The Home Health Care Wire
Your source for CareVoyant and industry news. March 30, 2022
Electronic Medication Administration Records (eMAR) Software for Private Duty Nursing Home Care Agencies
Home Care agencies providing Private Duty Nursing should look for a software platform that provides easy to use and efficient eMAR and eTAR functions. Simple, easy-to-use, and dynamic eMAR and eTAR functions will significantly reduce medication and treatment administration errors.
Private Duty Nurses (PDNs) work in longer shifts providing long-term care for the same patient creating unique staffing and scheduling challenges. They need to collect and document Vitals and Measurements (Vent Settings, Seizure Logs, etc.), and administer medications and treatments multiple times during the shift. Additionally, meeting Medicaid or Managed Care billing requirements and communications with family members are critical.
These requirements create unique challenges for Private Duty Nursing Home Care Software. However, Most Private Duty Nursing Home Care Agencies are using a software platform designed for visit based Home Health Agencies leading to operational inefficiencies. A software platform specifically designed for Private Duty Nursing Home Care Agencies should be able to meet these unique challenges.
Scheduling employee visits optimally is crucial to your Home Healthcare Agency’s financial success. A great scheduling software should allow you to balance multiple variables such as matching the right employee to the right patient, travel time optimization, client preferences, balancing overtime pay, etc.
Home Healthcare Industry News
Home-Based Care Providers Sue CMS, HHS Over COVID-19 Relief Funds
A group of New York home-based care providers are taking aim at the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), the New York State Department of Health (NYSDOH) and the U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) in a lawsuit filed Friday.
Broadly, the case alleges unfair distribution of funds from the American Rescue Plan Act.
National Home Health Spending Dips to $129.1 Billion as Health Care Sector Normalizes
U.S. health care expenditures ballooned in 2020 because of the COVID-19 pandemic, but they’re starting to normalize. National home health spending, in turn, experienced a comparatively small decline over the past year.
That’s according to the Office of the Actuary at the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), which published its annual spending analysis in Health Affairs on Monday.
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