By Tim Rowan, Editor & Publisher of Home Care Technology Report According to the Orlando Sentinel, Humana has acquired a large, independent family practice in Orlando, at a time when the insurance giant is itself in talks to be acquired by Walmart. The for-profit insurance company announced on April 10 that it has acquired Family Physicians Group, one of […]
ATLANTA — April 17, 2018 — HSBlox, a technology company that is bringing innovation and transparent economics to the healthcare ecosystem, today announced the addition of R3 Co-Founder Todd McDonald and Luke Burchard, M.D., to its Advisory Board. Bringing decades of experience in technology and medical practice, the two new advisors will help guide HSBlox in […]
By Tim Rowan, Editor & Publisher of Home Care Technology Report She gets out of her car in front of the patient’s home. Reaching into the back seat, she gathers up a medical bag with her stethoscope and blood pressure cuff, a 3-ring binder, her tablet computer, perhaps a coat and umbrella, and the stack […]
by Tim Rowan, Editor & Publisher of Home Care Technology Report Healthcare relies on legacy systems and is ripe for disruption by new technologies. One of the nagging problems ready to be disrupted is the lack of a secure platform to store and share data. Aging healthcare systems are also vulnerable to attack because of outdated […]
Change Healthcare has surveyed its customers to develop cost-saving clinical and operational solutions that help them succeed in an industry that’s always changing. Download their new white paper that includes feedback from the survey and identifies 3 key challenges home health and hospice executives are struggling with. It probably won’t surprise you to read that […]
The funding bill signed into law on February 9 includes the entirety of the “Creating High-Quality Results and Outcomes Necessary to Improve Chronic Care” Act, known as CHRONIC. Originally introduced by Sens. Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), Ron Wyden (D-OR), Mark Warner (D-VA) and Johnny Isakson (R-GA), with significant input from the American Telemedicine Association and its members, […]
Overland Park, Kansas — April 9, 2018 — Today Netsmart officially announced a cloud-based comprehensive electronic health record (EHR) platform called myUnity™, that will serve the entire care continuum of care at home and senior living providers. The platform is the next step in the Netsmart strategy to support and integrate the entire care at […]
By Elizabeth R. Hogue, Esq. Court decision says overpayment amounts cannot be recouped until after ALJ hearings. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit issued an opinion on March 27, 2018, in Family Rehabilitation, Inc. v. Azar, No. 17-11337 (5th Cir. Mar. 27, 2018) that says monies cannot be recouped from a home health agency […]
The latest of several applications of AI that support aging in place include hospital and home-based robot companions that are quickly becoming an essential component for seniors, says Dr. Cory Kidd, PhD.
Danielle Pierotti, RN, PhD, CENP, will replace the departing Tracey Moorhead, with the title “Interim Leader.”
