Dear Healthcare at Home Colleague,
I am sure you know Dr. Bob Fazzi, the founder and Executive Director of Fazzi Associates. He is a respected researcher whose findings often appear in our news stories. And he is a frequent keynote speaker at state and national conferences, always to packed rooms. This summer, he has revealed himself as also a passionate advocate for our healthcare branch, starting with the presentation he delivered at the NAHC Financial Managers meeting in June, where he asked us all to start using the term "Healthcare at Home," and culminating with the manifesto he has written based on that speech, which he has graciously allowed us to reprint in this week's issue.
No longer just a professional observer and analyst of what you do, based on surveys and interviews and algorithms, with this essay he now becomes a thought leader, a political leader, perhaps I daresay the leader of a newly born movement. He is urging every participant in this industry -- from agency owners to field staff, from software developers to state and national association executives and board members -- to take an active role in redefining who we are and how we describe what we do, to step up and take our place as a critical, indispensable member of the US healthcare system.
Do not miss Bob Fazzi's essay, "Should We Be Worried About Our Field?" in this week's issue. History will remember it as the seminal moment when an entire industry took ownership of its future and, with pride and optimism, claimed its deserved role as an equal partner in the system beside hospitals and physicians. Then, after you have read it a couple of times, please join in the conversation. Write to me with your reaction at editor@homecaretechreport.com. Join the Fazzi LinkedIn discussion group through the link we included at the end of the essay. Forward Bob's essay to your colleagues. Talk to each other and to your leaders. This is just the beginning. Let's do this.
Other news: I considered running only this one article this week, in order to focus reader attention on it, but a DC appellate court thwarted that idea. We cover the three-judge panel's unanimous decision that reintroduces overtime pay to in-home caregivers. Plus, we have a link to the original court document and an interpretation from a prominent agency owner who has been dealing with the overtime issue for some years now. I think you'll find his reaction to the court's decision enlightening and perhaps a little surprising.
Lastly, be sure to check out this week's Vendor Watch installment. There are big things going on in the private duty, non-medical care world.
Welcome to new advertisers Consolo Services Group, LLC, and PowerShot Home Care Sales Training. Consolo offers a hospice EMR. PowerShot has a sales training event in Las Vegas in October, where one of us will be in attendance. Click on their ads at the right for details. I am also looking forward to renewing friendships at the Ohio Council for Home Care and Hospice 50th Anniversary Conference, September 15/16. I hope to see you there!
Have a great week. Keep making a difference!
Tim Rowan
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Should We Be Worried About Our Field?
In what is sure to become a historic manifesto, 40-year home care veteran Dr. Bob Fazzi calls all of us to redefine our role in the US healthcare system. More than a naming exercise, this landmark declaration is a call to action...and a warning of what is to come if we remain passive. |
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Court Overturns Overtime Exemption for Care Workers
In a unanimous decision, a three-judge appeals court panel in Washington DC overturned a lower court's January decision that the Department of Labor had improperly re-defined in-home senior care late last year. We got a surprising reaction from one home care agency owner. |
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Vendor Watch
— National private duty franchise corporation "Seniors Helping Seniors" has selected ClearCare Online as its EMR, scheduling, and billing application. — Care at Hand introduces new Chief Nursing and Quality Officer |
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Hospice Software Group Announces $12.6 Million Investment Consolo Services Group is an 11-year old SaaS hospice software provider based in Lexington, Kentucky. |
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Yelp CEO Announces Healthcare Review Category In his August 5 blog post, Yelp CEO Jeremy Stoppelman announced that reviews are now available for hospitals, nursing homes and other medical facilities. Can healthcare at home be far behind? |
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