The Home Health Care Wire
Your source for CareVoyant and industry news. April 18, 2025
Improve Patient Safety with Advanced Home Care EMR Software
Patient safety and quality of care should be central to any home care agency’s mission. But juggling safety measures can be tricky – it takes a fine balance of training clinicians on best practices and procedures, keeping up to date with the latest practices, learning each patient’s unique case file, knowing drug interactions, and so many more procedural considerations. According to CMS guidelines for home health, maintaining patient safety and real-time documentation are top priorities in post-acute care settings.
Having the right tools at the point of care is critical to increasing patient safety. The right EMR Home Care Software can help agencies get the job done with just 7 advanced features.
Providing care for children at home poses unique agency-level challenges. Patient intake and authorizations can be more challenging than when treating an adult. Clinical documentation process can be hampered when more care coordination is needed for pediatric patients. Scheduling becomes an issue when demand for pediatric private duty services is high. Adding to this challenge is the need to recruit, train, and retain qualified pediatric private duty nurses.
Discover the essential criteria for selecting the right Pediatric Private Duty Nursing Software. Make informed choices to enhance efficiency and elevate pediatric care.
Retaining clients in home care is a constant challenge. High turnover rates stem from inconsistent care quality, poor communication, and caregiver burnout—leading to lost revenue and disrupted care. This instability not only affects business profitability but also diminishes trust and patient outcomes.
Discover how AI-powered solutions can enhance client retention in home care. Learn about predictive analytics, caregiver matching, and automation to improve care quality and boost satisfaction!
Home Healthcare Industry News
Attorneys general challenge Trump’s deportations, citing impact on home health workforce
Given immigrants’ crucial role in the home care workforce, home care providers have been outspoken about protecting pathways that enable agencies to use foreign-born workers.
CMS Cuts Medicaid Funding For Some Non-Medical In-Home Services
Potential cuts to Medicaid have been a cause for concern for home-based care providers whose patients rely on the insurance program. Providers and advocacy groups have spoken out, saying reductions would worsen already low margins and potentially limit access to care.
ABOUT CAREVOYANT
CareVoyant is a leading provider of cloud-based integrated enterprise-scale home health care software that can support all home-based services under ONE Software, ONE Patient, and ONE Employee, making it a Single System of Record. We support all home based services, including Home Care, Private Duty Nursing, Private Duty Non-Medical, Home and Community Based Services (HCBS), Home Health, Pediatric Home Care, and Outpatient Therapy at Home.
CareVoyant functions – Intake, Authorization Management, Scheduling, Clinical with Mobile options, eMAR/eTAR, Electronic Visit Verification (EVV), Billing/AR, Secure Messaging, Notification, Reporting, and Dashboards – streamline workflow, meet regulatory requirements, improve quality of care, optimize reimbursement, improve operational efficiency and agency bottom line.
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