A Canadian home health care services provider, We Care, has entered into an agreement to deploy CellTrak’s mobile healthcare system to automate staff Time and Attendance tracking. Fastrack president Spencer Kay reports that his company needs to grow in order to respond to growth in the HME and Home Infusion business.

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by Trisha Tulloch, RN, BSN, MSN, HCS-D In the summer of 2008, we at RBC Limited were privileged to work with two home health demonstration agencies participating with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) and Abt Associates to field test the revised OASIS-C. Since that time we have supported dozens of agencies in […]

This month, Medicare certified agencies are focused on final steps toward making the OASIS-C conversion, coming up on January 1. We are doing our part to help. First, we produced a powerfully informative newstalk program and made it available at a ridiculously low price last month. It is still available at http://homehealthsurvivor.com. The subscription price […]

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An urgent message has been released by The National Association for Home Care and Hospice (NAHC) and the Home Care and Hospice Financial Managers Association (HHFMA). The mistaken notion since PPS began that home care agency cost reports are less important than they once were may be creating a serious problem.

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LENEXA, KS — Mediware Information Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq: MEDW) announced on November 24 that it will acquire Healthcare Automation Inc. (HAI) and its sister company Advantage Reimbursement Inc. (ARI).

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One thing you can say about vendors and educators serving our industry, they know how to respond to a regulatory change. If you are still in need of staff training solutions for the imminent OASIS changes, we polled the industry and found a number of resources are available. Look through our descriptions of eight offerings and pick the one that best fits your needs.