Alzheimer’s prognosis models should expand data sources
By
Kristen Fischer
Aug 12, 2024
Integrating data from nursing home electronic health records (EHRs) and claims in addition to the minimum data set (MDS) — data required for nursing home residents — could be better than just relying...
Providers, patients would benefit from hospice telehealth extension, doc offers
By
Rachael Zimlich
Jul 31, 2024
The COVID-19 pandemic triggered a lot of changes in healthcare, and not all were bad. In the years since the coronavirus forced worldwide lockdowns and limited access to care, the healthcare industry has...
Hospice bill’s information reporting provision raises industry concerns
By
Adam Healy
Jul 17, 2024
A couple provisions in a landmark piece of hospice legislation are cause for concern among hospice stakeholders. Providers, however, generally believe that, if passed, the bill would modernize the Medicare...
Electronic visit verification will become industry standard in near future, expert predicts
By
Adam Healy
Feb 07, 2024
Electronic visit verification, or EVV, will become industry standard soon, a marketplace executive predicts.
HHS: Lack of incentives bar home health, hospice providers from creating interoperable solutions
By
Adam Healy
Jan 19, 2024
LTPAC organizations have not been incentivized to use interoperable technology in the same way as other healthcare providers, HHS has found.
End-of-life digital tech tools must maintain ‘warm’ touch to be effective, experts stress
By
Aaron Dorman
Nov 09, 2023
The need for technology to maintain the “human” or personal dynamic in palliative and hospice care was highlighted in a new report.
Virtual community of long-term care and other providers commits to ‘age-friendly’ care guidelines
By
Aaron Dorman
Nov 03, 2023
Recruiting has begun for providers for the fifth iteration of an ‘age friendly’ network who will have access to webinars, coaching and more.