WASHINGTON, D.C. (November 26, 2019)—The National Quality Forum (NQF) recently posted the list of Measures Under Consideration (MUC) for future use in the hospice quality reporting program (HQRP) and the home health quality reporting program (HHQRP). The list is released annually, and there is an opportunity for stakeholder comment. In fact, comments were due Nov. 25, 2019.
OWINGS MILLS, Md. (November 26, 2019)—The Board of Certification/Accreditation (BOC) is pleased to welcome Joshua A. Bressler, COF, CDME as its new survey process specialist.
BIRMINGHAM, Alabama (November 26, 2019)—Casamba, one of the largest providers of electronic medical records (EMR) for home health and hospice, has been at least partly offline due to a malware attack, officials said.
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BOSTON (November 25, 2019)—Seniorlink, Inc., a tech-enabled health services company, has launched its fourth annual #thankacaregiver campaign to increase awareness and support of family caregivers in Georgia, and throughout the United States. The campaign is part of Seniorlink's continued commitment to honor family caregivers during the month of November, National Family Caregiver's Month.
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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.