News and insights to help health plans and providers stay connected to one of the most important destinations of care: the home.
Healthcare IT News: Centegra takes HIPAA-compliant Facebook approach to put caregivers on same page
Centegra Health System opted to participate in CMS' Bundled Payments for Care Improvement initiative. But at first, it wasn't sure how it was going to track, chart and monitor a patient's progress throughout a full 90-day episode of care. None of Centegra's existing...
Homewatch CareGivers partners with the Prepared Health network to deliver improved care coordination in the home
Prepared Health delivers on improved patient outcomes with greater visibility and data from the home PreparedHealth announced their partnership with Homewatch CareGivers - a growing digital network streamlining care for patients from Hospital to Home. Homewatch...
Centegra Health System Implements Dina Across Hospital After BPCI Success
Centegra expands usage of network to all discharges and Medicaid population Centegra Health System has announced that they are expanding the usage of Dina to manage all discharges from the health system. After seeing significant results with their high-risk...
Moorestown Visiting Nurse Association joins the Prepared Health Network
Expands the New Jersey market and brings new tools to enhance communication and visibility across the care continuum PreparedHealth announced their partnership with Moorestown Visiting Nurse Association and Prepared Health - a growing digital network streamlining care...
Redesigning skilled nursing facilities for today’s needs
With the burgeoning aging population in America, the number of people living with chronic and complex medical conditions continues to rise. A higher disease burden translates to an in increase in hospitalizations as these seniors are at greater risk of developing...
Holy Redeemer joins the growing Prepared Health network in Pennsylvania and New Jersey
Adds new technology to improve care coordination with area Hospitals, Post-Acute Care and Home-based providers across the care continuum PreparedHealth announced their partnership with Holy Redeemer Home Health - a growing digital network streamlining care for...
What the Change in Medicare Advantage Benefits Means for Home Care
Private-duty home care providers across the country are celebrating the recent announcement that Medicare Advantage plans will cover non-skilled home care services starting next year. The change will be available to the 21 million seniors who have opted in to the...
What is driving Central Intake adoption?
As rehabilitation, home health, and private care organizations expand their footprints and focus on service delivery, enterprise level visibility, control, and workflow flexibility become critical. These seemingly competing needs have led to many of these...
PreparedHealth appoints Dr. Mary Naylor to Advisory Board
PreparedHealth expands advisory board with care transitions expert, Mary Naylor, to accelerate impact of the Prepared Health Network PreparedHealth announced today the appointment of Dr. Mary Naylor to their advisory board. Dr. Naylor is currently the Marian S. Ware...
Radford Green Joins Prepared Health
Radford Green, on the Sedgebrook Campus in Lincolnshire, is now on Prepared Health! Check out their profile to add them as a trusted partner or read more below about their facility and the geographies they serve. Not on the platform? Click here to learn more and join...
Home Care May Soon Be Covered By Medicare
Home care - unskilled personal care or private duty - is fast becoming one of the most needed long-term healthcare services in the US. Our elderly population is growing quickly and will likely double by 2060, putting seniors at close to a quarter of the population....
Move Over Alexa & Siri, and Say Hello To DINA: The New Voice of Healthcare
The Data Gap: Sharing Information As healthcare providers strive to navigate patients safely across the care continuum, hospitals, skilled nursing facilities, and other post-acute care providers need effective processes for sharing information and tracking data...
ChicagoInno: PreparedHealth Rolls Out Its Facebook-Like Health Care App to Chicago
Prepared Health is expanding quickly across the country and we're excited to see the growth happening in our own city. Check out the article that ChicagoInno posted about our roll out in Chicago and what's next for Prepared Health. PreparedHealth’s app is a platform...
Chicago Founders TV Opening Acts: Our Story
Our CEO, Ashish V. Shah, got the opportunity to join Chicago Founders TV on their Opening Acts segment. Watch to hear more about our story and what drives us.
Care upon discharge: Helping hospitals make informed decisions – via Becker’s
The care a patient receives after leaving the four walls of a hospital can be just as crucial to the success of the patient's recovery - leaving the health system at risk to rely on their partners to lower readmissions. On Becker's Health IT and CIO Review, our COO,...
Combating Improper Discharges From SNFs
A growing number of erroneous discharges of patients from skilled nursing facilities (SNFs) around the country is concerning. SNFs maintain that these usually arise as a result of mental or behavioral problems, patient distress, or payment issues. But regulators have...
Prepared Health unveils new pricing for network
2018 is in full swing and there are record numbers of home care referrals and care coordination moments flowing through the platform every day. We are thrilled to see the growth across the network with hospitals, skilled nursing facilities and home health agencies...
We’re heading to Home Care 100!
We're heading to Home Care 100 at the end of the month! It'll be packed with incredible speakers as well as invaluable networking. Join us as our CEO, Ashish V Shah presents with Eric Thul, President of Medicaid Home Care at BAYADA Home Health Care. Together, they'll...