by Rob Love, Senior Account Executive for DeVero, Inc. We have all heard of the Triple Aim of healthcare. Created by the IHI (Institute for Healthcare Improvement), it has been embraced as a guide to optimize healthcare systems. With aging populations and increased longevity, coupled with chronic health problems, new demands are being put on […]
Vendor Watch New private duty data service ClearCare Online, Inc., the San Francisco-based provider of cloud-based software for private duty home care agencies, announced on January 9 the release of ClearCare Insights, a new Big Data analytics system that provides home care agencies access to ClearCare system data related to an agency network. The company stated […]
Home Care Technology Report Center to Advance Palliative Care To: Mr. Andy Slavitt, Acting Administrator, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services November 17, 2015 We have a few concerns about how requirements from the Medicare EHR Incentive Program will translate into the MIPS Meaningful Use Category. For a subset of palliative care providers, particularly those operating out […]
Springfield, MO— January 11, 2017 — HEALTHCAREfirst, a leading provider of Web-based home health and hospice software, billing and coding services, and advanced analytics, announced its partnership with Qualis Management, the nation’s first DME management company that enables hospices to effectively manage DME orders, costs, and utilization to provide the best patient experience. [Specifics […]
That Was The Year That Was!
By Tim Rowan, Editor & Publisher of Home Care Technology Report What are the two most important factors home care agency owners and administrators look for in an Electronic Medical Record? According to Caryn Coff, owner of a Pennsylvania Visiting Angels franchise, they are responsive software and a responsive vendor partner. [Rowan describes Ms. Coff’s […]
By Audrey Kinsella, HCTR’s Telehealth Reporter A major theme of last fall’s Partners Health Connected Health Symposium in Boston was the need to blend old and new ways of caring for the growing number of elderly Americans who live with multiple chronic diseases. So often reduced to an either/or discussion — more office visits; […]
By Tim Rowan, Editor & Publisher of Home Care Technology Report Is a healthcare provider obligated to comply with a regulation if the regulator has made compliance impossible? This is the question hospice-based palliative care providers are asking themselves this month after listening to CMS-sponsored educational webinars about a provision of the MACRA regulation (see […]
San Jose, CA – January 3 – DeVero, Inc. announced today that 2016 was the best year in company history as measured by recognition, customer growth, revenue, and product development. A company news release stated that its cloud-native, post-acute healthcare software is “enjoying tremendous market acceptance.” With a 10-year anniversary in sight, the San Jose-based […]
By Tim Rowan, Editor & Publishet, Home Care Technology Report We continue to learn more about how the MACRA [Medicare Access & CHIP Reauthorization Act] rule will impact palliative care providers operating within hospices. Perhaps we were a little too optimistic with our earlier analysis. The more we learn, the fewer options we see. For […]
