“[T]he renewed focus of the Complia Health leadership has made a significant difference in our business, and was instrumental in our decision to extend our ten-year contract for an additional five years.” —David Haslup, President and CEO, Interim HealthCare of Central Virginia

SCHAUMBURG, Ill. (PRWEB)
March 05, 2020

Complia Health announces a five-year ContinuLink contract extension with the Interim HealthCare franchise network, one of the largest home healthcare providers in the country. This contract extension bridges the current ten-year agreement between Interim HealthCare and Complia Health, ensuring a continuation of streamlined compliance, documentation and accounting for home healthcare billing processes.

Interim HealthCare is at the heart of the ContinuLink product. In 2008, the 350 Interim franchise owners realized there was an industry-wide need for a consistent medical billing product to manage multiple lines of business throughout various locations. As a result, the ContinuLink product was built from the ground-up with direct input from Interim franchise leaders.

The product launched successfully at the end of 2008 and eventually became a separate entity. Complia Health acquired ContinuLink in 2011, where it has remained a product of choice within the industry, helping clients navigate the complexities of home healthcare management while maximizing efficiencies and revenues.

“We consistently deliver on the always-changing regulatory requirements in the industry,” says Brad Caldwell, Chief Revenue Officer of Complia Health. “One of our greatest strengths is facilitating complex payers with multiple business lines, which gives our clients an advantage over their competitors.”

Two Interim HealthCare franchise owners are also part of Complia Health’s Customer Advisory Board see tremendous value in continuing the partnership with ContinuLink.

“We are not jeopardizing the backbone of our company by taking a risk on an unknown vendor in an unknown space,” says Devin Ringling, CEO of Interim HealthCare of Colorado Springs and a member of the Customer Advisory Board. “It only makes sense to continue our long-standing relationship with one of the best partners in the industry.”

Complia Health is committed to customer-centric care, ensuring that their industry-leading customers have the most current, regulatory-compliant products available. In addition to ContinuLink, the industry-changing Mobile Edge caregiver engagement tool satisfies both the Cures Act and EVV mandates. Mobile Edge works seamlessly with ContinuLink, making sure patient details are HIPPA-compliant and remotely accessible for home health caregivers utilizing the platform.

“The newly released Mobile Edge is also a game-changer for our caregivers, helping us meet compliance standards in a more streamlined manner,” says David Haslup, President and CEO of Interim HealthCare of Central Virginia. “Additionally, the renewed focus of the ContinuLink/Complia Health leadership has made a significant difference in our business, and was instrumental in our decision to extend our ten-year contract for an additional five years.”

Reach out to a solutions expert by calling 1.866.802.7704 or visit the ContinuLink information page to see firsthand why industry leaders like Interim HealthCare re-commit to ContinuLink for superior home healthcare software.

About Complia Health

Complia Health is a leading provider of technology and expertise for the post-acute and long-term care markets. Thousands of home health, hospice, palliative care, residential care, and community care locations count on Complia Health for the clinical, operational, and financial solutions required to profitability deliver quality care to their clients. Complia Health’s innovative products are supported by an industry-leading team of health and technology experts located in the United States. For more information, visit http://www.compliahealth.com.

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Datex 3PL Billing Guide

“One of the biggest challenges for 3PLs and third party service providers is being able to satisfy the specific needs of each of their customers when it comes to billing,” explained Michael Armanious, Vice President of Sales and Marketing for Datex.

CLEARWATER, Fla. (PRWEB)
March 05, 2020

Notable supply chain software developer and 3PL expert Datex released a free comprehensive guide to 3PL and third party billing. The 3PL billing guide is available on the Datex website for download.

“Datex works hand-in-hand with third party logistics providers as well as with companies who do contract manufacturing, packaging and other services. One of the biggest challenges for 3PLs and third party service providers is being able to satisfy the specific needs of each of their customers when it comes to billing” explained Michael Armanious, Vice President of Sales and Marketing for Datex.

