News and insights to help health plans streamline the delivery of in-home care, long-term services and supports, and supplemental benefits.
Silver Tsunami: “Never-Discharge” Mindset Helps People Age Safely at Home
The good news: people are living longer than ever. The bad news: the infrastructure to help seniors age safely in their desired care setting--the home--is severely lacking. The Silver Tsunami is here. Every day, approximately 10,000 people turn 65 years old. By 2050,...
Case Manager Leans on “Patchwork Quilt” of Services to Address Social Determinant Issues
Colleen Morley on backing her team, coaching family caregivers, treating social determinants, and increasing patient education. Case managers are often referred to as patient advocates. Colleen Morley is a self-described “advocate of the advocates.” She is the...
Here’s How Northwestern Medicine Earned $700,000 in Bundled Reimbursements
Three Northwestern Medicine hospitals in suburban Illinois were paying CMS penalties averaging $300,000 a year. One challenge: preventing its bundled payment patients from making a U-turn back into the hospital. To combat this issue, the hospital wanted to help its...
How to Use Data to Become a Preferred Provider
When hospitals select preferred providers, they often rely on skilled nursing facilities or home health agencies that they’ve built relationships with and trust. Providers may be friends or long-time partners. Or, they might bring in lunch or treats for hospital...
5 Ways to Improve Bundled Payment Care Management
If you manage bundled payment programs, there’s a good chance you also manage something else: the financial penalties that come with exceeding parameters set for episodes of care.One way to reduce or avoid penalties is to collaborate with post-acute partners who...
Philadelphia Business Journal: Jefferson, Prepared Health Form Digital Health Partnership to Track Post-Acute Care
Jefferson Health, a 14-hospital system in Philadelphia and New Jersey with $5 billion in revenue, named Prepared Health its digital technology partner. Originally written by John George – Senior Reporter, Philadelphia Business Journal, Apr 17, 2019 Jefferson Health...
David Bean Joins Dina as Senior Vice President of Sales and Marketing, a New Position for the Company
Healthcare industry veteran will accelerate national sales, forge new industry partnerships Digital healthcare company Prepared Health has named industry veteran David W. Bean as senior vice president of sales and marketing, a new position for the four-year-old...
Jefferson Health Announces Partnership with Prepared Health to Coordinate Care Transitions from Hospital to Home
Collaboration supports Jefferson Health CEO Stephen K. Klasko’s vision of transforming Philadelphia and New Jersey regions into “model of innovation” for the rest of the country Jefferson Health, a 14-hospital system with more than $5 billion in revenue, named...
Earn Preferred Provider Status: 6 Tips
The U.S. population is aging, an increasing number of patients suffer from more than one chronic condition, and Medicare spending on post-acute care is up. Depending on your market, it can be a competitive time to be in the post-acute care business. As part of the...
How to Manage Bundled Payments? Build a Better Network
Hospitals historically have had little responsibility for the post-acute care that follows a patient's hospital stay. In fact, 93 percent of healthcare organizations don’t have a fully coordinated care plan as patients move between inpatient, post-acute and home...
Interoperability in Healthcare Must Include Patient Data From Home
Recent advances in healthcare interoperability, the process of freely exchanging information among electronic systems, are important but still incomplete. When you look at all of the coordination required in a patient’s journey from the hospital to home, there is a...
Philadelphia Business Journal: Holy Redeemer delves deeper into digital health
Holy Redeemer Health System is taking a deeper dive into digital health technology. The Montgomery County provider is expanding its relationship with Chicago-based Prepared Health and the company’s care coordination network. For the past year Holy Redeemer has used...
Electronic Health Reporter: Managing Care As it Moves Out of Hospital, into Home
What's one of the biggest health trends for 2019? Recognizing the home as the new care setting, says Prepared Health CEO Ashish Shah. Shah was part of a group of technology leaders included in Electronic Health Reporter’s Health IT Trends for 2019. Here’s what else he...
Holy Redeemer and Dina Partner to Connect Health System, Align Post-Acute Network
After successful partnership with its Home Care unit, the Pennsylvania-based health system adds Hospital and Life Care Centers to Prepared Health’s digital network. Holy Redeemer Health System, a fully integrated health system serving patients across...
Caregiving Is Hard: 5 Tips to Ease the Load
Caring for an elder family member can be stressful. According to a recent study, there are nearly 15 million unpaid and untrained family caregivers for older adults in the U.S. Half spend nearly 30 hours a week providing care to relatives, many of whom have dementia....
Flagship Medical Expands Referral Sources with Prepared Health
Flagship Medical is the first durable medical equipment provider to join Prepared Health's network. The Huntingdon Valley, Pennsylvania-based company hopes referrals from hospitals and skilled nursing facilities will follow. Flagship Medical, a full-service durable...
Clare Medical: Making House Calls Even More Effective with Prepared Health
When Clare Medical dispatches their clinicians and other healthcare professionals to house-bound seniors across New Jersey, it relies on technology to connect its mobile team and track patient progress. Chief Operating Officer Deborah Scott says its high-touch...
Home Health Agency Thinks Like a Hospital
Gloria Shields knows that some hospital networks have hundreds of providers to choose from when they discharge patients who need at-home care. As director of transitional care at Bowes In Home Care, she wants the Crystal Lake, Illinois home health agency to stand out...