Volume 9, Number 38 — August  5, 2020



Dear Healthcare at Home Colleague,

Thanks to all who joined our survey asking about post-COVID plans to keep people working at home. We will keep it open one more week and publish the results in our August 12 issue. Click here. You can complete it in less than 5 minutes.

You should have received the announcement that our Home Care Technology Buyer's Guide opened this week. Quite a number has tried it out alreadyso far. This free service will continue to evolve and improve so be sure to come back from time to time and see how we are making it easy for you to streamline your software selection process.

IN THIS WEEK'S NEWS:

Home Care
Have you installed Google Analytics on your web site? Guest author Roger McManus, MBA, continues his series of tips to improve your online reputation with a step-by-step primer on installing and understand this free tool. Click below on "Google Analytics: Grab a Geek and Get on Board."

Home Health
In this week's "CMS News" column, we reprint two announcement about regulatory changes. The ABN deadline has been extended because of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, and home health star ratings have been republished because of an error in the June 25 version.

We interviewed a startup tech company this week that has developed a communications system to help your patients get their prescriptions for Home Medical Equipment delivered within two days. Delays have been known to cause severe consequences, up to and including hospital readmissions. their service could make you look good and they charge the payer, not you. Read about Tomorrow Health in "Startup Tech Company Seeks to Improve DME Relationships"

Everybody
In Part 3 of our series about Extraordinary Women in Home Care, meet Raizy Weiss, the COO of Preferred Home Care of New York.

Lastly, don't miss the three announcement in this week's Vendor Watch column. eSolutions and Homecare Homebase are working together. Netsmart talks about the rush of hospices recently contracting for its software. And telehealth company Aloe Health is bending over backward with a 50% discount on its new monitoring system to help providers that have COVID patients.

Be sure to give our new Home Care Technology Buyer's Guide a look. http://homecaretechnology.info

Have a great week. Stay healthy and keep making a difference!

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Tim Rowan


CMS News: Star Report Error Corrected, ABN Deadline Delayed
— Star ratings posted on June 25, 2020 contained an error.
— Fee For Service ABN Deadline Delayed

Extraordinary Women in Home Care: Part 3
Showcasing Raizy Weiss, COO, Preferred Home Care of New York. "No matter what issues come my way, I stay true to my vision and see it through."

Google Analytics: Grab a Geek and Get on Board
Don't be afraid of Google Analytics. Get some help and take advantage of it.

Startup Tech Company Seeks to Improve DME Relationships
Tomorrow Health streamlines communications between HHA, DME, and hospital.

Vendor Watch
— eSolutions announces integration with Homecare Homebase
— Netsmart suddenly signs up 16 sixteen new hospice and palliative care organizations
— Aloe Care announces Aloe Care Essentials to help remote caregivers during pandemic


During the 2nd Quarter of 2020, web sites of the above advertisers were visited by home care and hospice executives and staff 4523 times.

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As of this date, approximately 38,555,000 Baby Boomers have become Medicare eligible.

 

Last Week's Most-Read Stories:

It Is Time to Send CMS Your Comments on 2021 Proposed Rule
Public comment period expires August 31. Home health financial advisor says, "Let's flood CMS with thoughtful comments."

Building A Stronger Direct Care Workforce Yields Better Outcomes
New York HHA increases aide retention, improves patient care by providing aides with training and a mobile app.




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