Wellpepper and Ensocare join forces to improve discharge planning, post-acute placement, and patient engagement with care plans.
by Tim Rowan, Editor You do not need to hear the demographics speech again. You know all about the 76 million Baby Boomers who are turning 65 at the rate of just over 10,000 per day. Suddenly, however, that familiar trope takes on new meaning. Thanks to research published in NIH’s National Center […]
Do any of these things happen to you? A new referral comes with the message that the patient has no family or friends to offer transportation from hospital to home. A Medicare patient has a post-surgery checkup appointment or a non-medical client needs to get to a dentist but they are considering skipping them because […]
More than in past years, we were able to find home health, home care, and hospice-relevant products at the annual HIMSS meeting. Take a peek at the movement toward user-friendly Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning that will soon generate products in our corner.
The answer is ‘yes’ but do they pay home health? Maybe.
In health care, usability of software is a patient safety issue.
by Tina Marrelli Author’s Note: Many clinicians ask about care planning and the related clinical and operational processes. As the author of the Handbook of Home Health Standards: Quality, Documentation, and Reimbursement (also called the “little red book”), the topic of documentation and care planning is one close to my heart! I hope that […]
Every year, the Partners Healthcare Connected Health Symposium brings together an impressive array of telehealth and mHealth experts. This year, the meeting coincides with the NAHC Annual Meeting. So we are sending home telehealth reporter Audrey Kinsella to Boston to check out the latest patient care technology news. Here is her preview report.
The next time you find yourself having doubts about the value of the services you offer, consider this finding published recently by Surescripts about a problem best solved by nurses seeing patients in their homes. A new patient survey commissioned by Surescripts found 55% of patients reported their medical history is missing or […]
The Department of Health and Human Services should never have allowed the Administrative Law Judge system to become overwhelmed by hundreds of thousands of appeals. They asked contractors to find more excuses to deny Medicare payments; they knew the number of appeals would climb; they should have been prepared. Home healthcare providers have no alternative but prevention. Better clinical documentation = fewer denials = reduced reason to appeal.
