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 […]
by Tim Rowan, Editor & Publisher of Home Care Technology Reportt [A survey of post-acute agencies by Brightree found recently that only 4% of home health agencies and hospices are able to accept electronic referrals from a referral source EMR system. This survey revealed a significant gap between what referring providers and health systems want, […]
by Patricia Yeager, CEO of Hospital at Home program, Colorado Springs wing– Two months before he was to graduate from high school, Darioun Y+eager was rushed to the Emergency Department at UCHealth Memorial Hospital in Colorado Springs, an arm of the University of Colorado Health System, with a gunshot wound to his abdomen. His story […]
A July 24 CMS briefing sent a firm reminder to hospices and other Medicare providers, noting as follows: Facilities that will be submitting reconsideration requests to CMS for the FY 2020 Annual Payment Update (APU) for Hospice, SNF, and LTCH or Annual Increase Factor (AIF) for IRF Quality Reporting Programs (QRPs) are reminded that any […]
By Tim Rowan, Editor and Publisher of Home Care Technology Reportt Brightree today announced results from a first-of-its-kind survey in post-acute care, revealing a significant gap between what referring providers and health systems want, and what home health and hospice providers are delivering, when it comes to interoperability.[Both home health and hospice service providers were […]
