by Robert Moretta Jr., MBA (cand.) The United States is in the early stages of a demographic shift as the percentage of elderly citizens steadily increases, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. Home health care agencies should anticipate this shift by taking the initiative to better prepare themselves for the expected influx of new […]
by Liz Seegert If there is anyone who knows what it takes to lower the cost of health care, it is former Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Donna Shalala. As someone steeped in policy for 30 years, one thing she says she knows for sure is that home health care needs to […]
by Liz Seegert Last week, staff writer Liz Seegert examined the Republican Party Platform in terms of its impact on home health care. (http://homecaretechreport.com/article.asp?id=1589) In part two, she takes the same close look at the just-released Democratic platform. It was a bit of a surprise that home health care and home health technology are not […]
CellTrak Technologies, Inc. announced on Monday that the Schaumburg, Illinois cellular point-of-care developer has added Andrew (Andy) Bezaitis to its executive leadership team as Chief Operating Officer (COO), reporting directly to company President and CEO Michael K.Wons. Global-focused product and service delivery responsibiilties that Bezaitis will undertake, and his well established credentials, are described in […]
Delta Health Technology President & CEO Keith Crownover has been named to the advisory board of the 2013 Home Care & Hospice LINK event, a two-and-a-half-day gathering for executive teams in homecare and hospice to exchange ideas, solve critical business issues and develop relationships. Other board members include Ed Buckley, President & CEO of Select […]
Five years ago, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) ordered CMS to stop using Social Security numbers on Medicare cards. According to a new report and testimony to Congress by the General Accounting Office (GAO), CMS has not gotten around to complying yet. Details about how CMS intends to correct this oversight and the […]
Phil Chuang, PhD, FHIMSS is the CIO for Sutter VNA and Hospice, a Northern California not-for-profit affiliated with Sutter Health System. Edward Elliott is the agency’s Technical Services Manager. Like many in their positions, they learned more than they thought they would during the process of implementing a clinical point-of-care system across multiple branches. The […]
