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Hospitals Face Severe Penalties for Avoidable Readmissions

By Will Hicklen | on 17, Dec 2012 | Geriatric Care Management Care Coordination transitional care Will Hicklen Home Care Accountable Care Organizations Avoidable Readmissions National Association of Geriatric Care Managers ACO

Simple Steps to Getting Through Email

By Will Hicklen | on 09, Nov 2012 | thought leadership Home Care Technology Will Hicklen Home Care NPDA PDHCA ACO Managing Post Acute Care

Great news-- this is a simple one. One of the big complaints I hear from people is that they are overwhelmed by email. I know I am, and I hate that feeling when people ask, "Did you get my email?" Whe[...]

Managing Post Acute Care Operations in a Storm

By Will Hicklen | on 29, Oct 2012 | Patient Safety Physical Therapy Private Duty Home Care Blogs HME Delivery Operations Home Care Best Practices Care Coordination transitional care HME DME Will Hicklen Care Transitions Physical Therapy software ACO Managing Post Acute Care ACO Technology

How do you manage operations when disaster strikes? Technology and good planning should be your allies. Storms threaten patient safety and the delivery of post acute care, but a little planning and so[...]

4 Steps for Home Care to Reduce Readmissions

By Will Hicklen | on 24, Oct 2012 | Private Duty Home Care Blogs Private Duty Agency Software Home Care Best Practices Care Coordination transitional care Will Hicklen NPDA PDHCA Accountable Care Organizations Avoidable Readmissions ACO Managing Post Acute Care Patient Centered Medical Home ACO Technology

Private Duty Home Care Industry, NPDA and PDHCA Must Measure Home Care's Impact in Reducing Avoidable Readmissions and Actively Promote Results NOW

5 Things No One Told Me Before I Launched an ACO

By Will Hicklen | on 22, Oct 2012 | APTA Physical Therapy Care Coordination transitional care Will Hicklen Care Transitions Accountable Care Organizations Avoidable Readmissions ACO ACO Technology

"If I had known then what I know now..."

CMS Penalties for Avoidable Readmissions Have Started

By Will Hicklen | on 02, Oct 2012 | Health Care Reform Care Coordination transitional care Will Hicklen Accountable Care Organizations Avoidable Readmissions ACO Managing Post Acute Care

The entire healthcare world has known for a long time that yesterday was coming: the day that CMS started penalizing hospitals for what are called avoidable readmissions. That's right--THAT just happe[...]

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