My latest HND piece takes a look at the burgeoning world of home health care. According to the National Association for Home Care & Hospice...
Approximately 12 million individuals currently receive care from more than 33,000 providers (for causes including acute illness, long-term health conditions, permanent disability, or terminal illness).
But, who's making sure that the recipients of this service are actually being properly cared for?
As you might expect, there are numerous government agencies that require all sorts of reporting—especially if the providers are getting Medicare reimbursement. In fact, the burden of this reporting has led to the interesting situation whereby home health care seems to be more computerized than the conventional in-patient variety.
Another aspect of home health care is non-medical (and not subject to Medicare reimbursements or regulations) and consists of such things as help with personal care, housecleaning, meal preparation, assistance with medications, and aspects of money management. Here again, supervisors and relatives of the care recipients need to know if all the tasks are getting done.
Fortunately, there are now inexpensive web-based solutions, such as those provided by ClearCare, that can help.
Read the complete article.
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