Medicare beneficiaries. The rule also finalizes proposals for the Home Health Value-Based […]
