Administration Will Not Enforce Regs Against Non-ACA-Compliant Health Policies CMS announces an extension of the right to buy health insurance policies not subject to By Randy Pate, Director, Center for Consumer Information and Insurance Oversight Insurance Standards Bulletin Series – INFORMATION – Extension of Limited Non-Enforcement Policy through 2020 Subject: Extended Non-Enforcement of Affordable Care […]

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By Tim Rowan, Editor & Publisher of Home Care Technology Report Clairvoyant Networks, LLC, a leading provider of remote monitoring technology for family and professional caregivers announced this month that the company’s Theora® Care technology will be engaged in a first of its kind research project funded by The Texas Alzheimer’s Research and Care Consortium […]

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OVERLAND PARK, Kan., March 7, 2019—Netsmart announced today that it has been ranked #1 in multiple areas spanning the human services and post-acute care settings, according to Black Book Research’s annual survey. The Kansas-based healthcare IT provider earned the top 2019 client-rated spots in the Behavioral Health EHR, Skilled Nursing and Senior Living EHR, Home […]

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By Tim Rowan, Editor & Publisher of Home Care Technology Report On Wednesday, March 13, 2019 from 2pm-3pmET, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Center for Clinical Standards and Quality (CCSQ) will host a Special Open Door Forum (SODF) to allow hospices and other interested parties to ask questions on the development of […]

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By Tim Rowan, Editor & Publisher of Home Care Technology Report Hospice provider preview reports and Hospice Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (CAHPS®) Survey ® provider preview reports have been updated and are now available. These two separate reports are available in your Certification and Survey Provider Enhanced Reports (CASPER) non-validation reports folder. […]

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By Tim Rowan, Editor & Publisher, Home Care Technology Report Every March, the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission submits recommendations to Congress to set reimbursement rates for all Medicare providers for the following year. This year’s report for 2020 rates is due any day now but commissioners already voted on its essential content in January. NAHC […]

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Ascension’s Senior Director of Revenue Cycle and Senior Director of Performance Excellence to Co-present at Upcoming National Healthcare CFO Summit marcus evans is proud to announce Andrew Gwin, Senior Director of Revenue Cycle, Regional Lead and David Maxwell, Senior Director of Performance Excellence at Ascension as co-presenting speakers at the National Healthcare CFO Summit taking […]

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Dallas, TX — March 1, 2019 — NOTIFYD announced an integration with KanTime last week. It further announced the appointment of Josh Guthrie as CTO. NOTIFYD is a Plano, Texas technology company that takes a unique approach to solving a home care provider’s communication issues. NOTIFYD’s flagship product is a workflow solution that addresses a […]

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The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) recently proposed a new rule to support seamless and secure access, exchange, and use of electronic health information (EHI). The proposed rule is designed to increase innovation and competition by giving patients and their healthcare providers secure access to health information and new tools, allowing for […]

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By Tim Rowan, Editor & Publisher of Home Care Technology Report CMS Administrator Seema Verma’s Open Letter Calling for Rules to Protect the Safety and Health of all Americans. Despite stringent safeguards, alarming stories continue to be reported about people, including some of our most vulnerable individuals, who have experienced harm in healthcare settings that […]

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