Misys debuts new version of Homecare

Misys Healthcare Systems, a healthcare IT developer, will reveal the latest version of Misys Homecare at National Association for Home Care and Hospice (NAHC) annual meeting, Oct. 6-10 in Denver.

Homecare clients who use the new version of Misys Homecare will have access to a prospective-payment system, home-health refinement and rate update, as well as the CMS hospice annual wage index update and billing changes mandated for adoption by Jan. 1, 2008, according to the Raleigh, N.C-based Misys.

The new version of Misys Homecare will be on display at NAHC.

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