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Product Review: Home Care Worker Safety
by Kristin Rowan, Editor If you haven't been following our recent reports, you may have missed last week's article on the Home Care Worker Safety Bill that was passed in Connecticut. You may also have missed the article reporting that OSHA levied fines against Elara...
Constant Therapy and Elara Caring form Partnership
By Kristin Rowan, Editor Care at home has expanded in the last twenty years to include care that was previously received in hospitals, SNFs, and therapy centers. As care at home is increasingly recognized as a more cost efficient way to provide care with better...
The Right Way to Use AI in Healthcare
by Tim Rowan, Editor Emeritus For better or worse, healthcare has begun the inevitable adoption of Artificial Intelligence. Before you consider adopting AI technology, know that there is a wrong way and a right way to use AI in healthcare. In a companion article this...
The Wrong Way to Use AI in Healthcare
by Tim Rowan, Editor Emeritus Lawsuits are beginning to pile up against insurance companies participating in the Medicare Advantage program. The complaint? The wrong way to use AI in healthcare is with faulty algorithms to approve or deny claims. While AI can be...
Navigating the Home Care Revolution
by Kristin Rowan, Editor I was honored to have been a guest on Health Futures - Taking Stock in You Radio Show on Money Radio 1510 AM discussing navigating the home care revolution. Health Futures is hosted by HomeCare expert Bob Roth, owner of Cypress HomeCare...
Connecticut Senate and House Pass Home Care Worker Safety Bill
by Kristin Rowan, Editor Last week, we reported on the proposed Bill in the Connecticut Senate and House to provide additional precautions for home care worker safety. In wake of the Joyce Grayson murder during a home health visit, leadership in Connecticut aimed to...
House Ways and Mean Unanimously Extends Telehealth Flexibilities
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE ATA ACTION APPLAUDS HOUSE WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE FOR UNANIMOUSLY ADVANCING A TWO-YEAR EXTENSION OF MANY CRITICAL TELEHEALTH FLEXIBILITIES WASHINGTON, DC, MAY 8, 2024 – ATA Action, an affiliated trade organization of the American Telemedicine...
Large Health System to Outsource Home Health and Hospice to Compassus
Bon Secours Mercy Health to Outsource Home Health and Hospice to Compassus Bon Secours Mercy Health (BSMH), the fifth-largest Catholic health system in the U.S., and Compassus, a leading national provider of home-based health care services, announced on May 2 that...
Teaching Caregivers How to Help Patients Heal
by Elizabeth E. Hogue, Esq. Noora Health has developed a program of “health companions” in a variety of types of healthcare settings (“Teaching Patients How to Heal,” The New York Times, April 14, 2024) to help patient heal. The basis of these programs is that when...
Product Review: HealthRev Partners Launches RCM Tool Velocity
by Kristin Rowan, Editor Revenue Cycle Management (RCM) addresses several pain points for care at home agencies: coding errors, timely reimbursement payments, and employee workload. Available as both full-service and SaaS products, RCM automation offers higher...
BREAKING NEWS: Home Care Agency Faulted in Death of Joyce Grayson
by Kristin Rowan, EditorHome health agency failed to protect Joyce Grayson History We've been following the story of Joyce Grayson since her death in October of 2023. The news was first published in The Rowan Report here on November 8th, 2023.On April 14th, we...
UnitedHealth Grilled by Congress, Fired by Walmart
After paying the ransom, UnitedHealth CEO says Change Health disruption is nearly over. So is United’s commitment to telehealth partners.
