2023-06-29 12:00
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MatrixCare offers EHR solutions for the LTPAC industry. Our technology helps skilled nursing facilities, senior living providers, life plan communities and home health organizations to prosper, while improving quality of life for residents.
2023-06-27 13:00
The Best in KLAS report recognizes software and services companies who excel in helping healthcare professionals improve patient care. All rankings are a direct result of the feedback of tho… Read More
2023-06-22 13:05
The Best in KLAS report recognizes software and services companies who excel in helping healthcare professionals improve patient care. All rankings are a direct result of the feedback of tho… Read More
2023-06-20 13:00
The Best in KLAS report recognizes software and services companies who excel in helping healthcare professionals improve patient care. All rankings are a direct result of the feedback of tho… Read More
2023-06-20 11:00
At a time when many skilled nursing, life plan communities, and senior living providers are struggling with workforce issues, the ability to retain and recruit staff is a top-of-mind goal. T… Read More
2023-06-15 13:00
The Best in KLAS report recognizes software and services companies who excel in helping healthcare professionals improve patient care. All rankings are a direct result of the feedback of tho… Read More
2023-06-13 11:23
The Best in KLAS report recognizes software and services companies who excel in helping healthcare professionals improve patient care. All rankings are a direct result of the feedback of tho… Read More
2023-05-11 11:00
Whether you’re a coder, a clinician, or a support services expert, many MatrixCare employees have shared your path, serving residents in post-acute care. Our Senior Vice President of S… Read More
2023-05-08 11:12
Interoperability is ever-increasing and buzz is generating across the home health and hospice industry. To help organizations understand the importance of adopting tools built to meet &mdash&hell…Read More
2023-05-04 12:44
Whether offered as a standalone service or within a hospital, nursing home, senior living center, or other facility, adult day care services have become a popular and cost-effective way for… Read More
2023-05-03 12:39
With today’s staffing shortages, employees are a private duty agency’s most valuable resource. Smart providers look for creative ways to increase satisfaction, boost productivity… Read More
2023-04-27 13:29
It’s important for organizations to get the most value from the EHR systems that they use. And the most effective way to help ensure that success is with the use of an innovative senio… Read More
2023-04-24 12:00
Evaluating and deciding on an electronic health record (EHR) is critical for any home health or hospice agency. In this blog, we explore the who, what, when, and how.
The who
The first &ldqu&hell…Read More
2023-04-21 12:00
“In the business world, everyone is paid in two coins: cash and experience. Take the experience first; the cash will come later.” Harold Geneen
Our real-world experience he… Read More
2023-04-17 11:00
By leveraging electronic referrals with digital tools built to streamline a once tedious process for home health and hospice providers, MatrixCare is dedicated to improving referral methods… Read More
2023-04-10 10:00
After requests from our customers to help provide a better way of communicating securely between care teams, patients, physicians, and each other, we now offer MatrixCare Link. It’s a… Read More
2023-04-07 13:12
From the winding down of the COVID-19 public health emergency (PHE) to the expansion of HHVBP, implementation OASIS-E, and looming payment cuts, the home health industry entered 2023 br… Read More
2023-03-30 12:17
The end is near!
