Thursday, January 30, 2014

Social Security Administration Widow- Lump Sum Benefit

The woman's husband passed away and she received hard copies of the death certificate through the funeral directors office.  The death certificate is taken to the local Social Security Administration Office.  If the deceased husbands monthly Social Security pay out is higher than her monthly pay out, she can surrender hers and draw the husbands. 

The Social Security Administration will start the widow lump sum claim using the information from the death certificate.  The Social Security Administration clerk will then schedule a telephone appointment.  The clerk on the telephone appointment will ask several questions and record the information on the computer screen. 

The final step will be bringing the marriage license in to the Social Security Office. An acceptable copy of the marriage license can be retrieved through the County at the Register of Deeds Office. 

This process results in the widow being able to draw the spouses higher monthly Social Security benefit.  Included in this activity is the flow of the one time death benefit of approximately 250.00 in to your designated bank account.  The staff at Home Care Path and the Wisconsin PATH ALONG model encourage families to work through the Social Security Offices current process to receive their earned benefits.

  Home Care Path celebrates 4 years of successfully serving seniors in South Central Wisconsin

 
 

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 Home Care Path  www.homecarepath.com and the Wisconsin PATH ALONG model deliver an advanced supportive care service.  Helping seniors in the home, with clinic visits, at the hospital, nursing home and assisted living facility.  Helping seniors downsize with a move in to an adult child's home. 2014 rates are 20.00 per hour.  Simply call 608-432-4286 to schedule an interview.  We can be there when you are working.  We accept long term care insurance.  Services can be tax deductible.  Help with resources and the transition from private payment to public funded programming.  Valuing home and human life
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Wednesday, January 29, 2014

Health Insurance Prepaid Care and past delivery perceptions

There was once the idea that if you had health insurance you would be given everything the medical staff felt you needed.  This was a model of prepaid care.  With the health delivery systems need to change from treating acute incidence of illness to caring for more chronic complex disease processes this looks a little different. 

More and more medical procedures are being scheduled and conducted in an outpatient setting.  Services that once were done in a hospital resulting in a stay, can now be done in a clinic room and the person is sent home.  With the expansion of outpatient specialty service staff are challenged to document a plan of adequate support post procedure to reduce the risk of a hospital admission.

This transition can be a bit different for the medical provider and the family.  Often after a procedure the person will need additional help with medications, meals, dressing, toileting, walking, transferring, and organizing follow up appointments.  The outpatient delivery staff are required to document how these daily needs will be met, but there is no designated pay source for this type of service.  Health insurance pays a percentage of the bill while you are in the outpatient setting receiving the service, but once you leave the insurance payment stops.

The health insurance (payer) plan is defining the skilled outpatient procedure as a separate part of the patients treatment and recovery experience.  The Public and Private (payer) health insurance provider is designating the skilled outpatient services as different from the post procedure care a supportive home care organization can deliver at a lower cost. 

Medical providers express feeling awkward referring a family to a service that is not covered by insurance.  Families express difficulty finding the information that would facilitate an informed decision when hiring a supportive home care organization to deliver the temporary post outpatient procedural care needed at home.

A big part of this shift to increased scheduled outpatient procedures is connecting the family to a supportive care agency that can help at home for a short time. 

  Home Care Path celebrates 4 years of successfully serving seniors in South Central Wisconsin

 
 

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 Home Care Path  www.homecarepath.com and the Wisconsin PATH ALONG model deliver an advanced supportive care service.  Helping seniors in the home, with clinic visits, at the hospital, nursing home and assisted living facility.  Helping seniors downsize with a move in to an adult child's home. 2014 rates are 20.00 per hour.  Simply call 608-432-4286 to schedule an interview.  We can be there when you are working.  We accept long term care insurance.  Services can be tax deductible.  Help with resources and the transition from private payment to public funded programming.  Valuing home and human life
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Tuesday, January 28, 2014

Madison Wisconsin Catalent Files for IPO One to watch

Catalent known for global drug delivery technologies, which involves moving oral, injectable, and respiratory development products to pharmaceutical providers has registered a form with the Securities and Exchange Commission.  Catalent has filed for (IPO) an initial public stock offering with the symbol CTLT. 

Noticed in Madison Wisconsin with the move in to the former GE building on 726 Heartland Trail, the West side of Madison Wisconsin.  With this move, Madison is now host to a state of the art bio manufacturing company. 

With a location in Somerset New Jersey which has operated since 2007, Catalent recognized 1.8 billion in sales to finish up 2013.  The staff of Home Care Path and the Wisconsin PATH ALONG model wish Catalent  (CTLT) a strong and successful IPO.

