WASHINGTON, D.C. (November 22, 2019)—The Office of Inspector General (OIG) recently conducted an audit of hospice organizations to check on the quality of hospice care and ensure registered nurses were conducting visits every 14 days. Below is a summary of the findings. The full report is found here.
CARLSBAD, Calif., (November 22, 2019)—To help mobile health and wellness dealers grow their business, Nortek Security & Control LLC announced the appointment of five new monitoring service providers for the Numera Libris 2—the next generation of its popular mobile personal emergency response, fall detection solution (mPERS).
SAN FRANCISCO (November 22, 2019)—WHILL, makers of the Model Ci and Model A Intelligent Personal Electric Vehicles (EVs), announced the trials of its autonomous driving Personal EVs at Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport (DFW) and Winnipeg Richardson International Airport (YWG) as an initiative to further the current mobility-as-a-service (MaaS) model worldwide.
MCKINNEY, Texas (November 22, 2019)—Soleo Health, a provider of specialty infusion services, announced its acquisition of Paragon Infusion Therapy's pharmacy business, located in Dayton, Ohio.
Paragon, through its Dayton pharmacy location, provides specialty pharmacy services to patients throughout Southeast Ohio and statewide in both Indiana and Kentucky.
ATLANTA (November 21, 2019)—Trella Health, a source for current and complete post-acute outcomes data and performance analytics, published its most recent Industry Trend Report and released a new quarterly data set. Trella customers now have access to Centers for Medicare & Medicaid (CMS) claims data through the second quarter of 2019.
NEW YORK (November 21, 2019)—Mavencare, a homecare technology company, announced the launch of Mavencare Plus, its digital partner solution aimed at increasing efficiency and facilitating better communication between Mavencare and payer partners. This HIPAA compliant portal gives care managers access to critical real-time patient information saving time, promoting better care coordination and improving health outcomes for Mavencare homecare patients.
WASHINGTON, D.C. (November 20, 2019)—The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has issued Change Request (CR) 11527, which includes further updates to the Claims Processing Manual, chapter 10, related to the Patient Driven Groupings Model (PDGM).
OVERLAND PARK, Kan., (November20, 2019)—Healthcare IT partner Netsmart has announced its partnership with the Population Health division of the Visiting Nurse Service of New York (VNSNY). The New York-based health care organization will utilize Netsmart CareManager to provide care coordination, data reporting and analytics support for its full range of population health management programs.
PORT WASHINGTON, NY (November 19, 2019)—Drive DeVilbiss Healthcare announced that its Chief Executive Officer Bob Gilligan has stepped down, and that the company’s board of directors has appointed former Dentsply Sirona executive Robert Size as the company’s new CEO. He will assume day-to-day leadership of the company and will also join Drive’s board of directors.