The COVID-19 Public Health Emergency (PHE) will officially end on May 11, 2023. When the PHE was declared on January 31, 2020, emergency declarations and waivers (some 1,135… Read More
2023-03-28 13:03
Most people associated with home health and hospice are familiar with the term plan of care. Referred to as the generic plan of care in hospice and the CMS-485 document in home health, a car… Read More
2023-03-23 13:57
Always an important element in resident care, infection tracking and management has taken on even greater urgency in recent years. With new requirements imposed by last year’s Updated… Read More
2023-03-22 11:00
Understanding the most relevant data points to track for success can seem daunting, but it can bring immense value to your organization. In fact, data allows you to make decisions in real-ti… Read More
2023-03-20 10:00
A high priority in healthcare today, patient engagement is considered a key indicator of quality care. It’s become a strategy to reduce cost and drive better outcomes. There’s go… Read More
2023-03-16 11:15
With its power to improve outcomes, reduce operational costs and boost employee retention, the goal of fall prevention in skilled nursing facilities has never been more important than it is… Read More
2023-03-15 12:00
In private duty, specifically non-medical lines of business, referrals are known as inquiry leads. According to a Home Care Pulse benchmarking survey, the top source for private duty inquiry… Read More
2023-03-13 14:00
By: Greg Neyman, Senior Financial Product Specialist, MatrixCare
While analytics and tracking data are pretty standard in home health and hospice, many agencies continue to use Excel. This m… Read More
2023-03-08 13:00
By: Kerri Harpole, RN, BSN, Director, Sales Enablement, MatrixCare
Due to lack of information and the difficulty of sending information between providers, post-acute care settings often stru… Read More
2023-03-06 13:42
By Roman Pysmennyy, Vice President of Product Management, MatrixCare
The home health industry has seen a wave of consolidation events over the past few years, with the number of freestanding… Read More
2023-03-02 13:11
The newly revised food allergy guidelines from the U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) have prompted many organizations to double-check their allergy management procedures. And with go… Read More
2023-02-27 16:02
By: Brian Tolkkinen, Chief Security Officer, MatrixCare
When we consider information security, we often think about privacy in the business context where the worst-case scenario is a data br… Read More
2023-02-27 14:31
By: Amy Anderson, Senior Product Manager, MatrixCare
With analytics, the opportunities for improved home-based care operations are seemingly endless. The right technology can give providers… Read More
2023-02-23 13:44
As expenses rise and margins tighten, many life plan communities (CCRCs) and long-term and post-acute care (LTPAC) providers are upgrading their electronic health records (EHR) systems to he… Read More
2023-02-22 14:52
By: Brandy Shifteh, RN, BHSA, MBA, Regulations Compliance Manager, MatrixCare
With the expansion of the Home Health Value-Based Purchasing (HHVBP) Model, the industry is experiencing a signi… Read More
2023-02-20 14:00
Document management is a serious challenge for post-acute care providers. And as a key part of the care journey, finding a digital solution to streamline that management can help organizatio… Read More
2023-02-15 13:26
By: Brandy Shifteh, RN, BHSA, MBA, Regulations Compliance Manager, MatrixCare
A plan of correction (POC) is a plan developed by the home health agency (HHA) as a written response to survey f… Read More
2023-02-13 16:19
By: Brandy Shifteh, RN, BHSA, MBA, Regulations Compliance Manager, MatrixCare
CMS expects home health agencies (HHAs) to have substantial and continued compliance. With this expectation in m… Read More
2023-02-06 14:00
By: Amy Anderson, Senior Product Manager, MatrixCare
In analytics, referrals can give us a plethora of data. But without the right technology, providers are unable to fully dissect that info… Read More
2023-02-02 13:00
By: Jerry Dennany, Chief Technology Officer, MatrixCare
