Boston-based startup Cascala Health raised an $8.6 million seed round to expand its AI platform for risk-bearing providers. The platform is designed to make patient care transitions safer and more efficient, as well as to help care teams spot risks earlier.
Patients and caregivers want to feel prepared to look after themselves or loved ones when they leave the hospital, but hospitals often fail to fulfill these expectations.
Alan Murray on improving access for medical transportation.
“There are gaps in care, there are gaps in communication, there are gaps in adequate preparation for patients and families."
Hospitals need to be careful of an audit flag if a patient stays longer than the stated anticipated number of midnights, especially if there is no evidence of a post-hospital discharge plan.
Bad coordination often plagues patients’ transitions to the care of home health agencies, as well as to nursing homes and other professionals charged with helping them recuperate, studies show.
If you're not familiar with the Improving Medicare Post-Acute Care Transformation (IMPACT) Act yet, it’s time to get up to speed.
Across the nation, state-based health insurance exchanges are searching for ways to better serve their communities while making enrollment easier, more personal, and more accessible for everyone.
With proper preparations, hospitals can ensure the transition to MU3 is as streamlined as possible.
The required completion of an individualized care plan for patients transitioning into a long-term care facility is a core element added to LTC CoP changes.
Much of the work that physician advisers do overlaps the case management department, which is why the two need to work together as a team.
If you haven’t met your CIO, you need to. Introduce yourself and get to know your CIO with the end goal of educating him/her on your care transition workflow.
In an interview, Munich Re Specialty Senior Vice President Jim Craig talked about the risk that accompanies innovation and the important role that insurers play.
Last fall, a study by Healthcentric Advisors found that monitoring hospital staff adherence to standardized communications with a patient’s primary care provider and providing feedback to staff had a positive impact on care transitions and readmissions. Although the study focused on the care transition process with primary care providers, the findings also hold true for […]
Many of you have probably heard of the proposed reporting rule for Meaningful Use Stage 2. In this proposed rule, CMS announced their intent to align the remaining years of the Stage 2 with the proposed rule for Meaningful Use Stage 3 released in March. How will this affect those involved in care transitions? More time to report […]
Amidst the loud Apple-IBM and Google-Novartis partnership announcements, a much quieter announcement was made which carries equally large implications for the healthcare industry. On July 22, President Obama signed the Workforce Innovation Opportunity Act (WIOA) into law. The WIOA is a bipartisan bill that passed both the Senate and House with large majorities and includes moving three […]