Articles on Care Transitions

Read More

Managing Post Acute Care Operations in a Storm

By | 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[...]

Read More

5 Steps for Breaking the Ice with Patients in Therapy & Home Care

By | on 25, Oct 2012 |   Physical Therapy Population Health IT Care Coordination Will Hicklen Care Transitions Accountable Care Organizations Avoidable Readmissions

Read More

5 Things No One Told Me Before I Launched an ACO

By | 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..."

Read More

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

Read More

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

Read More

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[...]

Read More

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[...]

Read More

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[...]

Read More

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[...]

Read More

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[...]

Read More

Employers Look to Direct Contract with Doctors, What about Home Care

By | on 27, May 2012 |   Home Care Best Practices Care Coordination thought leadership transitional care Home Care Care Transitions

I came across a post on the American Medical News web site. Discussing the issue that more self-insured employers are considering direct contracting with healthcare providers. The drive health benefit[...]

Your Comments :