Amid the looming end of pandemic waivers and a possible recession on the horizon, the ongoing staffing crisis remains the most urgent… Read More
2023-02-01 14:00
By: Roman Pysmennyy, Vice President of Product Management, MatrixCare
From providers to technology vendors, HIPAA knowledge is important for anyone involved in the healthcare in… Read More
2023-01-25 14:01
By: Julie Wolff, Senior Product Manager for Private Duty, MatrixCare
Electronic visit verification (EVV) is a method required by the 21st Century Cures Act to verify home care and home healt… Read More
2023-01-24 16:00
By: Nick Knowlton, Vice President of Business Development, ResMed – SaaS
Known as SaaS or software in the cloud, software as a service uses the internet to deliver applications. These… Read More
2023-01-20 14:35
By: Robert Moore, RN, RAC-CT, DNS-CT, Director, of Strategy & Portfolio Management, Life Plan Communities, MatrixCare
The biggest obstacle to success in most long-term care organizations… Read More
2023-01-19 14:05
By: Tina Doerr, Product Manager
Although the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) requires that life plan communities have infection control policies in place, many still strug… Read More
2023-01-18 14:39
By: Olieda Swanson, Senior Director of Professional Services, MatrixCare
To avoid costly mistakes, EMR implementation needs to be thoroughly planned with a great deal of care. Once all is in… Read More
2023-01-16 14:18
By: Kathleen Courson, RN, BSN, Clinical Product Manager, MatrixCare
Achieving a deficiency-free survey means different things to different agencies, depending on what licensures, certificati… Read More
2023-01-13 14:31
By: Jessica Rockne, Associate Director, Product Management, MatrixCare
Analytic reporting ѕоftwаrе is аn invаluаblе tооl thа… Read More
2023-01-12 14:57
By: Rob Moore, RN, RAC-CT, DNS-CT, Director of Strategy & Portfolio Management, MatrixCare LPC
In the wake of Covid-19, nursing, senior living and long-term care organizations continue t… Read More
2023-01-11 15:53
By: Brandy Shifteh, RN, BHSA, MBA, Regulations Compliance Manager, MatrixCare and Carolyn Dean, Regulations Compliance Manager, MatrixCare
Throughout the COVID-19 public health emergency (PH… Read More
2023-01-05 15:45
Utilizing an effective billing platform is a key ingredient in successful revenue cycle management (RCM). All too often, though, the proactive maintenance these systems require falls b… Read More
2022-12-19 14:34
By: Olieda Swanson, Senior Director of Professional Services, MatrixCare
When home health and hospice organizations consider how additional staff could benefit their operations, it’s i… Read More
2022-12-15 14:19
Proper nutrition is key to keeping residents healthy, as we’ve discussed here at the MatrixCare blog. But important as it is, nutrition is just one side of the coin. To best ensure the… Read More
2022-12-14 14:11
By: Julie Wolff, Senior Product Manager for Private Duty, MatrixCare
As a new, interactive, role-based care coordination platform, CareCommunity offers a comprehensive, global view of a seni… Read More
2022-12-12 17:40
By: Brandy Shifteh, RN, BHSA, MBA, Regulations Compliance Manager, MatrixCare
The Outcomes and Assessment Information Set (OASIS) was initially developed as a core group of data elements to… Read More
2022-12-08 05:18
By: Ronda Howard, Vice President Revenue Cycle and CAHPS, HEALTHCAREfirst
In post-acute care, quality assurance for revenue cycle is important because everything you do will impact how you&r&hell…Read More
2022-12-05 19:00
By: Brian Tolkkinen, Chief Security Officer, MatrixCare
The legal system has been described as a mirror for society in that it reflects its values. Where there are rapid advances in society… Read More
2022-11-21 14:58
By: Kathy Kunze, Clinical Content Manager, MatrixCare
As part of the Improving Medicare Post-Acute Care Transformation Act of 2014 (IMPACT Act), requiring the collection and reporting of sta… Read More
2022-11-16 14:25
By: Rob Stoltz, Senior Director, Business Development, MatrixCare
While the length of stay in hospice is often short, getting into hospice care sooner for a longer stay can provide tremendou… Read More
2022-11-15 14:09
This article was first featured in McKnight’s Long-Term Care News here.
