Oversight Inc. has developed a telehealth platform called Home Care LINK. Our ambitious goal is to provide a non-traditional approach that has the potential to both reduce medical costs and improve a care recipient’s health outcome. We believe it will be especially...
For years the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), commercial insurance providers, the Veterans Administration, and even the general public have been trying to control healthcare costs. There are many contributors, but Chronic Disease Healthcare costs,...
I just attended an outstanding conference on Dementia presented by Teepa Snow. Teepa is a recognized expert on developing a positive approach to brain change. The daylong conference was comprehensive covering most aspects associated with dementia. Teepa provides these...
For years the Government, commercial insurance providers and even the general public have been trying to control healthcare costs. Regardless of politics, in the rapidly changing healthcare landscape, payers are asking providers to shift from volume-based care (fee...
The compensation for medical procedures is undergoing a major change. Medicare is driving the change followed closely by the insurance companies. The basic concept is changing from “fee based” to “value based”. The orthopedic practices are leading the change, and they...
Quality of life for your loved one frequently depends on a variety of medications. Sometimes they may forget to take them, they may get confused as to what to take and when, etc., etc. Many people use pill boxes to help manage this continual problem. Of course nothing...
After you make the emotional decision to employ a caregiver – How do you go about selecting someone you can trust with your loved one? You can get advice from many different sources. My first tip: Choose advice from an unbiased source that is not providing the...
My Mother was an opinionated woman that wanted things done her way. That didn’t change as she grew older and needed caregiver support. Though I lived hundreds of miles away, caregiver complaints were a frequent topic on our routine phone calls – “she was late”,...
Almost all home care agencies use old technology to document caregiver actions. Most of the smaller agencies still rely on paper records. Caregivers are required to stop by the office and submit their paperwork, particularly their hours. Most of the larger agencies...
