WASHINGTON, D.C. (November 26, 2019)—The National Quality Forum (NQF) recently posted the list of Measures Under Consideration (MUC) for future use in the hospice quality reporting program (HQRP) and the home health quality reporting program (HHQRP). The list is released annually, and there is an opportunity for stakeholder comment. In fact, comments were due Nov. 25, 2019.
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ATLANTA (November 21, 2019)—Trella Health, a source for current and complete post-acute outcomes data and performance analytics, published its most recent Industry Trend Report and released a new quarterly data set. Trella customers now have access to Centers for Medicare & Medicaid (CMS) claims data through the second quarter of 2019.
WASHINGTON, D.C. (November 20, 2019)—The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has issued Change Request (CR) 11527, which includes further updates to the Claims Processing Manual, chapter 10, related to the Patient Driven Groupings Model (PDGM).
BOSTON and SYDNEY (November 19, 2019)—Orbita, the provider of a health care conversational artificial intelligence (AI) platform, announced that it is now offering OrbitaASSIST, an award-winning, voice-enabled, AI-driven bedside virtual health assistant.
NORTHFIELD, Ill. (November 18, 2019)—To help identify and scale new evidence-based techniques to improve clinical outcomes around wound care, Advocate Aurora Health’s Post-Acute Division is advancing customized education through a collaboration with Medline for more than 400 nurses across Illinois and Wisconsin.
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Q&A with HHA owner Paul Millman of Interim Health Care
DALLAS (November 8, 2019)—What will the “new normal” look like for the home health industry in and after 2020?
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (November 1, 2019)—Life365, a provider of integrated health solutions, announced today that J & B Medical, one of the nation’s fastest-growing health care organizations, and their telehealth solutions subsidiary, HNC Virtual Solutions, has joined the consortium of partners on the Life365 Integrated Health Solution Platform.
WASHINGTON, D.C. (October 30, 2019)—On Oct. 28, the House of Representatives approved HR 647, the Palliative Care and Hospice Education and Training Act (PCHETA), legislation that would make improvements in the training, education and provision of palliative and hospice care. The National Association for Home Care & Hospice (NAHC) has advocated for passage of this bill since it was introduced.
SAN FRANCISCO (October 30, 2019)—SkyKnight Capital (SkyKnight), a San Francisco-based private equity firm, announced that it has made an investment into AeroCare Holdings, Inc. (AeroCare), a provider of home health care solutions focused on patients with chronic respiratory conditions. AeroCare management and existing shareholders, including Peloton Equity, SV Health Investors and Morgan Stanley Investment Management’s AIP Private Markets, will remain invested as part of the transaction.
AGOURA HILLS, Calif. (October 30, 2019)—Casamba, a provider of electronic medical record (EMR) solutions for home health agencies, outpatient therapy, skilled nursing facilities (SNF) and contract therapy providers, announced today that CareServ has signed on as the company’s preferred provider for mobile device solutions and IT support.
WASHINGTON, D.C. (October 30, 2019)—To allow home health agencies to transition to the Patient-Driven Groupings Model (PDGM), which becomes effective on Jan. 1, 2020, The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is rescheduling the implementation of the Home Health Review Choice Demonstration (RCD) for the remaining states of Texas, North Carolina and Florida. The demonstration is expected to begin in Texas on March 2, 2020. The choice selection period will begin on Jan.
PENNSAUKEN, N.J. (October 29, 2019)—BAYADA, one of the nation’s largest providers of home health care, launched a new podcast series for clinicians and patients and families of home health care, "Healing on the Home Front," in May of this year as part of Nurses Week.
Preparing for revenue shortfalls before the new billing mandate
STAMFORD, Conn. (October 21, 2019)—CareFinders, the fastest-growing home health care provider in the Northeast region, has expanded its footprint in Connecticut with the addition of DanielCare Caring Choice, a leading provider of personal homecare services based in Stamford, Connecticut.
DETROIT (October 18, 2019)—The Alzheimer’s Association has renewed its recognition of DementiaWise, a proprietary curriculum of best practices and activities for home caregivers to help care for clients with Alzheimer’s disease and other types of dementia, created by ComForCare, a provider of in-home care.
SAN DIEGO (October 15, 2019)—Sepsis Alliance, the nation’s first and leading sepsis organization, announced the launch of The Sepsis Institute (TSI), an online learning platform that provides health care professionals across the continuum of care with high quality, evidence-based sepsis education and training to improve diagnosis and outcomes for the millions who are harmed by sepsis every year in the United States.