Volume 10, Number 33 — June 9, 2021
Dear Healthcare at Home Colleague,
I read a disturbing article in my local paper this weekend. Many veterans are turned away for medical and mental healthcare when they are actually eligible. The "decision maker" who denies care is often the lowest paid staffer, a clerk or receptionist, who has been poorly trained in the rules. Have you heard of your patients running into this problem?
Let's get into this week's news. The American Telemedicine Association has published a report on its legislative efforts on the state level. Following emergency permissions to use virtual visits and other remote patient monitoring technologies during the height of the pandemic, many healthcare providers are pushing to make those permissions permanent. They cite evidence that patients are healthier and costs are lower. The ATA lists many successes in this area, but has also had to write letters in some cases educating legislators about the bad bills they have proposed. We give you links to a map of each state's proposed and already passed laws, as well as to the ATA letters. Scroll down to "ATA is Bullish on State-by-State Legislative Successes."
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This got me thinking. How can any elected official possibly learn enough about all the different industries a lawmaker has to cover. Do they rely on expertise within their staff? Do they take a lobbyist's word? I learned from an Administrative Law Judge of my acquaintance that learning dozens, or hundreds, of different industries' jargon and acronyms is the hardest part of her job. It has to be the same for state legislators. I ruminate on this problem in an opinion piece titled "Some Lawmakers Simply Misunderstand Telehealth." You may laugh, or perhaps cry, at the level of ignorance the ATA tries to correct.
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Whether your business is Home Health, Home Care, or Hospice, you are always looking for a competitive advantage. If you agree, do not miss our story on a just-released study by Porter Research, sent to us by our friends at Citus Health. Porter's study found one main thing that patients and their families say would make them choose one provider over another. The results were overwhelming, with agreement about that one thing over 90 percent.
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In our Vendor Watch column, we report on a new alliance between Homecare Homebase and Corridor. You already know that the longtime consulting group is focused on coding services now. HCHB will be offering that service to its software clients through the new partnership.
Be sure to scroll down beyond this week's headlines to check our updated list of conferences. We are so pleased that some of them will be in person, we are vaccinated and trying to attend as many as we can. We hope to see you in Marco Island, Chicago, Orlando, or New Orleans.
Have a great week. Stay healthy and keep making a difference!
Some Lawmakers Simply Misunderstand Telehealth
Legislators cannot know the details of every industry. The ATA provides a model for how to educate them about our industry without highlighting their ignorance.
ATA is Bullish on State-by-State Legislative Successes
With COVID telehealth expansion proving successful, American Telemedicine Association steps up efforts to make emergency changes permanent.
Homecare Homebase and Corridor Announce Exclusive Partnership
Homecare Homebase℠ and Corridor announce exclusive partnership to provide coding and documentation review services to HCHB customers.
Porter Research Study Finds Patients and Families Prefer Providers Who Communicate
How do you communicate with patients and families? 96 percent of patients and family caregivers say they would choose one Home Health provider over another based on ability to respond in real time.
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Last Week's Most-Read Stories:
Appriss Health Acquires PatientPing
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Date: June 27-30, 2021
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NAHC Financial Managers 2021 Conference and Expo *
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Date: August 1-3
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2021 Home Care and Hospice Conference and Expo *
National Association for Home Care and Hospice
Date: October 3-5
Venue: New OrleansSadly, this conference has had to be postponed, due to the hurricane in New Orleans and COVID situation in Louisiana.
SCHCHA 2021 Annual Conference
Presented by: South Carolina Home Care & Hospice Association
Date: October 25-26
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AHHC 2021 Leadership Conference
Presented by: Association for Home & Hospice Care of North Carolina
Date: November 8-9
Location: Holiday Inn Resort, Wrightsville Beach, NC
Employee Owned 2021 — "Adapt / Innovate / Lead"
Presented by: The ESOP Foundation: International Employee Ownership Center
DATE: November 10-12
VENUE: Caesars Palace, Las Vegas
"Employee Owned 2021," a hybrid ESOP Conference, is built to help you adapt to the ever-changing business landscape. The pandemic, government regulations, supply chain issues, the list of obstacles to optimally running your ESOP goes on and on. We are here to help. Through insightful speakers, innovative ideas, the latest industry updates, technical content you can trust, and a focus on current events, Employee Owned 2021 will prepare you and your ESOP to march confidently into 2022.
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Featuring: Eric Becker, CEO, MiliMatch
Date: Thursday, March 18
Time: 3:00 pm EST; Noon PST
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Agenda:
Every time a home care agency hires and trains a new caregiver, it invests about $4,500, which is wasted if that new hire does not work out, often before working a first shift. MiliMatch CEO Eric Becker will explain the company's patented product/service, based on the science of Applied Cognitive Linguistics, which has been proven to help home care agencies avoid those costly bad hires.
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