Can your staff provide case management services to other post-acute care providers? Should you decide to diversify in this direction, take the advice of a colleague who has learned how to do it well.
By Tim Rowan, Editor & Publisher of Home Care Technology Report Elizabeth Pearson, esq. You cannot pick up a newspaper, turn on a TV news broadcast or visit a news web site today without hearing stories about Congressional town hall meetings. Either they are invaded by Affordable Care Act supporters or they are being avoided […]
New hospitals and health care providers join successful, cutting-edge federal initiative that cuts costs and puts patients at the center of their care. Medicare Accountable Care Organization initiatives to improve how the health system cares for patients
By Tim Rowan With this month’s CMS announcement that another 121 Accountable Care Organizations have been certified, the total now comes to 477 ACOs in 49 states and the District of Columbia. As the new bundled payment, shared savings, and shared risk programs fall into place over time, these ACOs will be looking to coordinate […]
Much attention has been given recently to the proposed rule on discharge planning requirements. While many in healthcare at home feel this is a costly burden for them, little attention is being given to hospital discharge planning requirements and their effect on the post-acute space. Jason Lewallen offers a 3-step plan to enhance your online brand.
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has recognized 123 new Accountable Care Organizations, providing approximately 1.5 million more Medicare beneficiaries with access to coordinated care, HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius announced on December 23. Doctors, hospitals and health care providers establish ACOs in order to work together to provide higher-quality coordinated care, while helping […]
Atrius Health is a non-profit, Pioneer ACO formed by an alliance of six leading independent medical groups in Eastern and Central Massachusetts. In its first-year results, released in March 2013, the non-profit ACO reported that it had spent an average of $10,700 per patient. The benchmark is slightly over $12,000. That difference, about $1,300, […]
by Scott Herrmann The days of business as usual are quickly coming to an end for health care, including home healthcare, private duty and hospice. All over the world, health care systems struggle with rising costs and inconsistent quality of care. Leaders and policy makers have tried countless fixes to eliminating errors, such as […]
Winning official certification for a home health EHR product involves jumping through hundreds of hoops. What is more, at the end there is no ARRA stimulus money to offer to customers as there is for meaningful use of hospital and physician EHRs. For these two reasons, only one home health vendor has previously sought […]
Since January, an ‘S’ code has been available to identify, and possibly bill for, telehealth services. CMS created it but does not recognize it, of course, on Medicare claims. Nevertheless, its existence means home healthcare agencies are able to introduce it to other payers, such as Managed Care Organizations and state Medicaid offices. Details […]
