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Nonprofit Organizations Offered Information Technology Grants
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Oct 6th, 2008
The HHS Agency for Health Research and Quality just announced three different grant programs for public and nonprofit healthcare entities (including community-based organizations) to support quality improvement through investment in information technology. Federal grants are often challenging but...
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Resources for Rural Providers
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Jul 28th, 2008
While many of our rural members may be familiar with some of the special resources available for rural health care services, there is an ongoing source of online assistance that may not be as familiar. Below is one of their periodic updates that always include current information on funding...
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Medicare Disease Management Demonstration on Brink of Failure
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Feb 4th, 2008
For those VNAs who had expressed interest in participating in the Medicare Chronic Care Improvement Program three years ago and were either rebuffed by the disease management organizations who dominated the program or who avoided the program because of its obvious flaws, the expected outcome has...
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Another OIG Opinion on Illegal Inducements
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Aug 20th, 2007
The HHS-OIG has issued yet another Advisory Opinion on “free screenings” constituting an illegal inducement, this time in the context of DME. Again OIG has concluded that giving a “free screening” can constitute an illegal inducement to use a particular provider. You may recall an earlier OIG...
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VNAA Awards Philips Preferred Telehealth Contract
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Apr 2nd, 2007
VNAA is pleased to announce our new preferred provider Agreement with Philips for telehealth products and services!
Philips brings one-of-a-kind options to home healthcare agencies including non-obsolesence protection. Agencies rent the technology so they are not left with outdated equipment at...
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New Source of Medicare Advantage Plan Penetration Data
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Mar 12th, 2007
Many of our members have found it useful to follow trends in their area related to the expansion of Medicare Advantage programs. While CMS has ceased its routine provision of this data, a new private source has become available courtesy of the Kaiser Family Foundation.
The Foundation has...
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