by Liz Seegert Last week, we discussed the final report to Congress of the bipartisan Federal Commission on Long Term Care. In Part One, we reported on its 28 policy recommendations for service delivery, workforce and financing for community-based care for our aging population. In part two of her analysis, HCTR staff writer Liz Seegert […]
Ambercare describes itself as a unique home healthcare agency. Founded by Michael and Mary Merrell over 15 years ago, the New Mexico agency is employee-owned, which the Merrells believe enables a superior quality level that the Merrells have dubbed the “Ambercare Standard of Care.” Details about this company’s range of care services and effective uses […]
New Report Challenges Basic Assumptions About Reforming Payment in Health Care NEWTOWN, Conn., Aug. 7, 2013 /PRNewswire/ — A new report from the Health Care Incentives Improvement Institute, Inc. (HCI3®), developed with support from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF), questions conventional wisdom about how to improve quality and affordability of health care in the United States. The […]
Procura announced last week that they have entered into a strategic partnership with Tyze Personal Networks, providers of an online community care platform. The arrangement will provide Procura customers with a health information exchange (HIE) tool that centers on the patient, connecting associated family, friends, care givers and care professionals, and organizes support for […]
by Michael Deck Within the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) of 2009, was included HITECH, the “Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health” law. This is the section that encourages the use of Electronic Health Records (EHR) by paying bonuses to healthcare providers who purchase and use an EHR. Bonuses, however, are not […]
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 […]
CMS announced the first three participants in a program designed to help consumers get more information regarding their local doctors, hospitals, and other health care providers. The Medicare Data Sharing for Performance Measurement program, made possible by the Affordable Care Act, will make Medicare claims data available, under strict privacy requirements, to groups that […]
Our August 22 weekly survey asked you to tell us what you would ask Barack Obama and Mitt Romney if they were to take questions when they appear at this October’s NAHC Annual Meeting. Good answers. We print the best of them here.
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 […]
