Allscripts Releases Free Survival eBook Under the title “Thrive and grow in the face of today’s realities: A Survival Guide for Home Health and Hospice Agencies,” Allscripts has released a white paper lengthy enough to deserve the name “eBook.” A free copy can be downloaded by clicking on the Allscripts ad on the front page […]

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By Tim Rowan Cornell Prescription Pharmacy has agreed to settle potential HIPAA Privacy Rule violations with the Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights. Cornell will pay $125,000 and adopt a corrective action plan to correct deficiencies in its HIPAA compliance program. Cornell is a small, single-location pharmacy that provides in-store and […]

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By Tim Rowan In a decade that will go down in history as the era of healthcare reform, continuing to do business as usual is a formula for failure. Operational and policy changes that can lead a home healthcare agency onto a survival path, on the other hand, sometimes is brought about only through the […]

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  by Adam Bishop, MBA Customer Relationship Management (CRM) is a key business component for post-acute care companies looking to increase sales and improve customer service. A purpose-built CRM system can effectively manage accounts and contacts, track sales efforts and results, reduce time spent on administrative tasks and provide real-time reporting to help your company […]

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By Tim Rowan “In 10 years, in-home healthcare will be the starting and ending point of all health care, but I don’t think it will be THIS home care.”The second annual “Healthcare in Transition” seminar, held last week in Scottsdale, Arizona, challenged home health and home care executives to adapt or die as the U.S. […]

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by Audrey Kinsella A Nashville-based technology company, Evermind, debuted at last January’s Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas with an easy-to-use monitoring system for keeping a subtle eye on seniors living alone. The system allows faraway caregivers or adult children to track their adult parents’ daily routines without having to ask them to wear or carry […]

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By Tim Rowan The Case: Armstrong v. Exception Child Center The Law in Question: States are required by federal law to “assure that [Medicaid] payments are consistent with efficiency, economy and quality of care and are sufficient to enlist enough providers,” in order to ensure sufficient access to care. The Initial Decision: A federal district […]

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