HIPAA: Access to Records
Clinical By Elizabeth E. Hogue, Esq. A key purpose of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) is certainly to protect patient information. Another is to help ensure that patients have access to their health information. In fact, the Office of Civil...HOPE is on the Way: Part 1 – Outcome Measures
Clinical By Beth Noyce, RN, BSJMC, HCS-C, BCHH-C, COQS Home health & hospice consultant The Hospice Outcome Patient Evaluation is a step closer to implementation. After four years of considering options, the Technical Expert Panel (TEP) has finished its work that will...Is the Covid Boost for Telehealth Over?
Clinical by Tim Rowan, Editor Emeritus In 2020, doctors flooded telehealth companies with requests for help caring for patients reluctant to leave home to come to their appointments. Following suit, many Home Health agencies that had never considered investing in home...SNF Abuses Could be Selling Point for In-Home Care Providers
Clinical by Tim Rowan, Editor Emeritus For as long as I can remember, Home Health and Home Care owners and advocates, including their national and state associations, have struggled to develop concrete data to prove what we all know to be true: In-home care is a great deal for...Little Clinical, Cost Benefit to Diabetes Tech
Admin CONTACT: Shannon Bishop-Green, SBishopGreen@MessagePartnersPR.com, (860) 305-3197 NEW REPORT FINDS THAT DIGITAL DIABETES MANAGEMENT TOOLS FAIL TO DELIVER MEANINGFUL HEALTH BENEFITS TO PATIENTS WHILE INCREASING SPENDING Independent evaluation from Peterson Health...OIG Says Providers Can Offer Services to Caregivers
Clinical by Elizabeth E. Hogue, Esq., Primary caregivers – often patients’ family members – are crucial players in home care. Without them, it can be impossible to provide home care services and to keep patients in their homes. If patients cannot care for themselves, reliable...Onslaught of Audits Worries Hospice Providers
Clinical By Kristin Rowan, Editor March 12, 2024, the National Association for Home Care and Hospice (NAHC), Leading Age, the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization (NHPCO), and the National Partnership for Healthcare and Hospice Innovation (NPHI), published their...Meet the Remarkable Women of the International Home Care Nurses Organization
Admin By Kristin Rowan, Editor Last week, I had the honor of speaking with three of the dynamic leaders of the International Home Care Nurses Organization (IHCNO). Between them, they have more than 150 years of nursing and administrative experience. Beyond that, they are...Hospice Expert Talks About Her Own Grief Journey
Admin by Tim Rowan, Editor Emeritus [Editor’s note: this article is based on a recorded video interview with Barbara Karnes. To see the full conversation in her own words, click here.] For longer than most of us have been in home care, in fact, for longer than some...Somebody Messed Up!
Clinical by Elizabeth E Hogue, Esq., After a hospitalized patient suffered a severe choking incident and was placed on life support, his family faced a difficult decision in response to a telephone call from the hospital. They were asked if they wanted to remove life support....A Beacon of Hope in Recruitment and Retention
Clinical by The National Minority Health Association, Embracing Change, Empowering Caregivers In the ever-evolving world of homecare, recruitment and retention pose significant challenges, particularly in California. However, FACT – Family, Adult and Child Therapies, a...Strategies to Increase Workforce
Admin By Kristin Rowan, Editor The workforce shortage across the country both in and out of home care is creating increasing demand on workers and added stress on organizations. Added to this is the increasing number of older adults living past retirement age. As more and...Acute Hospital Care at Home
Clinical By Kristin Rowan, Editor Federal Waiver Program In 2020, CMS launched a hospital care at home program to help increase patient capacity during the height of the Covid-19 pandemic. The study included 300 hospitals and thousands of patients receiving care in their home...Could Jimmy Carter’s Hospice Care Lead to Covered Palliative Care Services?
Clinical By Kristin Rowan, Editor The news this week has been filled with stories about former president Jimmy Carter, 99, who entered hospice care last year. His wife, Rosalynn Carter was in hospice care for only a few days before she passed away in November. Advocates and...
