Category: Home Health Care
Technology Needs for Home Care Organizations
Direct Care Innovations is a healthcare technology company specializing in developing business management platforms tailored for providers, state agencies, and government organizations operating within the Medicaid, Medicare, private insurance, and managed care sectors. Our solutions streamline processes, allowing our customers to serve the direct care industry with coverage in all locations. Managing an in-home healthcare […]
10 Unique Challenges of Managing an In-Home Care Business
Given the personal and sensitive nature of the services provided, managing an in-home healthcare business involves distinct challenges. At Direct Care Innovations, we offer an integrated business management platform that enables you to run every aspect of your business or agency seamlessly, helping you navigate these difficulties. Many businesses fail within their first year, and […]
Barriers to Electronic Visit Verification In Underserved Communities
Direct Care Innovations offers an integrated business management platform that enables providers, state agencies, and government agencies to seamlessly run every aspect of their business or agency. We make it a priority to stay on top of the latest news in the healthcare industry that directly impacts our clients. Recently, the Minnesota Department of Human […]
How California’s Proposition 35 Impacts In-Home Caregivers
Direct Care Innovations is well-educated regarding the latest policies and ready to help your home healthcare business understand the new rules and regulations. California’s Proposition 35 is a groundbreaking measure aimed at strengthening the healthcare system for vulnerable populations. By ensuring higher payments for doctors treating low-income residents, this legislation also can improve the overall quality […]
9 Benefits of Electronic Visit Verification
Using Electronic Visit Verification (EVV) technology offers significant benefits for home healthcare agencies, enhancing compliance, efficiency, and quality of care. Direct Care Innovations offers a mobile application to track time and ensure EVV compliance for services delivered remotely in homes or community settings. We understand the value EVV brings and its potential to transform homecare […]
Top Benefits of Our EVV Software
Fiscal management of health care services is essential for home health agencies, care providers, and clients and their families. With financial oversight, home health leadership can ensure quality care for patients and their families, provide resources and support for staff, and balance rising costs with efficient business practices. Direct Care Innovations has helped many of […]
More Support Needed for Family Caregivers
In the fall of 2022, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (USDHHS) revealed its first collaborative and strategic national plan for providing family caregivers with various supports and resources. The 2022 National Strategy to Support Family Caregivers consists of several hundred action steps that can help relieve family caregivers of the extra burdens […]
West Virginia to Use Federal Funds for Home Health Care Workers
The West Virginia Department of Health, along with Governor Jim Justice, recently announced that the state’s Medicaid program will be using federal funds to increase wages and benefits for its home health care workers. Not only will the funds be used to address staffing shortages and retain current workers, but it will also help to […]
Growing Challenges and Possible Solutions in Senior Care
A growing elderly population combined with a shortage of home health aides will predictably pose quite a challenge for the future of senior care. Chronic illnesses are on the rise which will only exacerbate the problem further. In order to effectively care for our seniors, Direct Care Innovations agrees with many other healthcare agencies that […]
Home Health Care & Its Growing Labor Shortage
If you’re involved in the home health care industry — as a patient, family member, or provider — the growing labor shortage is probably no surprise to you. Many home health agencies are finding it more difficult to provide effective care to an increasing number of adults in need with fewer home health workers available. […]