Podcasts

In a recent post, this blog space explored just some of the impressive performance and potential emerging through the use of telehealth and other remote care tools. Transcend’s latest podcast [...]

A recent conversation with Christian Sinclair, MD, AAHPM, regarding prognoses was a real eye-opener for me. Each patient’s prognosis is obviously critical to their plan of care. I had asked Dr. [...]

When we think about the challenges of family caregiving, we often focus on the “caregiving” part – and the fact that many family members are often thrust into healthcare-related roles that [...]

Any nonprofit organization with 501(c)3 status is obligated to have an active board of directors. The right combination of people on a board can be a major asset to the agency it serves. Yet, [...]

At a couple of recent national and state conferences for home health and hospice I’ve attended, many of the education sessions have been devoted, not surprisingly, to PDGM. Knowledgeable people [...]

Providers of home health services, palliative care and hospice care often express disappointment and confusion regarding referral patterns by physicians. Many providers feel physicians don’t [...]

Transcend Strategy Group’s surveys of over 18,000 family healthcare decision makers have shown that the public has a highly generic view of hospice providers. Many believe hospice care is a [...]

The survival of any home-based care provider depends on its volume of referrals and maximizing reimbursement for the care delivered. Both parts of that equation continue to get trickier. With the [...]

“Patient-centered care” has been a mantra in healthcare for years. More recently, “patient experience” is all the buzz. And rightly so. With surveys from patients and families affecting ratings, [...]