  Home Care Path celebrates 4 years of successfully serving seniors in South Central Wisconsin

 
 

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 Home Care Path  www.homecarepath.com and the Wisconsin PATH ALONG model deliver an advanced supportive care service.  Helping seniors in the home, with clinic visits, at the hospital, nursing home and assisted living facility.  Helping seniors downsize with a move in to an adult child's home. 2014 rates are 20.00 per hour.  Simply call 608-432-4286 to schedule an interview.  We can be there when you are working.  We accept long term care insurance.  Services can be tax deductible.  Help with resources and the transition from private payment to public funded programming.  Valuing home and human life
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Monday, January 27, 2014

Face to Face and DME durable medical equipment

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid  (CME) law requires that a physician must document that a physician, nurse practitioner, physicians assistant, or clinical specialist has had a face to face visit with the patient.  The visit must occur within six months before the order is written for the durable medical equipment (DME). 

The date of the written order must not be prior to the date of the face to face visit.  The face to face visit must document that the patient was evaluated and treated for a medical condition that supports the durable medical equipment (DME) items ordered.

The equipment provider will expect 5 things to flow from the face to face visit. 

1. the physician has evaluated the patient
2. the physician has conducted a needs assessment
3. the medical condition that contributes to the need is listed
4. the identity of the provider conducting the face to face is documented
5. a hard copy of a doctors order for the equipment is written

Home Care Path encourages families of individuals who are eligible for and need the benefit from  medical adaptive equipment work with a doctor and a Medicare Medicaid certified equipment provider to get their needs met.

  Home Care Path celebrates 4 years of successfully serving seniors in South Central Wisconsin

 
 

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 Home Care Path  www.homecarepath.com and the Wisconsin PATH ALONG model deliver an advanced supportive care service.  Helping seniors in the home, with clinic visits, at the hospital, nursing home and assisted living facility.  Helping seniors downsize with a move in to an adult child's home. 2013 rates are 20.00 per hour.  Simply call 608-432-4286 to schedule an interview.  We can be there when you are working.  We accept long term care insurance.  Services can be tax deductible.  Help with resources and the transition from private payment to public funded programming.  Valuing home and human life
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Sunday, January 19, 2014

Wisconsin Nursing Homes Host Music and Memory Initiative

Can a favorite song assist stored memories to pop up on the screen of  the mind of a person with memory loss. Can this strengthen cognitive participation and well feelings. 

Wisconsin's Music and Memory Initiative is a Department of Health Services program designed to serve 100 Wisconsin nursing homes.  Data indicates Wisconsin has about 29,000.00 people residing in 397 of the State nursing homes.  About 16,000.00 or over 50% of the residents have a diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease or dementia.

The Wisconsin Department of Health Services has contracted with Dan Cohen to conduct 3 (90 minute) training sessions to help nursing home staff and families deliver this new service.  The goal is to create a personalized play list for the individual experiencing memory loss.  Dan Cohen is the founder of Music and Memory.

This is a progressive intervention that includes the art of music, neurology, and the science of caring.  Home Care Path encourages readers to follow this program as it spreads in to Wisconsin communities.

  Home Care Path celebrates 4 years of successfully serving seniors in South Central Wisconsin

 
 

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 Home Care Path  www.homecarepath.com and the Wisconsin PATH ALONG model deliver an advanced supportive care service.  Helping seniors in the home, with clinic visits, at the hospital, nursing home and assisted living facility.  Helping seniors downsize with a move in to an adult child's home. 2013 rates are 20.00 per hour.  Simply call 608-432-4286 to schedule an interview.  We can be there when you are working.  We accept long term care insurance.  Services can be tax deductible.  Help with resources and the transition from private payment to public funded programming.  Valuing home and human life 
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Tuesday, January 14, 2014

Madison Vaccines Incorporated Secures 8 Million Funding Dollars

Madison Vaccines Incorporated secures 8 million dollars to fund activities required to bring a cancer vaccine to market.  Madison Vaccines Incorporated is a growing biotech located on 505 South Rosa Road, Madison Wisconsin 53719. The vaccine is an intervention used in treating a diagnosis of prostate cancer.

The vaccine pTVG-HP is a prostatic acid phosphatase encoding DNA plasmid.  pTVG-HP is a piece of DNA genetic material that contains genetic code for a protein that is made by the prostate gland called prostatic acid (PAP) phosphatase.  Prostatic acid phosphatase is a tumor associated antigen.  The antigen causes the immune system to produce antibodies against it.  Antibodies are recruited by the immune system to identify and neutralize the foreign (cancer) objects.

pTVG-HP is administered to stimulate the body to generate cytotoxic T lymphocyte (CTL) response against prostatic acid phosphatase expressing prostate cancer cells.  The cytotoxic T lymphocyte is a type of white blood cell that attacks and kills cancer cells.

