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WellSky’s Tim Ashe on the home as the ‘rational approach’ to care  Â
September 29, 2023Liz Beaulieu, Editor
OVERLAND PARK, Kan. – WellSky’s participation in Moving Health Home gives the company a seat at the table with big names like Amazon and Intermountain Healthcare as they work to change federal and state policy to make the home a “powerful” clinical site of care.
Here’s what Tim Ashe, WellSky’s chief clinical officer, had to say about why it’s important for stakeholders with various viewpoints to unite behind home care as part of the “total...
In brief: ResMed delays, AAH & CRT surveys, WellSky investment
August 25, 2023HME News Staff
SAN DIEGO – ResMed initiated an over-the-air update to its AirSense 11 devices on Aug. 23 to reduce the delay of patient therapy data into myAir and AirView and, ultimately, resolve transmission issues, according to an update posted to its website.
The company expects data to be available nightly in myAir and AirView within two weeks.
“While some patients may already be able to view their most recent therapy data in myAir, the process of restoring regular data updates...
WellSky expands investment in long-term care
August 24, 2023HME News Staff
OVERLAND PARK, Kan. – WellSky has acquired Experience Care, which offers a suite of software solutions for post-acute and long-term care providers. Experience Care has a proven track record with its electronic health record platform NetSolutions, serving 150 long-term care clients with 850 facilities. “This is a transformational time for post-acute care providers,” said Bill Miller, WellSky CEO. “Workforce shortages, regulatory shifts and changes to reimbursement can have...
WellSky joins coalition to move care to home
August 23, 2023HME News Staff
OVERLAND PARK, Kan. – WellSky has joined the Moving Health Home coalition, a group of stakeholders working to advance federal and state policy to enable the home to be a clinical site of care.
In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, the demand for care in the home has been steadily increasing and enabled through greater use of telehealth services, remote patient monitoring, patient engagement tools, and care coordination technology, the coalition says.
“The pandemic clearly...
WellSky launches patient engagement platformÂ
April 11, 2023HME News Staff
OVERLAND PARK, Kan. - WellSky has launched WellSky Patient, a patient engagement platform to identify health risks, avoid complications and improve outcomes through stronger transparency and communication between patients, families and clinical care teams. Using the platform, patients can stay connected to their care providers between visits through two-way communication, video-based telehealth and guided condition management programs. At the same time, using patient-generated data from health status...
​​​​​​​WellSky Foundation makes $100K donationÂ
February 21, 2023HME News Staff
OVERLAND PARK, Kan. – The WellSky Foundation has gifted $100,000 to Care Beyond the Boulevard, a nonprofit committed to providing comprehensive medical care to the homeless, uninsured or otherwise vulnerable populations of Kansas City. The organization will use the donation to enhance its medical services with a portable ultrasound machine to assist with diagnoses and a new van to transport their team, medical resources and the people they serve. “At the WellSky Foundation, our team is...
In brief: Omnibus bill, Performant contract, Cardinal CFO
December 23, 2022HME News Staff
WASHINGTON – Lawmakers have passed a $1.7 trillion omnibus legislative package that will keep the government funded through September.
A draft of the bill included two major HME policy priorities: an extension for the 75/25 blended Medicare rate for non-CBA/non-rural suppliers through the end of 2023; and the prevention of across-the-board 4% Medicare cuts for 2023 and 2024 that would have been triggered by the application of provisions in 2010 “PAYGO” budget legislation.
Provisions...
WellSky, Option Care Health expand partnership
December 22, 2022HME News Staff
OVERLAND PARK, Kan. – WellSky has expanded its partnership with Option Care Health Inc. to accelerate innovations and workflow enhancements within WellSky’s infusion and specialty pharmacy platform, CareTend. Option Care will implement the software across its more than 160 locations. “Our decision to select WellSky’s CareTend as our go-forward platform was pivotal to our core value of delivering comprehensive infusion care resulting in greater operating efficiencies and higher...
In brief: Home ventilation’s benefits, California’s win, EZ-Access' expansion
July 8, 2022HME News Staff
LAFAYETTE, La. – Viemed Healthcare has published a third peer-reviewed study demonstrating the benefits of non-invasive ventilation at home.
Using 100% research identifiable fee-for-service Medicare claims from 2016 through 2020, researchers found that using NIVH to treat chronic obstructive pulmonary disease with chronic hypercapnic respiratory failure is associated with significant reductions in mortality, hospitalizations and total Medicare costs.
“In addition to...
In brief: Sverica Capital, Humana, WellSky, CareBridge
June 17, 2022HME News Staff
BOSTON – Sverica Capital Management, a private equity investment firm, has made a strategic investment in SG Homecare, a Tustin, Calif.-based provider of DMEPOS to patients throughout the state.
SG specializes in using capitated contracts, serving a wide range of payers and risk-bearing provider groups, acting as a value-added partner to these organizations as they seek to provide high-quality care for their home-based populations.
“After an exhaustive search for the...