The Home Health Care Wire
Your source for CareVoyant and industry news. May 30, 2024
Enhance Care Team Communication to Improve Quality of Care
Connecting the care team under ONE Home Care Software will lead to improved patient satisfaction, more productive employees, enhanced compliance with regulatory requirements, and more successful patient outcomes. An integrated Home Care Software that enables enhanced care team communication doesn’t just view messaging and eFax as the only communication tools Home Health Care Agencies use; it also considers access to patient information and streamlining workflow tasks as part of the care team’s communication tools.
The number of Americans in the age group of 64 years and older will reach 80 million by 2040. In the next 40 years, this number is likely to double. The number of adults in the age group of 85 years and older will also increase exponentially. The desire of older adults to age at home is significantly increasing the need for home health care services.
Staffing and reimbursement challenges will force home healthcare agencies to do more with less while striving to provide quality care to patients. Effective care planning processes will help home healthcare agencies leverage technology and software platforms to improve the quality of care provided to patients at their homes.
21st Century Cures Act supports seamless and secure access, exchange, and use of electronic health information. The rule is designed to give patients, and their healthcare providers secure access to health information.
Successful implementation of EVV at home care agencies will require a complete understanding of EVV requirements by states and selecting the right partner to meet those disparate and complex requirements.
Home Healthcare Industry News
Lawmakers address measure that shifts costs of background checks to the state
California lawmakers advanced a bill last week that would shift the burden of paying for background checks from home care providers to the state.
NY managed long-term care plan ordered to repay $10M for failure to provide services
A US Attorney’s Office ordered RiverSpring at Home, a managed long-term care plan also operating as ElderServe Health, to repay more than $10 million for failing to provide its beneficiaries with required services, according to an announcement made Thursday.
How Integrated Home Care Services Unlocks Value-Based Care For Home-Based Care Providers
Though it has become more common for larger home-based care providers to enter and find success in value-based care arrangements, so many small- to mid-sized companies still struggle in this area.
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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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