Facebook Twitter Google+ Email By Tim Rowan, Editor & Publisher of the Home Care Technology Report The 21st Century CURES Act was passed by both chambers of Congress and signed into law by President Obama on December 13, 2016. It includes a provision that will affect every personal care services provider by January 1, 2019 […]
By Tim Rowan, Editor & Publisher of Home Care Technology Report Dear Healthcare at Home Colleague, We at Home Care Technology Report join with our thousands of readers who are marking the passing of the first and only president of the National Association for Home Care, Val J. Halamandaris. Val’s death truly signifies the end […]
FacebookTwitterGoogle+Email by Elizabeth Hogue, Esq. Fraud and abuse enforcers have stated periodically that one of the reasons they are so intent on prevention of violations is that they interfere with patients’ right to freedom of choice of providers. On May 18, 2017, in a speech at the American Bar Association 27th Annual Institute on Health […]
Facebook Twitter Google+ Email by Audrey Kinsella A new, clearer definition of “anywhere care” that can finally include the patient’s home is about to become law in Vermont. A bill known as Senate Bill 50 was passed on June 7 and will take effect on the first of October.1 Until this law, Vermont Healthcare at […]
It seems that every year about this time, the Department of Justice announces a major arrest of hundreds of Medicare fraud perpetrators. Though the name of the investigative and arresting task force changes with the administration in Washington, this year is no different, with the announcement last that the DoJ arrested over 400 people, including […]
ATLANTA — July 17, 2017 — Brightree, the Atlanta-based provider of cloud-based patient management software for post-acute care companies, has announced the release of OASIS review to its billing and coding suite of services for home health and hospice agencies. “Brightree has created a complete solution that verifies an agency’s coding and OASIS information together in […]
Newcomer Podimetrics recently released impressive data in the July issue of Diabetes Care. Results demonstrate that the company’s SmartMat detected as many as 97% of developing foot ulcers on average five weeks before they presented clinically. To use the Podimetrics system, a patient stands on the mat for 20 seconds per day at home. Patient […]
Overland Park, Kansas — July 19, 2017 — Netsmart announced today that it has acquired DeVero, a healthcare technology company that specializes in home healthcare and hospice. Netsmart provides electronic health records (EHRs), health information exchange, data analytics, mobile clinical and consumer engagement solutions for behavioral health, social services and post-acute communities. This announcement […]
FacebookTwitterGoogle+Email CellTrak CEO says investment to be used to expand delivery management solution. Schaumburg, IL — July 10, 2017 — CellTrak Technologies, the leading provider of Care Delivery Management solutions which enable home and community-based care organizations to communicate with remote health care workers, announced that it has raised over $11 million from Boathouse Capital with participation from […]
Statement from the Office of the National Coordinator of Health IT Over the coming months, the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) will host a series of meetings and webinars to inform our work in support of the 21st Century Cures Act trusted exchange framework and common agreement provisions outlined in Section 4003 […]
