HHGM Explained at Post-Acute 360 Conference Among the many attempts at explaining the next iteration of a home health payment plan, perhaps the clearest came from a panel discussion featuring two Chief Strategy Officers, Steve Guenthner of LHC Group, and Luke James of Encompass Home Health & Hospice. The session at last month’s Lincoln Health Post […]
× Facebook Twitter Google+ Email The July 13 QAPI phase-in compliance date is fast approaching. Is your agency ready? There has been a lot of education around defining Quality Assurance and Performance Improvement (QAPI), the five elements of QAPI, and QAPI background. Much to many providers’ dismay, little information has been presented on where to […]
Anthem is focused on enhancing our ability to offer innovative, integrated clinical care models that can improve the quality of healthcare and deliver better outcomes.
by Audrey Kinsella NurseCaller™ is a new product from Homestead Home Health Care Services in Northville, Michigan. It includes each patient’s current care plan and targets newly discharged high-risk patients who have already become familiar with pressing an in-hospital signal to call a nurse.
Early results from the long-awaited study conducted by Harvard Medical School at the behest of private duty software developer ClearCare throw down a challenge to both payers and providers. The study was carried out by ClearCare customer Right at Home over the last three years. Though Harvard researchers will not finish crunching the numbers and […]
As the 2019 deadline approaches for state Medicaid offices to comply with the 21st Century CURES Act, slower-moving states are learning and benefiting from the mistakes made by early-adopters. As we have detailed in the past, three of the four popular pathways for states to comply with the EVV mandate part of the law are […]
This week, CMS announced new and enhanced initiatives designed to improve Medicaid program integrity through greater transparency and accountability, strengthened data, and innovative and robust analytic tools.
By Audrey Kinsella, MA, MS NurseCaller™ is a new product from Homestead Home Health Care Services in Northville, Michigan. It includes each patient’s current care plan and targets newly discharged high-risk patients who have already become familiar with pressing an in-hospital signal to call a nurse. Other advantages to in-home patients are noted as are […]
by Darcey Trescone, RN Over the years, I have had the privilege to instruct, mentor/coach and learn alongside many talented and wonderful healthcare professionals. [Trescone provides steps for instructors to improve their teaching practices. These steps are: 1) understanding students level of engagement and motivation to learn; 2) providing reinforcement about the value of the […]
by Kristen Duell We are living in uncertain times, moreso than ever for those of us in the health care sector. Everyone feels the uncertainty. Constant change has placed additional strain on an already stretched system. Not only are we looking at an aging population, but we are also seeing a rise in specialized outpatient […]
