Category: Home-Based Healthcare

At Direct Care Innovations, we understand the vital role caregivers play in our communities, and we want to express our deepest gratitude for their unwavering commitment. Every year, on the third Friday of February, we celebrate National Caregivers Day, a time to recognize the dedication and compassion of caregivers across the country. These selfless individuals […]

Electronic Visit Verification (EVV) has become a critical tool in ensuring the integrity and efficiency of Medicaid-funded home health services. As a federally mandated system, EVV helps verify that home health visits occur as billed, reducing fraud, improving patient care, and ensuring providers receive accurate reimbursement. Direct Care Innovations‘ EVV mobile application is designed to […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

Healthcare in America has come a long way, especially since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic. At that time, most individuals had not heard of telehealth appointments or considered using a Bluetooth device to monitor their health. Direct Care Innovations is a healthcare technology company that develops business management software solutions for home-based and direct […]

What began as a Veterans Administration program at the end of World War II is now a long-term care model known as self-direction. Veterans who fought in WWII and came home with disabling injuries were given the option to hire their caregivers with their disability benefits. It wasn’t until the 1990s that this model was […]

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 […]

In July 2022, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced new quality measures for home- and community-based services (HCBS). The home health industry has been consistently regulated by high-quality standards, but the personal home care industry has typically not been governed by quality measures such as these. At Direct Care Innovations, we’d like […]