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HouseWorks Launches Its ‘Payor HUB’ To Drive Home Care Quality, Transparency With Health Plans

Home Health Care

The home care provider HouseWorks has launched its Payor HUB to enhance its relationship with payers and to improve outcomes. HouseWorks is one of the largest non-franchised home care providers in the country. As we know, access to reliable, actionable data in home care can be a challenge.

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6 Company Leaders On What The Medicaid Access Rule Means For The Future Of Home Care

Home Health Care

Home Health Care News recently caught up with these leaders to learn their in-depth thoughts about the Medicaid Access Rule. The finalization of the Medicaid Access Rule presents significant challenges for family-owned and family-operated home care agencies like ours. Here’s what six of them had to say.

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HCAOA Throws Weight Behind Legislation That Would ‘Redefine’ Private Duty Nursing Services

Home Health Care

The Home Care Association of America (HCAOA) is backing home care-focused legislation introduced by Vice President-elect J.D. The Continuous Skilled Nursing Quality Improvement Act (S.4122) Vance (R-OH) and Senator Maggie Hassan (D-NH). HCAOA believes that the bill is a step in the right direction. “By

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The National Imperative to Improve Nursing Home Quality

Briggs Healthcare

“Nursing homes play a unique dual role in the long-term care continuum, serving as a place where people receive needed health care and a place they call home. The 1986 Institute of Medicine report Improving the Quality of Care in Nursing Homes identified a range of challenges to the quality of care in nursing homes.

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Final Evaluation Report of the HHVBP Original Model (2016-2021)

Briggs Healthcare

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare The original Home Health Value‐Based Purchasing (HHVBP) Model provided financial incentives to home health agencies for quality improvement based on their performance relative to other agencies in their state.

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CMS to Post Nursing Home Staff Turnover and Weekend Staffing Levels

Briggs Healthcare

Staffing in nursing homes has a substantial impact on the quality of care and outcomes residents experience. The 5-page QSO goes on to address: Weekend Nurse Staffing Nursing Home Staff Turnover. Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare. Linking Employee Identifiers.

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How Healthcare Facilities Can Prepare for Expanded Inclusion Criteria for Telehealth and RPM Solutions in Value-Based Care Settings

HIT Consultant

Patients are now more comfortable than ever receiving care at home, and providers are more likely to adopt solutions that make at-home care efficacious and safe. Within one month, the pandemic drove a surge in telehealth that the industry has been trying to achieve for over ten years. And guess what? Patients loved it.