By Tim Rowan, Editor & Publisher of Home Care Technology Report Ohio is the winner of the lottery to determine which state gets to go second to try Medicare’s replacement for its abruptly canceled Pre-Claim Review experiment. Known as “Review Choice Demonstration,” Illinois Medicare home health providers — the only ones to test Pre-Claim before […]
By Tim Rowan, Editor & Publisher of Home Care Technology Report [Rowan reviews the book as follows: In my experience, many home health, home care, and hospice workers — at all levels, from owner to clinician to aide — are of an age where they have experienced the healthcare system as subjects as well as […]
Sandata Secures Significant Growth Equity Investment from Accel-KKR Sandata Technologies, LLC, a provider of Electronic Visit Verification (EVV) and home health technology solutions, announced on July 24, 2019, that it has secured a significant growth equity investment from Accel-KKR, a leading Silicon Valley-based investment firm. [This partnership, according to Tom Underwood, Sandata’s CEO, is important. […]
Sandata Secures Significant Growth Equity Investment from Accel-KKR PORT WASHINGTON, N.Y., — July 24, 2019 — Sandata Technologies, LLC, a provider of Electronic Visit Verification and home health technology solutions, today announced it has secured a significant growth equity investment from Accel-KKR, a leading Silicon Valley-based investment firm. Sandata Secures Significant Growth Equity Investment from […]
by Darcey Trescone. RN Tim Ashe, Chief Clinical Officer WellSky and Andrew Olowu, Chief Technology Officer Axxess share how PDGM will impact our industry In our ongoing commitment to bring awareness and insight about the new Home Health PPS payment system taking effect in January 2020, we spoke with two more industry leaders about the […]
Axxess announced on July 23 that it has introduced several valuable tools within its software solution to help clients prepare for the Patient-Driven Groupings Model [PDGM] which goes into effect in January [2020].The company believes this release makes it the first software partner to deliver a full suite of tools for its clients to review […]
by Tim Rowan, Editor & Publisher of Home Care Technology Report Inspired by a need within his own family, Burt Shulman set out to find a way to save the aching backs of caregivers. The result is an innovation he calls the “Bottoms-Up SwingChair.” [Using a collection of videos from Shulman’s company website, at http://seniorlite.net/bu.html, […]
Analysis by Raymond Feierabend, MD Just when I thought things couldn’t get much worse for the TennCare program, they did. [The author traces the beginning of the TennCare program problems in 2018 by noting:”First, Medicaid has not been expanded under the Affordable Care Act in Tennessee. Despite public support in the state for expansion and […]
Admin.PHI and Caring Across Generations release joint report outlining nine areas where LTSS social insurance programs at the state level can improve quality of direct care jobs. NEW YORK — As states increasingly consider state-based social insurance programs to help offset the cost of long-term care for consumers, they should ensure that these programs also […]