As a skilled nursing provider, billing and reimbursement are important considerations to ensure quality patient… Read More
2022-11-14 14:00
By: Kathleen Courson, RN, BSN, Clinical Product Manager, MatrixCare
For those who are unfamiliar, speech recognition is a type of technology that enables an electronic device to recognize, a… Read More
2022-11-09 15:00
by Kelly Danielson, clinical product manager
It’s no secret things are tough in post-acute care right now. Ongoing staffing shortages mean many facilities are trying to hire or must re… Read More
2022-11-09 14:00
By: Carey Schmidt, RN, BSHM, Senior Clinical Product Specialist, MatrixCare
With a staffing shortage that continues to rise across post-acute care and constantly evolving regulations, includ… Read More
2022-11-07 14:39
By: Brandy Shifteh, RN, BHSA, MBA, Regulations Compliance Manager, MatrixCare
The Home Health Value-Based Purchasing (HHVBP) Model has been considered a success, resulting on average a 4.6%… Read More
2022-11-02 13:05
By: Chris Pugliese, Director of Product Interoperability, ResMed SaaS
The fundamental structures supporting healthcare data exchange have been targeted to, advanced and refined by acute and… Read More
2022-10-31 13:01
By: Julie Wolff, Senior Product Manager for Private Duty, MatrixCare
With today’s staffing shortages, employees are a private duty agency’s most valuable resource. Smart provider… Read More
2022-10-27 13:46
Written by: Amy Wootton, director of nutrition management, MatrixCare
Effective nutrition management is essential for keeping residents healthy, and for keeping facilities running on track… Read More
2022-10-27 13:00
Welcome to the second blog post in our series outlining the UX philosophy at MatrixCare. Last time, we explored the design-centered approach, which centers on empathy and ideation. Today, I… Read More
2022-10-26 13:07
By: Brandy Shifteh, RN, BHSA, MBA, Regulations Compliance Manager, MatrixCare
The original Home Health Value-Based Purchasing (HHVBP) Model was finalized in the calendar year (CY) 2016 HH fi… Read More
2022-10-24 13:00
By: Kathleen Courson, RN, BSN, Clinical Product Manager, MatrixCare
The original Home Health Value-Based Purchasing (HHVBP) model was finalized in the CY 2016 HH Final Rule and implemented f… Read More
2022-10-20 14:00
At MatrixCare, we understand how important ongoing product development, optimization and modernization are to the people and organizations that use our services every day. With that in mind… Read More
2022-10-17 13:00
By: Kathleen Courson, RN, BSN, Clinical Product Manager, MatrixCare
Interdisciplinary groups (IDGs), also known as interdisciplinary teams (IDTs), are groups of healthcare professionals with… Read More
2022-10-13 14:00
By Jenny Lee, Regulatory Compliance Manager, MatrixCare
The first thing you need to do is circle October 24 on your calendar. That’s the day updated survey standards go into effect tha… Read More
2022-10-12 13:17
By: Kathleen Courson, RN, BSN, Clinical Product Manager, MatrixCare
In home health and hospice, care planning is not only regulatory, but it’s also the main driver toward delivering th… Read More
2022-10-10 13:08
By: Jessica Rockne, director of product strategy, home & hospice, MatrixCare
A billing or claim rejection occurs when a clearinghouse or payor stops the claim from entering their process… Read More
2022-10-06 14:00
As the nation’s skilled nursing organizations continue to face enormous regulatory, staffing, and financial challenges, it’s more important than ever for them to take steps to op… Read More
2022-10-05 13:08
By: Margaret Morris, MA, CCC-SLP, Senior Product Specialist, MatrixCare
While EHR technology has evolved to give patients and caregivers more of a consumer experience, it’s also time t… Read More
2022-10-03 13:08
By: Amy Anderson, Senior Product Manager, MatrixCare
One of the most significant benefits of technology in post-acute care is the ability to analyze data around every facet of your business… Read More
2022-09-29 14:00
There are many positive factors working in the favor of skilled nursing providers who choose to integrate home health services, as we’ve seen in part 1 and part 2 of this series. Yet i… Read More
2022-09-27 22:00
We recently hosted Inspire, our user conference where we brought together customers across home health, hospice, private duty, skilled nursing, life plan community, and senior living to disc… Read More
2022-09-27 20:35
By: Rachael Feeback, Revenue Cycle Product Manager, MatrixCare
Beginning on January 1, 2021, through December 2024, CMS is testing the inclusion of the Part A Hospice Benefit within the Medi… Read More
2022-09-26 22:54
By: Bradley Lawton, director of product strategy and portfolio management
