Dear Healthcare at Home Colleague,
We are keeping our survey about your software experience open for another week. As you may remember, we are researching customer satisfaction with the EMR implementation and training process. If you will please take 10 minutes to answer a handful of questions, we will use your anonymous input to create educational materials that we hope will benefit everyone. Click here to begin.
In this week's news: Hospices that provide palliative care have been in a dilemma. They are required to use only ONC certified software to submit quality reports to CMS but there has previously been no certified hospice software. In fact, as we covered in a series of reports early last year, there was no process for certifying post-acute software of any kind. In our lead story, Netsmart announces that it has received ONC certification. We also provide links to our 2017 coverage for those who want to brush up on the background.
Telehealth reporter Audrey Kinsella discusses the implications of the CHRONIC Care Act for the use of remote patient monitoring in the home.
There was a great deal of interest in our primer on the basics of the technology called Blockchain last week. So we have followed up with an interview with a company that is deploying the technology in healthcare. You will be tempted to skip this article as too technical to be relevant. Don't. The implications for patient care, HIPAA compliance, and clinical operations run deep. Obscure as it may seem. Blockchain will have an impact on every home health, home care, and hospice provider's operations.
Besides Blockchain, the other tech buzzword we keep hearing this year is Artificial Intelligence. We include a story about an AI-driven heart monitor, developed by "PinpointIQ."
Have a great week. Keep making a difference!
Tim Rowan
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CMS Open Door Forum (Date and Agenda Subject to Change)
Tuesday, May 15, 2:00 PM EDT |
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Home Telehealth Offers Opportunity to Develop New In-Home Programs
Telehealth reporter Audrey Kinsella has an update on a new telehealth era she has dubbed simply: "It's Paid For and It Works." |
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Study Evaluates AI-Based Wearable Heart Monitor
Introduced at HIMSS, pinpointIQ's Wearable Heart Monitor is a continuous, AI-driven, biosensor-based, patient monitoring solution aimed at supporting post-acute patient care and clinical trials data collection. |
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Blockchain Ready to Enhance Patient Care Systems
After our primer on Blockchain was so widely read, we decided to interview an expert who could explain this technology's applications in healthcare. Lynn Carroll of HSBlox described more uses than we had thought possible. |
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Netsmart EMR Secures ONC Certification for Palliative Care
In early 2017, we ran a series of articles explaining the dilemma faced by hospices offering palliative care services. CMS requires "certified" software to submit quality data but there weren't any. Vendors are beginning to step up. Included are links to previous articles for background research. |
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Ohio Association Wins EVV Plan Modifications States that are just now beginning to formulate their plans to comply with the 21st Century CURES Act's mandate to implement Electronic Visit Verification can learn a lot from the Ohio experience. We spoke with OCHCH Executive Director, Joe Russell. |
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CMS Administrator Unveils New Strategy to Fuel Data-driven Patient Care, Transparency "Data Driven Patient Care Strategy" is part of the MyHealthEData initiative. |
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2018 Annual Conference
West Coast Payer and Provider Summit to Address Social Determinants of Health for Complex PopulationsA World Health Care Congress Executive Series Event
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Patients' Right to Freedom of Choice of Providers: How to Avoid Lawsuits
Presented by Elizabeth Hogue, Esq.
Thursday, June 14 (Encore Date: 6/21)
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Conflict between hospitals and home health agencies, private duty agencies, hospices and HME companies that receive referrals from hospitals may be intensifying regarding patients' right to freedom of choice. Hospitals say that they comply with all requirements while some post-acute providers maintain the exact opposite. Now post-acute providers are suing hospitals for violations.
Participate in this teleconference to learn the answers to all of these questions! Extensive handouts will be provided that will also serve as a resource when questions come up in the future. FY2019 Hospice Proposed Rule: What You Need to Know
On April 27, 2018, CMS issued a proposed rule that would update FY2019 Medicare wage index and payment rates for Medicare hospice agencies. The proposed rule includes changes to the hospice payment rates, updates to the Hospice Quality Reporting Program (HQRP), and more. Ms. Loftus will review the latest information regarding proposed changes and how they may affect you.
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