Addus Enters Home Care Partnership with CellTrak National provider of home and community-based personal care services Addus HomeCare (Nasdaq: ADUS) has extended its nine-year contract with the provider of mobile health care delivery management solutions, CellTrak Technologies. The revamped partnership will debut a new version of the CellTrak solution that enables home care providers to […]
Home health agencies across the country continue to step up on quality of patient care, but that doesn’t mean that more patients are enthusiastic about their providers, judging by the latest round of Home Health Compare data. National averages have improved for nearly all the quality of patient care measures that the government tracks and […]
This week, Home Health Care News readers tuned into stories about lawsuits, coding and next-generation home health agencies. From the look of things, big changes are ahead. Here in the newsroom, we were impressed by the vigor of some of China’s rowdiest retirees. Most Read 4 Features of the Home Health Agency of the Future—A […]
Six months after ICD-10 began, home health agencies are already looking down the barrel of a few thousand changes set to go into effect October 1, 2016. Since the implementation of the new coding system, home health agencies and other health care providers have learned a lot, and with more changes coming, it’s crucial for […]
This week, Home Health Care News readers read up on three main topics: reimbursement, coding and fraud. The Medicare Fraud Strike Force charged about 300 people—including some in the home health industry—in a variety of schemes that involved more than $900 million in fraudulent health care billings, and the Office of the Inspector General identified […]
Though the home health industry has pushed back against the Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ (CMS) prior authorization program—dubbed the Pre-Claim Review Demonstration for Home Health Services—the pilot is likely to start soon, and home health agencies are gearing up to deal with the potential of any additional administrative burden. Agencies in the first […]
Home health agency staff do not have nearly as firm a grasp on the Outcome and Assessment Information Set (OASIS) as they should—and that could spell trouble for agencies nationwide. On average, home health managers’ OASIS competencies come in at around 74%, according to data from Fazzi Associates, a Northampton, Massachusetts-based home care and hospice […]
BioScrip Announces Home Infusion Acquisition and Public Offering BioScrip, a provider of infusion and home care management solutions, has entered into an agreement to buy HS Infusion Holdings (Home Solutions), a Hammonton, New Jersey-based home infusion and home nursing products services provider. The company’s principal shareholder is KRG Capital Partners, a Denver-based private equity firm. […]
Home health providers and associations were quick to denounce a preauthorization requirement after the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) revealed it will move forward with its formerly announced plans. Across the board, industry officials expressed disappointment and concern with the CMS plans for prior authorization, now deemed the Pre-Claim Review Demonstration for Home […]
There’s plenty of room for improvement when it comes to the methodology, clarity and accessibility of Home Health Quality of Patient Care star ratings. That was the consensus among the Home Health Quality of Patient Care Star Ratings Technical Expert Panel (TEP), convened by Abt Associates in early May. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid […]
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