By Tim Rowan, Editor & Publisher of Home Care Technology Report With all the talk this election cycle about immigrants, we thought it might be enlightening to reprint a report from the California Health Care Foundation about the impact of immigrants on health care, specifically on the insurance side of the business. [Rowan describes details […]
by Melanie Stover, author and coach of home care and hospice organizations with their sales and marketing Healthcare technology innovations and digital advances are improving patient care in hospitals, clinics, and home health care services. These new-age care delivery systems are also reducing revenue pressures, increasing productivity, lowering administrative costs, enhancing the quality of care […]
Playmaker Health Integrates with Brightree to bring business growth solutions to HME, Home Health, Hospice, and Infusion Providers NASHVILLE, TN – PlayMaker Health, an industry leading post-acute growth platform, announced a strategic relationship with Brightree, whose cloud-based business software supports HME/DME, home health, hospice, and infusion providers. The integration is designed to help post-acute care companies improve business […]
By Tim Rowan, Editor & Publisher of Home Care Technology Report +Administrator Verma: “Today’s rule overhauls how Medicare pays for home health, refocusing on the needs of patients, promoting innovation, and reducing burden for physicians and home health providers.” [Rowan provides extensive details about the Patient-Driven Groupings Model–PDGM, and how its rendition into the final […]
By Tim Rowan, Editor & Publisher of Home Care Technology Report New strategic alliance enables Homecare Homebase customers to build higher performing referral networks and more effectively utilize sales resources. Homecare Homebase, a leader in enterprise software solutions for the home health and hospice market, and Excel Health, the leading source for current and complete […]
By Tim Rowan, Editor & Publisher of Home Care Technology Report Certified Home Health agencies have 14 months to prepare for a new payment system.[termed the proposed Patient Driven Groupings Model (PDGM) which is intended to increase Medicare payments to healthcare at home agencies by 2.1% or $400 million in calendar year 2019. The proposed […]
By Tim Rowan, Editor & Publisher of Home Care Technology Report If… you are a home care agency owner who is tired of running a business, you dream of never again having to worry about payroll or billing or patients, all you want to do is polish up your web site and your online reputation […]
By Tim Rowan, Editor & Publisher of Home Care Technology Report The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has announced the “Maternal Opioid Misuse” (MOM) model, an important step in advancing the agency’s multi-pronged strategy to combat the nation’s opioid crisis. The model addresses the need to better align and coordinate care of pregnant and […]
ATLANTA — Brightree®, a leading provider of cloud-based software for post-acute care providers, announced this week from the Medtrade conference the release of its new Patient Hub to personalize the patient experience and increase revenue for home medical equipment (HME) providers.[Other features about the new Patient Hub app are presented. and include how this app […]
by Elizabeth Hogue, Esq. According to a Report from the Office of Inspector General (OIG) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) entitled, “Medicare Advantage Appeal Outcomes and Audit Findings Raise Concerns About Service and Payment Denials,” published on September 27, 2018, Medicare Advantage Plans cover more than 20 million beneficiaries in […]