Home Care Path wishes Madison Vaccines Incorporated great success in bringing pTVG-HP to market.

   Home Care Path celebrates 4 years of successfully serving seniors in South Central Wisconsin

 
 

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 Home Care Path  www.homecarepath.com and the Wisconsin PATH ALONG model deliver an advanced supportive care service.  Helping seniors in the home, with clinic visits, at the hospital, nursing home and assisted living facility.  Helping seniors downsize with a move in to an adult child's home. 2013 rates are 20.00 per hour.  Simply call 608-432-4286 to schedule an interview.  We can be there when you are working.  We accept long term care insurance.  Services can be tax deductible.  Help with resources and the transition from private payment to public funded programming.  Valuing home and human life 
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Sunday, January 12, 2014

Home Care Path supports S.1028 Amendment of OAA 2013

Home Care Path favors passing S.1028 introduced on May 23, 2013 as the Older Americans Act Amendment of 2013.  Co-Sponsored by Wisconsin Senator Tammy Baldwin.  The amendment reauthorizes funding till 2018 for the (OAA) Older Americans Act the federal law that funds local operations of central services like meals on wheels, care giver support, and community initiatives aimed at keeping seniors safe in their own homes.

With this amendment to update the continuation of delivery at the local level comes authorization for some new demonstration projects. This includes:

Modernization of multipurpose senior centers

New models of care coordination

Advanced aide deployment

Improved access to medically recommended dental care low income older adults

Establishing a national resource center on family care giving

This gives shape to funding policy that encourages communities to develop the infrastructure capable of meeting the ongoing needs of an aging population.  Purposeful planning to allow seniors to retain the American dream of continuing to live in their own home.  Home Care Path encourages readers to watch this legislative issue as time unfolds. 

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Tuesday, January 7, 2014

Growth in the rate of Health Spending Slows

The rate of growth in over all health care spending has slowed according to the recently released information by (CMS) The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid.  This seems to indicate measures designed to control rising health care spending are being effective. 

-Community programs that deliver care in the residence as an option to nursing home services

-Increased consumer contributions (deductible, copays, coinsurance)

-Availability of generic medication

-Movement of inpatient treatment to improved outpatient procedural delivery setting

-Expanding supportive care services

These interventions have slowed the growth of health spending despite an increase in  the number of people becoming eligible for Medicare and Medicaid .  Spending on health as a share of the gross domestic product has fallen.  The slow growth in health spending has sustained over time. 

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Sunday, January 5, 2014

Vitamin E To Treat Alzheimer's Disease

The Journal of American Medical Association has published findings from the study titled "Effect of Vitamin E and Memantine on functional decline in Alzheimer's disease."  The study was lead by Doctor Maurice Dysken the former director of Geriatric Research, Education and Clinical Center at Minneapolis VA Health Care System.

The study involved 613 participants diagnosed with mild to moderate symptoms of Alzheimer's Disease from 14 VA Medical Centers.  One group was given 2000 (IU) international units of vitamin E daily.  The typical daily multivitamin contains about 30 IU of vitamin E.  The group given just the large daily dose of vitamin E did the best.

The selected measure involved the ability to perform activities of daily living.  These activities of daily living include eating, dressing, bathing, toileting, and walking, to name a few.  After 2.3 years researchers found the study group taking the 2000 IU of Vitamin E alone had significantly lower decline in the ability to perform daily tasks.  

The Vitamin E slowed the decline in the persons ability to perform these basic tasks daily.   This suggests that the vitamin E is stalling the progression of the symptoms of Alzheimer's disease. Researchers explain vitamin E acts like an antioxidant which can help reduce cell damage and support the immune system. 

The study seems to communicate that taking vitamin E can stall symptoms of mild to moderate Alzheimer's disease.  Home Care Path encourages readers to continue to follow this research as it unfolds over the next few months. 

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 Home Care Path  www.homecarepath.com and the Wisconsin PATH ALONG model deliver an advanced supportive care service.  Helping seniors in the home, with clinic visits, at the hospital, nursing home and assisted living facility.  Helping seniors downsize with a move in to an adult child's home. 2013 rates are 20.00 per hour.  Simply call 608-432-4286 to schedule an interview.  We can be there when you are working.  We accept long term care insurance.  Services can be tax deductible.  Help with resources and the transition from private payment to public funded programming.  Valuing home and human life

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