by Kristin Rowan | May 9, 2025 | Partner News
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: press@empathhealth.orgEmpathHealth.org Empath Health Introduces One Hospice Model, Bringing Together Florida's Established Not-for-Profit Hospices Under One Mission CLearwater, FL, May 5, 2025. Empath Health, one of the nation’s...
by Kristin Rowan | May 1, 2025 | Hospice, Regulatory
by Kristin Rowan, Editor Updates to Hospice Rule On April 11, 2025, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) issued their proposed rule for hospice rates, Conditions of Participation (CoPs) and face-t0-face encounter requirements for FY 2026. The proposed...
by Rowan Report | Apr 24, 2025 | Admin, Artificial Intelligence, Caring for the Caregiver
by Scott Green, Care Dimensions at Netsmart Meaningful AI in Post-Acute Elevating Care and Efficiency with Integrated AI Meaningful AI is more than plugging your questions into ChatGPT. It goes beyond Artificial Intelligence into Augmented Intelligence. After a long...
by Kristin Rowan | Apr 24, 2025 | Admin, Advocacy, Medicaid, Medicare, Medicare Advantage, Regulatory
by Kristin Rowan, Editor Industry Update with Dr. Steve Landers At last week’s New England Home Care & Hospice Conference, Dr. Steve Landers, President of The National Alliance for Care at Home (The Alliance) gave the keynote address and offered some...
by Rowan Report | Apr 11, 2025 | Admin, Hospice
by Vicki Goodman, CRO at Curantis Solutions HIS to HOPE Transition in Hospice Care What You Need to Know As a hospice nurse, I am excited to share pivotal news that will significantly impact our field starting October 1st. In case you have been living under a rock, we...
by Rowan Report | Mar 31, 2025 | Admin, Clinical, HIPAA
by Devin Paullin, CGO at Skyscape Buzz Ensuring HIPAA Compliance Communications Requiring HIPAA Compliance While patient communication requires HIPAA adherence, so does any discussion between other parties. Essentially, any time PHI is discussed, a degree of...
by Rowan Report | Mar 31, 2025 | Admin, Artificial Intelligence, Clinical, Partner News
by John Crighton, CTO at Curantis Solutions Enabling Care Through AI: Ethical Issues Recently, artificial intelligence (AI) has become an essential component of healthcare organizations. AI is revolutionizing hospice and palliative care by enhancing patient care and...
by Elizabeth E. Hogue, Esq. | Mar 21, 2025 | Admin, Caregiver Safety, Caring for the Caregiver, Clinical
by Elizabeth E. Hogue, Esq. Violence Against Home Care Providers Continues Violence in Care at Home Continues… Sadly, but not surprisingly, the violence against field staff caring for patients in their homes continues. Here’s a recent example: On February 28,...
by Rowan Report | Mar 21, 2025 | Clinical, HIPAA, Regulatory
by Devin Paulin, Skyscape The Critical Importance of HIPAA Compliance in Home Healthcare Communication The Rise of Messaging Apps and Healthcare Communication Nearly 44% of the global population (3.5 billion people) rely on messaging apps to communicate....
by Kristin Rowan | Feb 6, 2025 | Hospice, Medicare Advantage
by Kristin Rowan, Editor End-of-Life Care in Medicare Advantage vs Traditional Medicare Using research from CMS, researchers from Mt. Sinai in New York and Brown University in Rhode Island studied the data of adults aged 66 and older who passed away and had Medicare...
