OVERLAND PARK, Kan. — October 8, 2019 — WellSky Corporation, a leading health and community care technology company, and ClearCare, Inc. a leading provider of a software-as-a-service (SaaS) platform used by personal care agencies, today announced that WellSky has signed an agreement to acquire ClearCare. With the addition of ClearCare, WellSky solidifies its position in […]
by Darcey Trescone, RN, BSN Recently, we caught up with Chris Attaya, VP of Product Strategy at Strategic Healthcare Programs (SHP), to discuss utilization under PDGM and why this topic is key to an agency’s success. For clarity, we present Attaya’s insights below with our questions removed. The revenue changes from how agencies had been […]
by Tim Rowan (part 1) and Darcey Trescone (part 2) by Tim Rowan, Editor and publisher of Home Care Technology Report Part 1: Twenty-four months ago, before anyone had uttered “PDGM,” Tim experienced home health as a patient who had undergone total knee replacement. Medicare paid for nearly all of [the services he needed.. The […]
DALLAS, Tex. – October 8, 2019 – Axxess has a positive view of the impact of the forthcoming Patient-Driven Groupings Model [PDGM] for its clients. At the National Association for Home Care and Hospice (NAHC) 2019 Home Care and Hospice Conference and Expo, Axxess will share the resources it has been providing its clients and […]
2-part article: Part 1 by Tim Rowan, editor and publisher of Home Care Technology Report; Part 2 by Darcy Treacone, RN Part 1: Twenty-four months ago, before anyone had uttered “PDGM,” Tim experienced home health as a patient and provides details. Rowan describes his long stint in healthcare at home being treated for a total […]
by Roger McManus, MBA Eight Facebook “Nevers” Facebook is committed to user experience. As such they focus strongly on how to balance your news feed with content you want and the ads they want you to see (it is how they make money). If there is one thing consistent about Facebook it is change. They […]
While the Telehealth Innovation and Improvement Act of 2019 languishes in the Senate Finance Committee, President Trump this week [October 12, 2019]signed an executive order telling Medicare to adopt more telehealth programs and pave the way for new technologies, including mHealth tools and services. While visiting “The Villages,” a retirement community in Florida last week, […]
by Jeremy Powell, CEO, Acclivity Health Solutions The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ Primary Care First (PCF) model is rolling out in 2020, and applications will become available in a matter of weeks. The Seriously Ill Population (SIP) model under PCF is designed to improve care for high-need, high-risk patients who currently receive fragmented […]
