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Heard at the Summit: Scaling hospital-at-home, understanding payers & weaponizing data 

November 1, 2023Liz Beaulieu, Editor

CHARLOTTE, N.C. – The administrator of Atrium Health’s hospital-at-home program provided insight into its partnership with Best Buy Health and more at the HME News Business Summit last week in Charlotte.  Colleen Hole said the partnership makes the best use of the strengths of Atrium Health, a Charlotte-based health system serving patients at 40 hospitals and hundreds of care locations, and the health division of the big box retailer.  “We’re good at operations;...

Data, HME News Business Summit, Hospital at home, Payers


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Trella Health ramps up claims dataset 

September 25, 2023HME News Staff

ATLANTA – Trella Health, a provider of market intelligence and integrated customer relationship management (CRM) solutions, is expanding its dataset to provide its home medical equipment and infusion customers with deeper visibility into their markets through advanced metrics and analytics. “We’re acting on what our customers have been telling us,” said Pierre Menard, chief technology officer at Trella Health. “While Trella provides a unique and valuable view into HME...

Claims, Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Data, market intelligence, Trella Health


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VGM offers insight on data 

April 18, 2022HME News Staff

WATERLOO, Iowa – VGM & Associates has released its second playbook of 2022: “VGM Playbook: Growing Your Business with Data and Technology.” Topics in the playbook include using real-time data to optimize positive outcomes and grow your business, and leveraging remote patient monitoring. “There are many opportunities out there to enhance our way of doing business and positively impact consumer and clinician relationships, including the implementation of data and technology...

Data, Remote Patient Monitoring, VGM & Associates


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WellSky upgrades CareInsights solution 

April 14, 2021HME News Staff

OVERLAND PARK, Kan. – WellSky has made enhancements to its CareInsights solution suite, known as CareInsights Guidance. CareInsights Guidance is available as part of the WellSky CareInsights for Home Health solution, which is powered by algorithms based on historical data from more than 7 million home health patient episodes. It now delivers enhanced utilization management for improved care planning, in addition...

Analytics, CareInsights, Data, WellSky


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HealthSplash creates 'highway' for data

September 25, 2020Liz Beaulieu, Editor

OVERLAND PARK, Kan. - HealthSplash is conducting pilots with TennCare, the Medicaid program for Tennessee, and others to deliver data from wearable devices, like blood glucose and blood pressure levels, directly into patient medical records. The company is also working with BioTel to deliver data from heart monitoring devices into medical records. “What is one of the biggest sources of tension with EHRs for providers,” said Abby Rieb, chief marketing officer for HealthSplash. “My...

Data, HealthSplash, Medical records, wearables


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NHIF releases industry trends report

June 23, 2020HME News Staff

ALEXANDRIA, Va. - Home and specialty infusion represents a $19 billion industry serving more than 3.2 million patients annually, according to the National Home Infusion Foundation's Infusion Industry Trend 2020 report. The report, available for sale in print format, offers insight into the latest trends in the home and specialty infusion market, and interprets data collected from more than 220 individual provider locations. “This comprehensive report takes a deep-dive into the current state...

Data, Home Infusion, National Home Infusion Foundation (NHIF)


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CMS to update COVID-19 data monthly

June 23, 2020HME News Staff

WASHINGTON - Older Americans and those with chronic health conditions are at the highest risk for COVID-19, according to data released by CMS this week. The data confirms long-understood disparities in health outcomes for racial and ethnic minority groups, and among low-income populations, the agency says. “The disparities in the data reflect long-standing challenges facing minority communities and low income older adults, many of whom face structural challenges to their health that go...

CMS, Coronavirus, Data, High Risk, Pandemic


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Survey collects trends, patterns

June 2, 2020HME News Staff

WATERLOO, Iowa - VGM & Associates and HME News have launched the 14th annual HME Financial Benchmarking Survey. The two groups have partnered to bring to the industry a single survey for providers to share their business data for benchmarking purposes. “While yearly survey results provide a 'snapshot' of the current state of the industry, more importantly, we are able to observe trends and patterns, which are so valuable to those in the industry considering potential growth opportunities...

Data, Financial Benchmarking Survey, HME News, VGM & Associates


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WellSky, Qlik launch 'heat map'

April 29, 2020HME News Staff

OVERLAND PARK, Kan. - WellSky and Qlik, a data and analytics company, have launched a “heat map” feature for home care providers. The WellSky COVID-19 Tracker allows providers to leverage data to track current outbreaks, anticipate locations with increasing infection rates and distribute valuable PPE based on where it's needed most. “With information changing daily, care providers need up-to-date data on where they should focus their attention and finite resources,” said Bill...

Analytics, Data, Qlik, WellSky


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PlayMaker shares data

April 1, 2020HME News Staff

NASHVILLE, Tenn. - PlayMaker Health has released its third quarter 2019 Post-Acute Market Data Update, including a 3.38% decline in home health admissions based on volume. Other data points from the update: 59.9% of home health referrals were from community sources and 41.1% were from institutional sources; hospice admissions increased 3.8% based on volume; and the average length of hospice stay was 55 days with a median of 16 days. “Our ability to provide actionable insights on claims data...

Data, PlayMaker


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