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The benefits of using mobile technology in home health care are numerous. Among the list of benefits for a home health agency is accountability through Electronic Visit Verification (EVV). Why EVV Matters Accountability is currently a hot button issue in … Keep Reading
2014 was nothing short of an amazing year for Axxess. We were very busy: expansive business growth, hiring employees, launching new products and services, visiting states from coast to coast and meeting and greeting healthcare industry professionals. Of course, we … Keep Reading
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) hosted a Special Open Door Forum call today to solicit stakeholder input for adding a five-star rating system for home health agencies (HHA) and review the proposed methodology for calculating the ratings. … Keep Reading
While the holiday season can be joyous, fun and exciting, many of us equate it with the stress of juggling staff schedules and patients staying with other relatives. For many of us, just hearing the word “holiday” can create anxiety … Keep Reading
GPS-based electronic visit verification products such as Axxess and Celltrack help ensure caretakers actually visit patients’ homes. Now that more sick and disabled Americans live at home, payers and operators of residential healthcare providers are increasingly turning to technology to … Keep Reading
As home health care companies struggle to keep reduce employee turnover rates and compete to attract clients, one element is at the heart of an agency’s success: training. Ongoing training programs for employees to advance their skills can reduce costly … Keep Reading
(CNN) — Mary Lou doesn’t know that she’s being tracked. The 77-year-old is in the middle stages of Alzheimer’s and though she lives on her own, her family keeps close tabs on her. If she leaves her Washington D.C. home … Keep Reading
It is well known that most seniors and individuals with disabilities, if given the choice, would rather reside at home than in an institutional setting. Maintaining an involvement with their communities, their loved ones and being in a familiar space … Keep Reading
HIMSS Analytics report sees two-way video as key component of value-based care Nearly half of healthcare organizations polled for a new HIMSS Analytics report use telemedicine technology — with some of them combining as many as four different tools to enable … Keep Reading
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has issued four change requests that provide guidance on home health policy and claims processing issues, seeking to improve compliance and prevent program vulnerability. The first, Change Request 8699, prevents duplicate payments when … Keep Reading
Mobile devices not only offer the nurse or therapist in the field the ability to easily document his or her services, but the addition of an electronic visit verification, right on the spot, when the care is delivered, makes the … Keep Reading
Effective January 1, 2015, OASIS assessment data will be submitted to CMS via the national OASIS Assessment Submission and Processing (ASAP) system. With the implementation of the OASIS ASAP system, home health agencies will no longer submit OASIS assessment data … Keep Reading
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