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Ken Accardi

Ken is the founder and CEO of Ankota, a company that helps any organization that helps older or disabled people live independently in their home of choice. Having grown up with a disability and a passion for healthcare, this is Ken's mission

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EVV Home Care Best Practice: Maximize your Auto-Approval

By | on 05, Sep 2019 |   Private Duty Agency Software Home Care Best Practices home care technologies private duty

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4 Ways to Improve Your Home Care Website's ROI

By | on 03, Sep 2019 |   Private Duty Agency Software Home Care Best Practices

Corecubed wrote an interesting article called, "How to Rev Up Visibility of Your Home Care Website" that I'd like to share with our readers. Corecubed is an aging care marketing organization and their[...]

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Aging in Place Tech Guru Laurie Orlov Offers 3 Thoughts on Elder Care

By | on 29, Aug 2019 |   Private Duty Agency Software Home Care Best Practices May 2017 Newsletter

I have a lot of respect and admiration for Laurie Orlov who is an industry consultant and recognized expert on technology for aging in place. I've had the opportunity to meet Laurie a number of times [...]

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EVV Home Care Best Practice: Automatic Screening of EVV Visits

By | on 22, Aug 2019 |   Private Duty Agency Software Home Care Best Practices home care technologies private duty

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Best EVV Home Care Software for Virginia

By | on 15, Aug 2019 |   Private Duty Agency Software Home Care Best Practices home care technologies private duty

On a nationwide level, all providers of home care services need to use Electronic Visit Verification (EVV). This is a fraud prevention measure. Presently it applies to caregiver services like personal[...]

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HHA Exchange for Pennsylvania Home Care Medicaid Reimbursement

By | on 13, Aug 2019 |   Private Duty Agency Software Home Care Best Practices home care technologies private duty

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The Biggest Complaints of Home Care Clients via Home Care Pulse

By | on 30, Jul 2019 |   Private Duty Agency Software Home Care Best Practices

An article from Home Care Pulse, entitled, "Top 10 Complaints from Home Care Clients," offers a detailed rundown of the most prevalent complaints that home care clients have. I thought it would be hel[...]

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12 Tips for Homecare Business Strategies via HomeCare Magazine

By | on 30, Jul 2019 |   Private Duty Agency Software Home Care Best Practices

An article from HomeCare magazine entitled, "12 Steps for Developing & Driving Stronger Business Strategies," provides an in depth look into ways to improve, optimize, and strengthen your home car[...]

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EVV Best Practices: Getting Stragglers on board with EVV

By | on 25, Jul 2019 |   Private Duty Agency Software Home Care Best Practices home care technologies private duty

As you get your agency on board with Electronic Visit Verification (EVV) you'll find that for most caregivers that it's easier than you thought. Some of your caregivers will be tech savvy and will lov[...]

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Courage - The Final Chapter in Being Mortal - Home Care Book Club

By | on 18, Jul 2019 |   Private Duty Agency Software Home Care Best Practices home care technologies private duty home care book club

If this is the first article that you've come across the Ankota's series on Atul Gawande's book Being Mortal, you might want to start from the beginning. Here's a link to Chapter 1. Chapter 8 (plus a [...]

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Helping Home Care Caregivers with EVV Connection Issues

By | on 09, Jul 2019 |   Private Duty Agency Software Home Care Best Practices home care technologies private duty

As we continue our Best Practices series for home care agencies deploying Electronic Visit Verification (EVV), today we'll focus on caregivers with trouble getting connected. Note that we recently rel[...]

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Tech Ownership Among the Elderly

By | on 02, Jul 2019 |   Private Duty Agency Software Home Care Best Practices Aging in Place Technology laurie orlov home care technologies

I have a lot of respect and admiration for Laurie Orlov who is an industry consultant and recognized expert on technology for aging in place. I've had the opportunity to meet Laurie a number of times [...]

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