Patient Engagement HIT Features Repisodic
In a recent Patient Engagement HIT article discussing discharge planning, Repisodic was mentioned as a tool that improves quality of care, empowers patients, and helps hospitals adhere to new CMS standards. “Bowles and her colleagues at Penn use Repisodic, a bedside tool that outlines a patient’s post-acute care options and provides a list of care […]
MedCity News Features Repisodic
Recently, Ryan Miller, co-founder and COO of Repisodic, spoke to MedCity News about how Repisodic is helping hospitals prepare for the new Medicare Discharge Planning Regulations. “It’s bringing a lot more structure, rules and requirements, I would say, to the way hospitals are presenting options and discharging patients to post-acute care. For various reasons, discharge […]
Repisodic in Tech Crunch’s “Where Top VCs Are Investing in Digital Health”
In Tech Crunch’s “Where top VCs are investing in digital health,” Jennifer Hartt and John Prendergass, from Ben Franklin Technology Partners, were asked about trends that excite them in digital health. They noted that there is an “increasing number of companies started by industry experts and focused on specific, non-obvious, pain points in the healthcare […]
Explaining the IMPACT Act
Historically, the various facilities within post-acute care (PAC) have had no standardization in their data collection. Despite PAC types serving different purposes, there is a certain quality of care that should be universal. As the post-acute care continues to cost Medicare billions of dollars, it has become increasingly evident that reform is needed. This reform […]
CMS Discharge Planning Rules Updated
It’s been an exciting past few weeks for post-acute care. At the beginning of October, the Patient-Driven Payment Model (PDPM) went into effect for skilled nursing facilities and nursing homes. This is arguably the greatest single change to the way skilled nursing operators are reimbursed by Medicare over the past few decades – providers will […]
The New Reimbursement Method: Patient Driven Payment Model
Changes in the Five-Star Quality Ratings
Overview of Changes Since the creation of Medicare and Medicaid from the Social Security Act of 1965, many changes have occurred in coverage, inspection, benefits, and state involvement in an effort to continue “protecting the health and well-being of millions of American families, saving lives, and improving the economic security of our nation.”1 The Centers […]
Consumerism in Healthcare
With new technology and easier access to information, consumer choice is increasingly continuing to drive change in every industry, and healthcare is no exception. Consumers value the same qualities in healthcare as they do with any other industry, including good customer service, delivering on expectations, making life easier, and offering great value. In order to […]
Repisodic Accepted into Science Center’s Digital Health Accelerator
Repisodic is proud to join the third cohort of the Science Center’s Digital Health Accelerator (DHA) in Philadelphia. Along with six other companies, repisodic will receive grant funding in the 12-month program to transition from product research and development to sales. The DHA selects promising companies from around the world and provides them with funding, collaborative […]
Post-Acute Care: The Last Frontier in American Healthcare
Post-Acute Care (PAC) is often referred to as the “Wild West” of the U.S. healthcare system (see here, here and here). But the real Wild West era didn’t last forever and neither will it for PAC. This article explores how changes in healthcare policies and trends are fundamentally transforming the PAC industry and bringing the Wild West era to […]