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Home Infusion Therapy: Plan for the Demand

By AlayaCare / March 4, 2018

The pace of change in home care is accelerating at a high rate, and demands for caregiver time and skill are unrelenting. Nowhere is this more apparent than in the home infusion therapy market — a rapidly growing mainstay of home and clinic care expected to reach $31.9 billion USD by 2022.

Electronic Visit Verification (EVV): Stay Compliant with AlayaCare’s GPS-Enabled Mobile Care App

By AlayaCare / January 22, 2018

The technology market offers no shortage of solutions that could meet the new requirements — but for agencies with more progressive strategies, the Cures Act is a timely backdrop to think more broadly, and seize an opportunity to differentiate service.

Maximize Clinical Documentation Efficiency with AlayaCare’s Fully Integrated 485

By AlayaCare / November 17, 2017

The 485 (a.k.a. the Plan of Care) is the keystone piece of home care that links physicians and agencies. Its purposes are many; a clear and concise perspective of the client health along with diagnoses, medications, interventions, allergies, ADLs, risks and more.

Changing Times in Home Care Require Lasting Tech Solutions

By AlayaCare / November 9, 2017

In the home care sector, times are changing. For some agency owners, particularly of smaller or mid-sized agencies, it can feel like somebody has jammed the accelerator: keeping up with technology can be difficult and time-consuming. 

Important Predictions for Homecare in 2018

By AlayaCare / November 8, 2017

As we look towards 2018 in the homecare sector, we see a global market filled with opportunity and growth. That doesn’t mean that homecare providers will get to rest on their laurels as the industry continues to be beset by caregiver shortages, shifting funding models, and an overall empowerment by clients to receive care on…

What is Business Intelligence?

By AlayaCare / November 2, 2017

At the HCP conference in Albany, NY this month, AlayaCare was tapped to give a presentation on Business Intelligence (BI) as it relates to the home care software industry. This blog post is a recap from that presentation, and here you will learn how you can unlock the potential of BI to move your home…

Home Care Electronic Visit Verification (EVV) – Think Beyond January 1st, 2020

By AlayaCare / August 14, 2017

The 21st Century Cures Act provides the impetus for home care and, soon, home health agencies to adopt Electronic Visit Verification (EVV). Beyond complying with legislation, most providers recognize that EVV and other elements of digital transformation are necessary for business.

CODE RED: Emergency Preparedness Rule set to impact Medicaid business

By AlayaCare / May 30, 2017

In 2016, there were 46 “major disasters” and another 50 fire-related national emergencies, according to the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). There were also “emergency declarations” across another seven states in the wake not only of Hurricane Matthew but contaminated water in Michigan and severe storms in both Missouri and Louisiana. 

A Window on the Future of Home Care Market: Implications for the Mandatory use of Electronic Visit Verification (EVV)

By AlayaCare / May 16, 2017

A window of opportunity has arrived. Section 12006 of the Obama administration’s 21st Century CURES Act ushered in what most in the home care services industry expected: measures to corral unchecked and sometimes fraudulent billing practices to Medicaid. That came largely in the form of one newly mandatory requirement: Electronic Visit Verification (EVV), which allows…

Final Overtime Rule May Affect Home Care

By AlayaCare / May 18, 2016

The US Department of Labor has issued the final overtime rule, effective December 1, 2016. The rule automatically extends overtime pay protections to over 4 million workers within its first year of implementation. The process of updating overtime regulations began with President Obama’s Presidential Memorandum in 2014, instructing the Department of Labor to look at…