Home Care Tech Report

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This Week's Home Care News
ICmed and e-Caregiving Partner
Brightree Releases "Patient Hub" for HME Providers
Telehealth Giants MIA but RPM Startups Make A Splash at NAHC Conference
Software Company Fined $115 Million
Last Week's Most-Read News Story
Medicare Advantage for Private Duty Agencies: Advantage or Disadvantage?
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Have your conference booth numbers publicized.

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Contact an advertising advisor today by writing to kristin@RowanResources.com
Contact the Editor
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Tech Buyer’s Guide

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What is The Technology Guide?
"The Healthcare at Home Buyer's Guide" is a free online service created by 25-year industry veteran Tim Rowan. It helps home care and hospice providers compare their specific needs with the offerings of 100+ technology, telehealth, and supplies vendors, plus HIPAA and operational consultants.
What Does The Guide Do?
  • Describes 100+ companies with products and services for home health, home care & hospice providers.
  • Shows you only those vendors that match the product functions you define.
  • Saves hours of conversations with vendors not matching your needs.
  • Sends an RFP via email to the vendors you want to contact.

Plus...

  • Complete descriptions of participating vendors, with contact information and links to web sites.
  • Valuable articles on best practices in the vendor selection process.
  • PowerPoint presentations from leading home care technology experts.
How to Use: Home Care and Hospice Providers

Find the perfect technology partner in 4 simple steps:


  1. Create an agency profile.
  2. Search by category: EHR, Telehealth, EVV, OASIS Analysis, Clinicians' Tools, Education, CRM, Operational Consultants, more...
  3. Name your feature/function requirements and instantly see a list of vendors that match your needs.
  4. Click on each vendor's name to research company and products before contacting them.
How to Use: Tech Companies

Every home health, home care and hospice EHR, Home Telehealth, EVV, and Data Analysis Software company, and every consultant and medical supplies provider should be listed in The Healthcare at Home Buyer's Guide.


  1. Contact us
  2. Complete the questionnaire we send you. We will create your info pages.
  3. Choose your participation level: Name-only listing is free; complete detailed profile with links to your web site, phone numbers, email contacts, and more are available for an annual subscription.
  4. Sit back and wait for your phone to ring. Participating vendors receive qualified leads by email every time a Guide user identifies them as matching their requirements.
Contact “The Guide”

We have made every effort to make The Healthcare at Home Guide to Technology Vendor Selection easy to use and self-explanatory but if you need help, have a question about your membership, or if you are a vendor wanting to be added to our list, contact us: by email

About Rowan Consulting

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Serving Home Care and Hospice Providers Since 1993

This web site is your portal to all of the services we offer to the home care community.
Click on the titles below, on the left and on the right to find:
  • Home Care's most-respected technology journal
  • Expert IT consulting services
  • Our free online technology buyer's guide
  • Online education for clinicians and administrators
  • Important upcoming conferences
  • An affordable tool to enhance your online reputation and build your census
  • A Healthcare at Home jobs board
Consulting Services

Since 1999, Rowan Consulting Associates has helped home care agencies and hospices improve outcomes and efficiency through carefully guided technology selection.
  • Electronic Medical Record Software
  • Home Telehealth, EVV, CRM, HIPAA consultants
  • Agency Startup Assistance
  • Operations and Process Design
  • Sales training and marketing department overhaul
Our consulting team includes experienced Home Care and Hospice clinicians and former agency owners, CIOs and reimbursement experts.

CLICK HERE FOR CONTACT AND OTHER INFORMATION
Conference Presentations

State Association Meetings
Vendor User Group Meetings
Vendor Sales Staff Trainings
Agency Retreats and In-Service Seminars

 Tim Rowan consistently earns evaluation comments naming him the "best presentation of this conference," "entertaining and engaging" and "a wealth of useful information." Call early, Tim's spring and fall schedules fill quickly.

DETAILS, FEES AND CONTACT INFORMATION

 
Discreet Investment Inquiries

Investors and fund managers often ask our assistance in identifying successful, growing software companies for discreet, off-the-record discussions. We help such parties find each other.
Contact Tim

To discuss any of the above services, write to us directly or simply pick up the phone. Office hours are 8:00 - 6:00 Mountain Time.

