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OASIS-C1 Transition Success: The Axxess Advantage
Author: John Olajide, Founder and CEO, Axxess
Date: January 8, 2015
Preparing for the Medicare mandated transitions from OASIS-C to OASIS-C1 and the new OASIS Assessment Submission and Processing (ASAP) system has likely been mission critical at your home healthcare agency during the last several months. Ensuring that your agency’s clinicians are educated on the new codes, billers and administrators understand... Keep Reading
Checking the Financial Pulse of your Agency with Revenue Cycle Management (RCM)
Author: Ashley Harris
Date: January 7, 2015
With increased competition in the home health care industry and reductions in Medicare reimbursements, it is becoming imperative that home healthcare agencies adopt an efficient Revenue Cycle Management (RCM) system to be financially successful. RCM is a financial system that manages a company’s cash flow and has the ability, at... Keep Reading
What You Need to Know about OASIS Submission Using the National OASIS Assessment Submission and Processing (ASAP) System
Author: Beni DeLoach, Admin, LVN, CLT
Date: January 6, 2015
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) rang in the New Year with a flurry of new requirements for home health agencies. The most widely publicized change is undoubtedly the OASIS-C1/ICD-9 implementation, which went into effect on January 1, 2015. CMS also introduced lesser-known requirements in the 2015 HH-PPS... Keep Reading
NewsDay Tuesday: American Workers Say Internet Makes Them More Productive
Author: Lisa Dawson
Date: January 6, 2015
In a recent article in The New York Times, Vindu Goel reports that new research shows American workers say the Internet, email and other related technologies have made them more productive. Additionally, workers say the Internet is giving them more flexibility in their jobs. Read more about how workers embrace... Keep Reading
Axxess Presents at the Future of Home Health Symposium
Author: Lisa Dawson
Date: January 5, 2015
Media contact: Kris Berry On behalf of Axxess Technology Solutions kris_berry@richards.com 214-891-2953 Axxess Presents at the Future of Home Health Symposium DALLAS (Jan. 5, 2015) – Axxess, an industry leader in home health management software, will present the advantages of software solutions at the Alliance for Home Health Quality and Innovation’s... Keep Reading
Delay on Companionship Rule: Temporary Restraining Order Issued by U.S. District Court
Author: Lisa Dawson
Date: January 2, 2015
A Temporary Restraining Order (TRO) was issued on December 31 preventing the U.S. Department of Labor rule on “companionship services.” The rule aims to exempt “companionship services” from overtime compensation under the Fair Labor Standards Act, which was due to be in effect as of January 1, 2015. The... Keep Reading
NewsDay Tuesday: Healthcare Among Top 10 Jobs for 2015
Author: Lisa Dawson
Date: December 30, 2014
Good news for the New Year! Healthcare continues to be a growing industry; and the outlook for jobs in 2015 is positive. Of the top 10 jobs for 2015, four are in the healthcare field: registered nurse, medical and health services manager, physical therapist and speech-language pathologist. Growth is measured... Keep Reading
Axxess 2014 in Review: A Quick Look at an Amazing Year
Author: Lisa Dawson
Date: December 29, 2014
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 weren’t the only busy ones. We supported every one of our... Keep Reading
Important Companionship Exemption Ruling Affects Home Care
Author: Merrily Orsini, MSSW, Executive Vice President
Date: December 26, 2014
Recently, the federal U.S. District Court of the District of Columbia decided in the case of the Home Care Association of America, the Visiting Nurse Associations of America and the National Association for Home Care & Hospice vs. David Weil, administrator of the DOL’s Wage and Hour Division, in favor... Keep Reading
NewsDay Tuesday: Retirees Turn to Virtual Villages for Mutual Support
Author: Axxess
Date: December 23, 2014
Virtual retirement villages provide seniors with resources and social connections that help them age in place. There are 140 villages in 40 states that offer referrals to services such as household repair, lawn maintenance, cooking and transportation. And they are not just services, they are designed to be communities whose... Keep Reading
CMS Outlines 5-Star Rating System for Home Healthcare
Author: Andrew Awoniyi, ND, RN-BC
Date: December 17, 2014
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.  The rating will appear on the Home Health Compare website... Keep Reading
NewsDay Tuesday: How to Live to 100: This Town May Hold The Secrets of Longevity
Author: A. Pawlowski
Date: December 16, 2014
The senior set is going strong – working out, eating clean and feeding their mind, bodies and spirits – in one southern CA town. In fact, their living an average of seven years longer than the U.S. general population. Read this article on Today.com to see how Seniors in Loma... Keep Reading
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