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Population Health IT for ACOs

By | on 01, Oct 2012 |   Population Health IT Care Coordination thought leadership transitional care Will Hicklen Care Transitions Accountable Care Organizations ACO telehealth

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Care Coordination: Medical Home Model Delivers Results

By | on 28, Sep 2012 |   Care Coordination Will Hicklen Care Transitions Accountable Care Organizations ACO

N.J. Medical Home Collaboration Pays Off for Patients, Physicians, and Insurer

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Accountable Care Organizations, Explained

By | on 27, Sep 2012 |   Care Coordination thought leadership Will Hicklen Care Transitions Accountable Care Organizations ACO Managing Post Acute Care ACO Technology

Significant confusion remains about Accountable Care. This overview from Kaiser Health News is a good primer for Hospitals, ACOs, and post acute providers. While existing ACOs and Hospitals are genera[...]

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Will You Survive All The Home Health Changes?

By | on 18, Sep 2012 |   Home Care Best Practices Health Care Reform Will Hicklen Care Transitions Physical Therapy software ACO

As readers of Ankota's blog will attest, we're not above borrowing a good article from someone else when we see it. We'll share it with the world if we like it. This post is an refreshing reminder abo[...]

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Home Care Alert! Surviving An Audit

By | on 12, Sep 2012 |   HME DME Will Hicklen Home Care Accountable Care Organizations ACO ACO Technology

When faced with an audit, documentation and technology can save the day Health care providers of all types face increasing scrutiny from public and private payers alike to operate in a totally above-b[...]

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Storm Watch: Managing Care Transitions & Home Care In A Storm

By | on 04, Sep 2012 |   Geriatric Care Management HME Delivery Operations Home Health Aide Software Home Care Best Practices Care Coordination transitional care Home Care Technology Will Hicklen Care Transitions Home Care Scheduling Software ACO Technology

Storms threaten the delivery of healthcare services, but a little planning and some good technology can help hospitals, ACOs and post acute providers of all types. In the mid Atlantic, we've just ente[...]

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Performance Improvement in Managing Care Transitions

By | on 20, Jun 2012 |   Care Coordination transitional care Will Hicklen Care Transitions Accountable Care Organizations ACO ACO Technology

The Healthcare Finance Managers Association (HFMA) posted their most recent HFMA Education report, titled "Using Formal Process Improvement for Revenue Cycle Management." I am going to ask you to igno[...]

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Assumptions on In-House Home Health Agencies Debunked

By | on 19, Jun 2012 |   Private Duty Home Care Blogs Home Care Best Practices Care Coordination thought leadership transitional care Home Healthcare Delivery Management Home Care Technology Will Hicklen Care Transitions Avoidable Readmissions Managing Post Acute Care

Hospice and Hospital Market Research Provider Dispels Myths Regarding Post Acute Care Recent Healthcare Market Resources (HMR) research verifies that hospitals' "inhouse" agencies do not command a dom[...]

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6 Lessons for Home Health Care from Fifty Shades of Gray?!?

By | on 03, May 2012 |   Home Care Entrepreneurship Recommended Reading Private Duty Home Care Blogs Home Care Industry Elderly Care Care Coordination thought leadership transitional care HME DME Will Hicklen Home Therapy Therapy Software Accountable Care Organizations ACO Home Care Blogs Managing Post Acute Care Home Care Dispatch Learning

Maybe you don't want to give a copy of Fifty Shades of Gray to your elderly home care patients, but you might just learn some valuable things from the block-buster novel. If you are a physical therapi[...]

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Firing Home Healthcare Staff: The 10 Worst Things You Can Say

By | on 07, Feb 2012 |   Home Care Entrepreneurship Recommended Reading Starting a Home Care Business HME Delivery Operations Home Care Industry Private Duty Agency Software Care Coordination thought leadership transitional care Home Healthcare Delivery Management HME DME Checklists Home Care Mobile Solutions Will Hicklen Home Care Home Health Therapy Software Physical Therapy software

Whether you are part of a hospital system like Johns Hopkins Home Care Group in Baltimore or an independent Physical Therapy agency like Rehab Maxx in Chicagoland, Ankota's customers must sometimes fa[...]

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Geriatric Care Management: Improving Hospital Discharge

By | on 04, Jan 2012 |   Geriatric Care Management Home Care Industry Care Coordination Aging in Place Technology Home Care Mobile Solutions Will Hicklen Home Care Scheduling Software National Association of Geriatric Care Managers

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How To Improve HME Delivery Management NOW

By | on 21, Dec 2011 |   HME Delivery Operations HME Delivery Software Home Healthcare Delivery Management HME DME Home Care Technology Will Hicklen Mobile devices

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