Caring at Home: Something to Look Forward To
An aging country can’t rely solely on families, friends and volunteers to provide everything dependent elders need, however well supported they are.
Plus, how community programs are “More Than a Meal.”
By Liz Carey
Dietary needs change with age and health condition.
In late January 2018, Dr. Mehrdad Ayati of Stanford University School of Medicine and board certified in family and geriatric medicine, spoke before the U.S. Senate Special Committee on Aging about aging challenges.
STOUGHTON, Mass. (March 7, 2018)—Medical Specialties Distributors (MSD) announces they have been selected as the preferred distribution partner for Smiths Medical to serve non-hospital based infusion customers.
The MSD and Smiths Medical partnership unveils a new distribution model that simplifies the way providers order, receive and deliver care. CADD Infusion systems are available to non-hospital based infusion providers through a preferred distribution partnership with MSD.
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Initiative's goal is to put patients at the center of the U.S. health care system.
Via CMS, WASHINGTON, D.C. (March 6, 2018)—Today, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Administrator Seema Verma announced a new Trump Administration initiative—MyHealthEData—to empower patients by giving them control of their health care data, and allowing it to follow them through their health care journey.
Superior HealthPlan re-evaluates planned cuts to services.
AUSTIN, Texas (March 6, 2018)—Dozens of medical equipment suppliers in Texas rallied together to successfully prevent proposed reimbursement cuts by Superior HealthPlan. The cuts, which suppliers were notified of in a letter received in early February, would have been substantially lower than Texas state Medicaid, reducing rates for certain product categories from 85 percent of Texas Medicaid to 60 percent, with a few suppliers receiving a reduction to 65 to 70 percent.
American Hospital Association says March 12 deadline too soon
Bundled payments demonstrated savings
NASHVILLE (March 5, 2018)—PlayMaker Health, a post-acute growth platform serving hundreds of organizations nationwide, announced the addition of Gregg Boyle as vice president of engineering.
Register for Austin event early to save.
WASHINGTON, D.C. (March 5, 2018)—Registration for the National Association for Home Care and Hospice’s (NAHC’s) 2018 Financial Management Conference & Expo, the premier event for financial managers in homecare and hospice, is now open at the conference’s new website.