What does it mean when more than three-quarters of payment denials handed down by Medicare contractors are voided by Administrative Law Judges when appealed? Our conclusion, based on interviews over the years with home health care consultants who specialize in walking agencies through the appeal process, is that auditors at the RHHI, MAC, ZPIC […]
Commentary by Scott Herrmann With the rise of mHealth — mobile devices used both by patients and their physicians and nurses — competing articles have been appearing with some regularity arguing whether such devices are distractions to physicians and nurses or a gateway to timely information, more accurate diagnosis, and improved treatment. I did not […]
The Hospice Education Network (HEN) has announced the development of a new series of eight online courses, Disease-Specific Hospice Eligibility Determination and Documentation. The instructor, Terri Maxwell, PhD, APRN, is Vice President of Strategic Initiatives for Weatherbee Resources. Details are provided about the needs for these courses in regard to reducing exposure to risks […]
Delta Health Technologies (Altoona, PA) is previewing a major product release set for unveiling at next month’s NAHC Annual Meeting. Crescendo™ is a new software platform designed to allow home health, hospice and private duty clinicians to document and share care provided, regardless of service or payer source, in one streamlined system. Details about the new […]
After using homecare technologies for clinical and scheduling needs for several years, Caring Hospice Services wanted to further automate in order to reduce paperwork and mileage reimbursement expenses. CFO Betty Jennings said they selected the new point-of-care visit manager solution from CellTrak™ and implemented it on Sanyo Pro GPS and LG Optimus enabled phone devices, […]
