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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
Google X scientists hope to create a pill laden with nanoparticles to non-invasively identify diseases like cancer. Google’s research group, Google X, is developing a pill containing magnetic nanoparticles that detect disease, and a wearable device to read the nanoparticles’ … Keep Reading
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) today announced changes to the Medicare home health prospective payment system (HH PPS) for calendar year (CY) 2015 that will foster greater efficiency, flexibility, payment accuracy, and improved quality. Approximately 3.5 million … Keep Reading
Insights from the Future of Home Health Care: IOM-NRC Forum on Aging, Disability and Independence Workshop It makes perfect sense that looking at something from a different angle makes you see it in a different way. And, when you see … Keep Reading
Insights from the Future of Home Health Care: IOM-NRC Forum on Aging, Disability and Independence Workshop The first step in any recovery program is to admit that you have a problem. The health care system is no different. It has … Keep Reading
In January, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced a second wave of temporary moratoria in certain geographic regions on the enrollment of home health agencies in the Medicare Program, Medicaid Program and Children’s Health Insurance Program, with … Keep Reading
Insights from the Future of Home Health: IOM-NRC Forum on Aging, Disability and Independence Workshop Ecosystems work together so that all members can survive, change and grow, in accordance with the availability of resources to foster growth. Health care is … Keep Reading
DALLAS (Oct. 15, 2014) –Axxess, an industry leader in home health management software, proudly announces it is a platinum sponsor of the National Association for Home Care & Hospice’s (NAHC’s) “2014 Annual Meeting – Conference & Exposition” being held October … Keep Reading
FREETOWN, Sierra Leone — Acknowledging a major “defeat” in the fight against Ebola, international health officials battling the epidemic in Sierra Leone approved plans on Friday to help families tend to patients at home, recognizing that they are overwhelmed and have little … Keep Reading
It is no secret that sitting and inactivity is not good for the human body in relation to weight gain and other health factors, but what exactly does too much sitting do to our bodies? How harmful is it? How … Keep Reading
On October 6, 2014, President Barack Obama signed into law HR 4994, also known as the IMPACT (Improving Medicare Post-Acute Care Transformation) Act[1]. The primary goal of this new law is standardization of Post-Acute Care (PAC) patient data and exchange … Keep Reading
This week marks Customer Service Week, a week set aside to raise awareness of customer service and the vital role it plays in successful business practice and growth. Customer Service Week is not a bank holiday; a time to feast … Keep Reading
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