Medicare believes that treatment for more than 60 different acute conditions can be treated appropriately and safely in home settings with proper monitoring and treatment protocols Medicare has given a boost to a home-based program that’s closer to inpatient acute care than to traditional home care. In fact, it is acute care, reimbursable at inpatient rates – but it is … [Read more...]

Prior to publication of the 2002 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) hand hygiene guidelines,soap was the predominant hand hygiene product. While alcohol-based hand rub (ABHR) is the primary pillar of hand hygiene today, washing hands with soap and water is recommended primarily when hands are visibly soiled or contaminated with blood or other bodily fluids and … [Read more...]

For providers, being ‘age-friendly’ means listening to the patient “What’s bothering you today?” or “How do you feel?” are common openers for physicians, nurses and othercaregivers when they meet a patient. What often follows are a quick diagnosis and treatment plan. But some providers are rethinking the process. They’re taking a step back and asking their patients a … [Read more...]

Medical distribution is seeing immense change, as well as immense opportunity, says NDC’s president and CEO Mark Seitz is closing in on having two equally long careers in two very different fields. He spent about 20 years practicing law, and now he’s in his 17th year in medical distribution as President and CEO of NDC, Inc. “It was quite a change,” he said, when asked to … [Read more...]

How to help your customers successfully establish, and maintain, a CLIA moderate complexity laboratory. By Jim Poggi Investing time and energy in creating best-in-class customer solutions is a top-of-mind activity for the experienced distribution account manager. Nowhere is this truer than guiding customers to consider establishing a laboratory. While PAMA reimbursement … [Read more...]