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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[...]

Population Health IT for ACOs

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

Care Coordination: Medical Home Model Delivers Results

By Will Hicklen | 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

Accountable Care Organizations, Explained

By Will Hicklen | 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[...]

Will You Survive All The Home Health Changes?

By Will Hicklen | 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[...]

Home Care Alert! Surviving An Audit

By Will Hicklen | 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[...]

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

By Will Hicklen | 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[...]

Performance Improvement in Managing Care Transitions

By Will Hicklen | 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[...]

Assumptions on In-House Home Health Agencies Debunked

By Will Hicklen | 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[...]

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

By Will Hicklen | 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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