When hospitals begin to select care partners to help reduce avoidable readmissions, will home health care agencies have the courage to guarantee no patient referred to their care will return too soon?

Healthcarefirst has released a free app for users of its core home care and hospice software application.

Visiting Nurse Association of Greater Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky, organized in 1909, has been a Delta customer since 1977.

IVANS, a CMS-approved electronic data interchange (EDI) service provider, asked home care and other health care executives what they need from payers and Medicare contractors to empower them to plug into the National Health Information Network. They got an earful.

On November 15, 2011, CMS announced three demonstration projects that aim to strengthen Medicare by reducing improper payments. If you have noticed an increase recently in pre-payment reviews, this CMS statement may help you understand what is happening and why. It also offers a look at even more stringent projects that will appear later this year.

CMS will host a special National Provider Education Call regarding Medicare FFS' implementation of HIPAA Version 5010 and D.0 transaction standards. This call will address recommendations made by the industry as well as outstanding fixes impacting the Part A and Part B Version 5010 transition.

Two industry reports released this month forecast strong IT hiring and moderate salary increases throughout 2012.