719-573-5090
tim@rowanresources.com

Homecare Conferences

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National Associations

The Association for Home Health Quality and Innovation
http://www.ahhqi.org

National Association for Home Care & Hospice
http://www.nahc.org

National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization
http://www.nhpco.org/mlc2016-0

Partnership for Quality Home Healthcare
http://www.homehealth4america.org/

Visiting Nurse Associations of America
http://www.vnaa.org/

Tim Rowan Seminars

Once per year, in the spring or fall, we call the industry's top consultants together to share their knowledge and forecasts with Healthcare at Home provider executives. Keep watching this space for announcements of the next in our series of "Healthcare in Transition" seminars.
Join Our Mailing List

Do not miss our next "Healthcare in Transition" seminar. Click here to be notified of our next dates, venue and speaker lineup.

Why Healthcare in Transition
Seminars are Special

No other conference offers you these benefits:


  • One room, all keynote sessions and all exhibit tables are together all day, every day
  • 2-minute commercial: Tim interview every exhibitor on Day One while attendees are present. Briefly tell your story and every attendee will hear it and be driven to your booth.
  • Breakfast and lunch and all breaks keep people in the exhibit hall.
  • Tuesday night dinner gala gives you ample time to socialize with, even dance with, prospective clients.
  • Option to place your logo on hotel key cards, water bottles, name badges, and meals and breaks.
  • Sponsors receive free passes to distribute to customers, a $399 value per pass.
  • All Exhibitors receive a discount coupon code to distribute to customers, a $100 value per attendee.

Contact event coordinator Kristin Girard at kristin@RowanResources.com to request your exhibitor/sponsor prospectus.

Upcoming Events
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TRANSFORMATIONS *
New York Association of Health Care Providers
Annual Management Conference and Exhibition

October 23-24
Uniondale, NY
Information and registration



*HCTR will see you there.



Reputation Resources

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Rowan Reputation Resources

Rowan Consulting Associates helps Healthcare at Home providers support their sales and marketing efforts — the ones where you say positive things about yourself — by introducing "Inverse Marketing" practices — the ones where you get your patients and clients to say positive things about you online. Why? Because this is where most people are doing their shopping today.

REVERE and REVERB are the two components of our Inverse Marketing system, which enhances your reputation and helps you compete. Continue reading in the boxes below for descriptions of both services. Reputation Management using Inverse Marketing is a new concept in marketing and Rowan Reputation Resources is leading the way. To contact us for more information and begin your marketing transformation, click here.

What is Reputation Management?

When we learned that 88% of people look you up on Google, Yelp, or other review sites before they call you up, we decided to develop a tool to help you rise to the top of these search sites. To grow your census, you need search engine prominence. To gain search engine prominence, you need:

  • More reviews than your competitors
  • More positive than negative reviews
  • More recent reviews
Reputation Management is knowing what your customers are saying about you online, engaging the unhappy customers, and asking the happy ones to put their positive comments on the right review sites. This would be a time consuming task if you had to do it manually. Our tool makes it simple. You will dominate all the review sites and your census will immediately start to grow.

Our new service, which we have dubbed Rowan Reputation Resources, can help you find and address negative reviews and solicit positive reviews from patients. Our monthly fee is a fraction of what it would cost to assign an FTE or two to this task. Write to us for more information or to sign up for our Reputation Management Service. Drive your company to the top!
About "Home Care Reviews"

Public Policy Leadership Series

Presented by: ElevatingHOME

Featuring:
• Joy Cameron, Vice President, Policy and Innovation, ElevatingHOME and VNAA
• Bill Dombi, President, National Association for Home Care & Hospice
• Sarah Myers, Partnership for Quality Home Healthcare

Schedule: Wednesdays, October 3 - November 7
Session 1: October 3
Time: 1:00 pm EDT
Fee: Free to ElevatingHome, VNAA, and Alliance for Home Health Quality Improvement members

Click here for complete schedule and registration


PDGM is on the Horizon - What Now?