3PLs, CMOs, CPOs and other third party service providers often perform a wide range of value-added services and need to be able to capture and bill accordingly. 3PLs and third party service providers often encounter unusual billing strategies and are challenged to accommodate some customers. Using technology can make all the difference. Today, workflow-driven 3PL WMS billing systems are more flexible and able to be customized to meet customer billing needs. The Datex 3PL Billing Guide provides a list of some of the most common billing strategies as well as others that have recently become necessary including the ability to:

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  Split costs between different entities, including internal departments
• Handle fuel surcharges and overtime fees
• Handle item, receipt or total minimums
• Accommodate multi-tiered volume-based billing rate structures
• Charge on a percentage or flat rate basis
• Charge on a per transaction or per transaction line basis
• Produce multi-year contracts

The Datex free 3PL billing guide includes insight into technology features that help ensure agile, configurable billing for multiple customers and explains:

• The need for flexibility in third party billing
• How workflow-based billing ensures timely, accurate automated billing
• How the use of query functionality enables customization, ideal for unusual or complex billing strategies

About Datex

For over 42 years, Datex has helped supply chain businesses to operate more efficiently and productively using cutting edge technology. As a Microsoft Gold level partner for Software Application Development, Datex is considered to be in the top 1% of the 640,000 Microsoft partners worldwide. For more information on Datex software, hardware and managed services, please visit the Datex website http://www.datexcorp.com/.

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Dr. Constance Chen

While pleased with the appearance of her new breasts, some women are disappointed to realize that to her reconstructed breast is numb to touch and sexual arousal.

NEW YORK (PRWEB)
March 05, 2020

Autologous reconstruction – using a woman’s own tissue to create a new breast – has become the “gold standard” for breast reconstruction, either immediately following mastectomy or later. “Nipple-sparing mastectomy with autologous tissue breast reconstruction delivers a soft, warm, natural breast that is often barely distinguishable from a woman’s original breast,” says plastic surgeon and breast specialist Dr. Constance M. Chen. “Sometimes, however, the natural look and feel of the reconstructed breast may be more apparent to others than it is to the woman herself.” While pleased with the appearance of her new breasts, some women are disappointed to realize that to her reconstructed breast is numb to touch and sexual arousal.

“As breast reconstruction techniques have been developed, the emphasis until now has been on how the woman would look,” says Dr. Chen. “The next frontier in reconstructive surgery is to reconnect nerves and restore sensation to the breast. New techniques show great promise and many women are now experiencing varying degrees of restored feeling.”

Dr. Chen answers questions about loss and restoration of feeling in reconstructed breasts.

“Why is feeling lost after mastectomy? Can it return?”

During a mastectomy, the nerves that provide feeling to the breast and nipple are severed, causing loss of sensation in the remaining skin. Some women experience a limited return of sensation over time, dependent in part on the type of reconstruction they have. Implants form a physical barrier that prevents nerves from growing through to the skin. Autologous reconstruction, which transfers blood vessels and nerves along with fat and skin, offers the best opportunity for nerve regeneration since nerves are more likely to grow in natural tissue.

Of the four different types of nerve sensation – deep pressure, light touch, pain, and temperature – deep pressure sensation returns most quickly and temperature most slowly. But nerves grow very slowly and even when the regenerated nerves reach the skin after months or years, the quality of sensation is variable.

“How can sensation be restored?”

Because nerve regeneration is slow and results are unpredictable, reconnecting nerves has not always been a surgical priority. But new, meticulous microsurgical techniques that use neural tubes and nerve grafts have enabled surgeons to offer each woman the best possible chance for restoration of feeling.

Two specific methods of autologous reconstruction offer the best opportunity for successfully reconnecting nerves via a procedure called neurrropahy, a microsurgical technique that attaches two nerves. In perforator flap breast reconstruction, the skin, fat, and blood vessels (the “flap”) are transferred from a donor site, often the abdomen or upper inner thighs, to create the new breast. During the flap surgery, a sensory nerve that provides feeling to the lower abdominal skin can be included and transferred with the flap to the chest. Surgeons specially trained in this technique can then connect this nerve to nerves that were severed during the mastectomy. This additional surgical step has shown great promise in restoring feeling better and faster than waiting and hoping for nerves to regenerate.

“How can I ensure that I have the best possible chance to have feeling restored?”

One of the most distressing aspects of loss of feeling is that many women were assured that their reconstructed breast would look and feel natural but weren’t told that they would lose most or all of the feeling in the breast.

The importance of the return of sensation is different for every woman and should be discussed in the initial surgical consultation so she knows what to expect and has the opportunity to ensure that her surgeon is trained in the techniques that will provide the best outcome.

