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Fine-Tune Your Home Visit for Optimal Efficiency and Effectiveness
Author: Carolyn Humphrey, MS, RN, FAAN
Date: June 11, 2015
Is your professional visiting staff as productive as they can be? As home health agencies strive to cut costs by operating more efficiently, helping visiting professionals maximize their time should be a high priority. Numerous strategies are used to reach this goal, including providing technology such as point-of-care electronic documentation systems... Keep Reading
Surviving the Next Evolution in Home Health
Author: John Olajide, Founder and CEO, Axxess
Date: June 8, 2015
Editor's note: (This article originally appeared in the D Healthcare Daily). For providers in the $81.6 billion home health industry, surviving a quickly changing environment will hinge on three main factors: adapting to new regulations, improving patient outcomes and expanding capacity to address unprecedented growth. The home health industry currently serves 8... Keep Reading
NewsDay: Medicare vies to keep ACOs on board with more flexible rules
Author: Axxess
Date: June 5, 2015
More flexibility is coming for Medicare accountable care organizations (ACOs) under a final rule (CMS-1461-F) the CMS published Thursday. CMS' Medicare Shared Savings Program will offer a new track to take on more financial risk of patient care, and it will allow Medicare ACOs to avoid penalties beyond the initial... Keep Reading
NewsDay Tuesday: A Live-In Lab to Test Aging in Place Technology
Author: Axxess
Date: June 2, 2015
Instead of having to go to the doctors, how about a physical, every day, without having to do anything at all? As part of a collaborative, five-year health study, a Fort Worth, Texas, apartment's floor, bed, and bathroom mirror all have sensors that relay health information to a control room... Keep Reading
NewsDay Tuesday: CMS to Release Medicaid Managed-Care Rule
Author: Axxess
Date: May 26, 2015
The CMS is about to release a sweeping proposed rule that could fuel a major expansion of Medicaid managed long-term care for elderly and disabled beneficiaries. The rule is overdue because Medicaid enrollment has soared 48 percent to 46 million beneficiaries over the past four years. Click here to read the... Keep Reading
How Reliable Are GEMs and Crosswalks for Coding ICD-10-CM?
Author: Jennifer Gibson Osburn RN, HCS-D ICD-10-CM, COS-C, Senior Clinical Consultant
Date: May 21, 2015
Our nation’s healthcare system is currently undergoing a metamorphosis. The industry is shifting to quality motivated care delivery, patient-centered care, and performance driven payment. One of the many steps in the overall transition is our change to the ICD-10-CM coding system, set for implementation on October 1, 2015. This up-to-date... Keep Reading
Home Health at the Tipping Point?
Author: Merrily Orsini, MSSW, Executive Vice President
Date: May 20, 2015
Last week, information presented by experts in aging care services and home-based care achieved an unprecedented level of synergy that could bring the home health industry to a necessary tipping point toward radical redesign. Commencing with the Pennsylvania Homecare Association (PHA) Annual Conference in Lancaster, and wrapping up at the American... Keep Reading
As We Age, Keys to Remembering Where the Keys Are
Author: Axxess
Date: May 19, 2015
As AARP put it, “forgetting where you parked your car can happen to everyone occasionally, but forgetting what your car looks like may be cause for concern.” Preventing cognitive decline that can interfere with quality of life is a far better option than trying to reverse it. The Institute of Medicine... Keep Reading
Axxess Experts Discuss the Future of Home Health
Author: Axxess
Date: May 8, 2015
Sam Smith and Merrily Orsini Lead Session at Pennsylvania Homecare Association Conference on May 13. DALLAS (May 8, 2015) – Axxess, an industry leader in home health management software -- also the only software vendor accredited by the American Nursing Credentialing Center (ANCC) -- will present insight into the future of... Keep Reading
Think Your Agency Can’t Afford an EHR System?
Author: Allen Wilson
Date: May 7, 2015
Think instead of the time and money you would save with an EHR system. Home health agencies not using integrated cloud-based software to increase efficiency and accuracy and improve cash flow may fall by the wayside. This eBook explains why. In today’s home healthcare market, agencies face many challenges that affect their... Keep Reading
Axxess and Kennedy-Curry Middle School Stir Student Interest in Career Paths
Author: Axxess
Date: May 5, 2015
Successful companies have a responsibility to their communities to give back in ways that matter. Healthcare technology company Axxess takes this responsibility to heart. Axxess President and CEO John Olajide recently participated in the Dallas Regional Chamber’s ‘Principal for a Day’ program at Kennedy-Curry Middle School, a part of the Dallas... Keep Reading
HH-CAHPS 5-Star Ratings: CMS Announces Special Open Door Forum for this Thursday
Author: Andrew Awoniyi, ND, RN-BC
Date: May 4, 2015
A Special Open Door Forum (SODF) has been announced by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) regarding the new set of star ratings for the Home Health Compare website. The SODF is Thursday, May 7, 2015 from 1:30 to 2:30 p.m. Eastern Time. The agenda and participation instructions... Keep Reading
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