The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has published a final rule that requires Medicare Parts A and B health care providers and suppliers to report and return their own overpayments.

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y Tim Rowan What kind of software would you develop if you had sufficient funds, an understanding of the needs of healthcare at home provider agencies, and no knowledge of how “it has always been done?” Adrian Schauer is a serial technology entrepreneur and active angel investor who concluded that his third start-up should offer […]

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  Analysis by Tim Rowan, publisher What does it mean to be a leader within a company culture? What is a national leader? What do we want our national leaders saying to payers and regulatory bodies about the ‘brand’ of healthcare at home? Who are — who should be — our leaders? This progression from […]

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By Tim Rowan According to a report in Politico Florida, more than 6,000 poor, disabled, or elderly Floridians who applied for home- and community-based services died during a 12-month period while they were on waiting lists for those services, state data shows. According to statistics provided by the Department of Elder Affairs, 6,538 people died […]

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  CHICAGO; Feb. 2, 2016 – New research1 from Accenture (NYSE: ACN) estimates that U.S. funding for on-demand healthcare companies – those providing location-based offerings with near-real-time and 24/7 services – will quadruple from over $200 million in 2014 to $1 billion by the end of 2017. Virtual physician visits and remote patient monitoring fall within Accenture’s […]

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By Tim Rowan The American Telemedicine Association announced its support for a proposal by the Federation of State Boards of Physical Therapy to achieve passage of the “Physical Therapy Licensure Compact” which would provide for mutual license recognition by states. The existing system of professional licensure and practice regulations limit a patient’s access and choice, […]

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By Tim Rowan The Visiting Nurse Associations of America and the Alliance for Home Health Quality and Innovation have begun to work together for the benefit of their respective members and the entire healthcare at home sector. It is not quite a marriage — the two entities will continue to have unique missions and member […]

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  CARY, NC, January 20, 2015 – Relias Learning, the leader in online training and compliance solutions for the healthcare market, and the National Association for Home Care & Hospice, a nonprofit organization that represents some of the nation’s 35,000 home care and hospice organizations, today announced a strategic partnership to offer a wide range […]

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By Tim Rowan On January 28, KLAS Research announced that Thornberry’s NDoc® has earned the title: Best in KLAS 2015:Software and Services for the third consecutive year. Thornberry also achieved the highest scores in implementation and training. [Comments of gratitude about receiving the award are provided by Thornberry executives in this short article, with special […]

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By the  Home Care Association of New York State In its January newsletter to members, the Home Care Association of New York State published the following notice: HCA Files Legal Complaint Stemming from Wrongful Dismissal of HCA Representatives from NAHC Board HCA and its affected representatives have commenced legal action seeking relief for invalid actions taken […]

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