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National Home Care and Hospice State of the Industry Study – What should you do about the home care and hospice industry changes?

Posted by Crystal Parks on Sep 25, 2014 9:00:00 AM

Bob Fazzi, Ed. D, President and CEO of Fazzi Associates, your goal needs to be to position your agency to become a partner in newly emerging health systems. Home care providers need to be the most competitive agency in your area.  How are you going to do this?

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Topics: Healthcare IT, home care industry, hospice industry, healthcare technology, homecare industry

National Home Care and Hospice State of the Industry Study – What do the industry changes mean for home care and hospice?

Posted by Crystal Parks on Sep 23, 2014 9:00:00 AM

At Delta’s 2014 National Customer Forum, Bob Fazzi, Ed. D, President and CEO of Fazzi Associates, talked about what the healthcare changes mean for home care and hospice.

  1. Move from specialty driven to patient driven
  2. Revenue will be linked with quality outcomes
  3. Payment will be patient centered with bundled payments give to the system (i.e., ACOs, Medical Homes)
  4. Proven, interconnected technology and use of data will be critical
  5. Move from fragmentation to collaboration / partnering will dominate

Find out more by downloading the free National Home Care and Hospice State of the Industry Study.

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Topics: Healthcare IT, home care industry, hospice industry, healthcare technology, homecare industry

Rationale and Strategies for the Future from the National Home Care and Hospice State of the Industry Study

Posted by Crystal Parks on Sep 18, 2014 9:00:00 AM

Bob Fazzi, Ed. D, President and CEO of Fazzi Associates, discussed the National Home Care and Hospice State of the Industry Study at Delta’s 2014 National Customer Forum.  During his presentation Bob talked about the rapid change in the industry and what providers can do to be successful.   

During the Balanced Budget Act of 1997, the industry lost 1/3 of the home care agencies and 50% of the revenue that was projected for home care.  For those that survived, how did they do it?  They did it by changing.  Now is the time that significant changes should be taking place again.

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Topics: Healthcare IT, home care industry, hospice industry, healthcare technology, homecare industry

Private Duty Sessions During NAHCs Annual Meeting

Posted by Crystal Parks on Sep 19, 2013 10:15:00 AM

This year’s Annual Meeting – being held October 31 – November 3 in Washington, DC – has a wide range of educational sessions for professionals in every segment of the home care and hospice community.

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Topics: Private Duty, home care industry, NAHC Annual Meeting 2013, hospice industry

The Importance of Attending NAHC’s Annual Meeting this Year

Posted by Crystal Parks on Sep 17, 2013 8:20:00 AM

"If there was ever a year for home care and hospice managers to join us, this is the year,” said Bill Dombi, Vice President for Law, National Association for Home Care & Hospice (NAHC). “Agencies across the country are faced with looming budget cuts, the possibility of more cost shifting onto beneficiaries, diminishing margins, and increasingly stringent - and often confusing - new regulations. These challenges are offset with great opportunities that we will address." 

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Topics: home care industry, NAHC Annual Meeting 2013, hospice industry

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