For home health and hospice providers, a large part of marketing involves nurturing relationships with referral sour… Read More
2022-09-26 22:54
By: Bradley Lawton
For home health and hospice providers, a large part of marketing involves nurturing relationships with referral sources. These partnerships need to be reported on and unde… Read More
2022-09-22 14:00
For the past decade, patient care has increasingly shifted to an at-home focus across the healthcare industry, a process that’s only been accelerated by the Covid-19 pandemic. And skil… Read More
2022-09-20 16:07
By Rob Stoltz, Senior Director, Business Development, MatrixCare
Being an attractive healthcare partner means more than just taking care of patients. Referral sources today expect providers… Read More
2022-09-19 14:00
by Brandy Shifteh, RN, BHSA, MBA, Regulatory Compliance Manager, MatrixCare
The Outcomes and Assessment Information Set (OASIS) was initially developed as a core group of data elements to un… Read More
2022-09-16 13:00
Managing food allergies and fluid restrictions is essential for any nutrition care program—but it can be particularly challenging in senior living communities, where an estimated 25% o… Read More
2022-09-14 14:00
By Olieda Swanson, Senior Director of Professional Services, MatrixCare
Software providers are experts at more than just technology. After working with so many organizations, they know how t… Read More
2022-09-13 14:00
“Where’s our business going to be in the next five years?”
For skilled nursing organizations, this isn’t just a question of strategy, but often one of survival. And t… Read More
2022-09-12 13:00
by Nick Knowlton, Vice President of Business Development, ResMed – SaaS
In the home health and hospice industry, it’s common for referring providers to be frustrated by the chall… Read More
2022-09-09 14:00
At MatrixCare, we’re dedicated to innovation, and to providing our clients with an ever-improving experience. And to better accomplish both of those goals, we continuously gather feedb… Read More
2022-09-07 13:00
Electronic Visit Verification (EVV) requirements will be effective for all states in 2023, but staying EVV compliant in California can be particularly complicated for home care providers. Ma… Read More
2022-08-31 14:00
A certified EHR is important for palliative care because as organizations grow, they must participate in the Medicare Quality Payment Program (QPP). And to meet the requirements of doing so… Read More
2022-08-29 14:51
It’s known that preventable errors in medication management impact more than 7 million patients, costing almost $21 billion annually across all care settings. Home health and hospice… Read More
2022-08-25 14:53
If you’ve hesitated about migrating to a cloud-based software solution, now is the time. Here are seven ways migrating to the cloud can help your organization. See how your facility co… Read More
2022-08-24 12:00
We’ve all heard the phrase patient engagement. It’s abuzz in the home care industry, with organizations transforming entire strategies to better engage patients and their familie… Read More
2022-08-22 15:26
While a digital transformation in post-acute care was well underway before the onset of COVID-19, the evolution of technology was accelerated during the pandemic to help ensure the safety of… Read More
2022-08-18 13:00
On July 15, the Biden administration extended the Covid-19 Public Health Emergency (PHE) for another three months. US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Xavier Becerra o… Read More
2022-08-17 14:45
Electronic visit verification (EVV) is a way to digitally verify care is delivered in the home. EVV technology is used to ensure Medicaid beneficiaries receive the services they are entitled… Read More
2022-08-16 14:41
When wounds are poorly monitored in post-acute care, there can be significant impacts made to patient outcomes as well as the quality of the organization. Documentation can be incomplete or… Read More
2022-08-10 19:07
In March 2022, MatrixCare convened a panel of experts to discuss the past, present, and future of EHRs in hospice and home health. In this final installment of our three-part blog series, we… Read More
2022-08-04 15:21
Patients in post-acute care often have the most complex health histories. And while their health problems may be episodic in nature, the future of healthcare is about treating patients more… Read More
2022-08-03 16:56
In March 2022, MatrixCare assembled a group of experts for a discussion on the topic of EHRs for home health and hospice and how smart technology will benefit us all. Part 2 of the blog seri… Read More
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