by Roger McManus, MBA, and co-author with Tim Rowan of Entrepreneurial Insanity in the Home Care Business (Amazon) While the grandeur of the Gaylord Resort in Grapevine, Texas may be on the awe-inspiring side of kitsch, attending a trade show there can either be the high point of your business year or an expensive waste of time. […]
LAFAYETTE, La., October 4, 2018— Patients suffering from COPD with chronic respiratory failure CRF and using Home Non-Invasive Ventilation live longer, are less likely to be admitted to a hospital and cost Medicare significantly less than patients using other devices. These are the recently released findings from a study of four years of CMS data […]
Mediware Information Systems, Inc., a portfolio company of TPG Capital and a leading supplier of software solutions in health care and human services, and its acquisition of long-time partner–Rock-Pond Solutions– said to lead to better business intelligence and analytics solutions for the post-acute market, is believed to greatly improve Mediware inc.’s market standing, particularly in […]
The Personal Connected Health Alliance (ARLINGTON, Va. and BOSTON) — announced on Sept. 12, 2018 — that Cantina Consulting has joined the 2018 Connected Health Conference as its digital design and development partner.
By Tim Rowan, Editor & Publisher of Home Care Technology Report At this week’s Annual Leadership Conference of the Home Care Association of America, we met with several startup companies and some established ones we had not heard of before. Some of these new technologies are going to have quite an impact on home care […]
New York, NY — Medicare Fall Open Enrollment occurs from October 15 to December 7 of every year and is the time of year when people with Medicare can make unrestricted changes to their coverage options. To assist the press in their Medicare coverage, the Medicare Rights Center has developed Medicare Fall Open Enrollment: A Resource for […]
By Tim Rowan, Editor & Publisher, of Home Care Technology Report Healthcare at Home Problem #1: Free caregiving by 44 million family members today replaces $470 billion per year in paid care services. These people put in work weeks that would violate every OSHA and overtime rule and are prone to burnout, depression, illness, […]
By Tim Rowan, Editor & Publisher of Home Care Technology Report At this week’s Annual Leadership Conference of the Home Care Association of America, the usual lineup of keynote addresses and breakout sessions filled a packed, two-day schedule, followed by an assault on Capitol Hill on day three. What conference organizers will remember most is […]
CMS announced this week that it has rescinded its September 17, 2012 HPMS memo “Prohibition on Imposing Mandatory Step Therapy for Access to Part B Drugs and Services,” and has replaced it with new guidance. Medicare Advantage (MA) plans may begin to use step therapy for Part B drugs, beginning January 1, 2019, as part […]
Sept. 12, 2018 — The Personal Connected Health Alliance announced today that Cantina Consulting has joined the 2018 Connected Health Conference as its digital design and development partner.