“What constitutes feeling ‘herself’ again after breast cancer is an individual matter that has both physical and emotional aspects,” says Dr. Chen. “Our responsibility to each patient is to ensure that her expectations are realistic and to offer her choices that let her decide what is the best way for her to regain her confidence and preserve her sense of self.”

Constance M. Chen, MD, is a board-certified plastic surgeon with special expertise in the use of innovative natural techniques to optimize medical and cosmetic outcomes for women undergoing breast reconstruction. She is Clinical Assistant Professor of Surgery (Plastic Surgery) at Weill Cornell Medical College and Clinical Assistant Professor of Surgery (Plastic Surgery) at Tulane University School of Medicine.

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MCG clinical guidance is used by nine of the largest U.S. health plans and nearly 2,000 hospitals.

“Casenet’s integration with [MCG] Cite AutoAuth solves the back-and-forth requests for information that hinder the authorization process,” – Peter Masanotti, CEO of Casenet

SEATTLE (PRWEB)
March 05, 2020

MCG Health, part of the Hearst Health network and a leading provider of informed care strategies, announces the certified integration of its MCG Cite AutoAuth solution with Casenet, LLC’s latest release of the TruCare ProAuth™ platform. This extended partnership will help promote seamless payer-provider prior author determinations by combining the robust evidence base of MCG care guidelines, the customizable decision tree logic of Cite AutoAuth, and Casenet’s innovative digital authorization tool. The trifecta of these powerful solutions enables providers to process authorization requests more quickly and easily while simultaneously reducing administrative burdens associated with the request for information (RFI) process.

The value for both providers and payers using Cite AutoAuth within TruCare ProAuth™ is the reduction of cumbersome phone and fax authorization requests, as well as the opportunity to base authorization decisions on a common, evidence-based language. MCG care guidelines are already licensed by nine of the largest health plans and nearly 2,000 U.S. hospitals which is a strong sign of their trusted reputation across the entire healthcare industry. Casenet, well known for innovation, implementation, and client service, was ranked Best in KLAS in 2017, 2018, and 2019.

“Casenet’s integration with Cite AutoAuth solves the back-and-forth requests for information that hinder the authorization process,” said Peter Masanotti, CEO of Casenet. “It enables efficiency, accuracy, and transparency in prior authorization processes through automation, allowing providers and payers to spend more time on valuable work and improving the provider and patient experience.”

MCG President and CEO, Jon Shreve, added, “MCG and Casenet have been working together for years, and this new integration will further enhance the combined value we bring to both payer and provider clients and ultimately, to the patient.”

Inquiries for more information on leveraging MCG and Casenet solutions can be submitted at https://www.mcg.com/contact-us/sales-inquiry/.

About Casenet, LLC

Casenet provides a comprehensive suite of enterprise care management software and services solutions for commercial, Medicaid, Medicare, TPA, provider/ACO, and specialty provider organizations that have multiple lines of business and that require comprehensive configurations for each member population. Healthcare organizations rely on Casenet’s population health management solutions to improve care coordination and the quality and delivery of care through enhanced case, disease, utilization, and home and community-based services management. Casenet solutions enable organizations to adapt quickly to changing market and regulatory dynamics, and to identify and target populations having unique risk characteristics with specific care management programs— taking the first step toward better individual health and total population health management. For more information, visit http://www.casenetllc.com.

About MCG Health

MCG, part of the Hearst Health network, helps healthcare organizations implement informed care strategies that proactively and efficiently move people toward health. MCG’s transparent assessment of the latest research and scholarly articles, along with our own data analysis, gives patients, providers, and payers the vetted information they need to feel confident in every care decision, in every moment. For more information visit http://www.mcg.com or follow our Twitter handle at @MCG_Health.

About Hearst Health

The mission of Hearst Health is to help guide the most important care moments by delivering vital information into the hands of everyone who touches a person’s health journey. Each year in the U.S., care guidance from Hearst Health reaches 85 percent of discharged patients, 205 million insured individuals, 99 million home health visits and 3.2 billion dispensed prescriptions. The Hearst Health network includes FDB (First Databank), Zynx Health, MCG, Homecare Homebase, MHK (formerly MedHOK—Medical House of Knowledge) and Hearst Health Ventures (http://www.hearsthealth.com). Hearst also holds a minority interest in the precision medicine and oncology analytics company M2Gen. Follow Hearst Health on Twitter @HearstHealth or LinkedIn @Hearst-Health.

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