Presented by Netsmart

Featuring: Chris Attaya, President, Rapid Recovery Center; AJ Peterson,Netsmart VP of Interoperability

Date: Thursday, October 25
Time: 2:00 pm EDT
Fee: None

Register
To thrive in the regulatory climate today, it’s important to stay ahead of the changes and adjust your business model to face the challenges. That is why we invited Strategic Healthcare Programs (SHP) to share the latest updates from CMS and to review the components of the proposed Patient-Driven Groupings Model (PDGM) program.  
Using data from the SHP national database, Chris Attaya, vice president of product strategy, and Zeb Clayton, vice president of client services, will identify the expected winners and losers of the new model. They will share insights around the operational and clinical changes you need to consider to remain a vital organization. Teresa Craig, director of client strategy for Netsmart, will join the discussion to outline what you should expect from your EHR partner as you prepare for the new PDGM requirements.
Key Takeaways:
  • The latest updates from CMS and the components of the proposed PDGM model
  • Insights to help your agency prepare for a PDGM-like model
  • How to work with your EHR partner to prepare for new requirements

OASIS-D: Ensuring Consistency & Accuracy

Presented by Curaport
Featuring: Melissa Abbott, RN, MSN, MHA, of 5 Star Consultants

Date: Thursday, October 18
Time: 2:00 p.m. EDT
Fee: $99 (per attendee)

Information & Registration

* This education session is approved for one (1) contact hour of Continuing Education for Nursing.

OASIS! Possibly the most spoken word, or acronym, in the Home Health industry. And just when you get to grips with the current version, the next set of changes arrive before you know it, this time in the form of OASIS-D. In this webinar, you will gain an understanding of the significant changes D brings to OASIS and how to ensure consistencies and accuracy within your agency.

 

*Curaport, LLC is an approved provider of Continuing Education by the California Board of Registered Nursing. All states accept this certification for their licensing requirements. No refund shall be given, except for any change in date or time of the webinar. In such case, a full refund shall be given to the registrant upon request.

About "Home Care Social"

Home Care Social is a service that gives you daily, professionally-written content that you provide to the public on your social media sites. With a REVERB subscription, you can position yourself as a source of healthcare and business knowledge, all without having to hire someone to do it. You will build your reputation in the community and be top of mind when home care or hospice needs arise.

How it works: At least 45 times per month, proposed content will be delivered to you for posting on your social media pages, such as Facebook Business, LinkedIn, and Twitter. You may upload it as is, edit it before posting, or disregard it until the next one comes. Building a professional, expert social media page has never been easier.
See the RRR web site for more details
RowanReputationResources.com

Online Education

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Online Education Services

Rowan Consulting Associates has partnered with Relias Learning to bring Healthcare at Home providers a complete catalog of online courses at VIP discount pricing. Open the boxes below for a full description of the course titles available to your clinicians and administrators.
Academy All Access
Academy All Access is the most cost-efficient and convenient way to access Relias Learning's massive library of online continuing education.* With over 1,200 courses at your fingertips and one-click enrollment, you can not only take CE you need, but CE you actually want!

Benefits of All Access include:
  • 12 months access to 1,200+ accredited online training courses.
  • One-click instant enrollment into courses approved by major boards: ANCC, AOTA, APA, APTA, ASWB, NAADAC, NAB, NADSP, NBCC, dozens of state licensing bodies, and more!
All for only $299!
Home Health Course Categories

  • Administration & Management
  • Alzheimer's Disease
  • Behavioral Health
  • Clinical Skills
  • Communication
  • Diabetes
  • Disease & Condition Management
  • Ethics
  • Infection Control
  • Medical Errors Prevention
  • Palliative Care
  • Rehabilitation
  • Therapy
Hospice Course Categories

  • Administration & Management
  • Alzheimer's Disease
  • Behavioral Health
  • Clinical Skills
  • Communication
  • Diabetes
  • Disease & Condition Management
  • Ethics
  • Infection Control
  • Medical Errors Prevention
  • Rehabilitation
  • Therapy
Academy Web Site
RowanResources.Academy.ReliasLearning.com