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May 15, 2023

(PR Newswire)

Black Book Research announced that Netsmart has earned the 2023 award for highest customer satisfaction in the annual client experience performance ratings of enterprise behavioral health EHR competitors including revenue cycle management applications.

May 11, 2023

Netsmart celebrates the groundbreaking achievements of its CareFabric platform, which has transformed care delivery and impacted the lives of 133 million individuals, at the CONNECTIONS2023 conference.

May 08, 2023

(PR Newswire)

Black Book Research announced that Netsmart has swept the post-acute health technology platform ratings for highest customer satisfaction in the annual client experience polling of 20 top competitors.

May 01, 2023

Netsmart will demonstrate the CareFabric platform's latest advancements, highlighting collaboration with clients to advance care delivery, leveraging technology for population health and care coordination in support of CCBHCs at NatCon23 in Los Angeles from May 1-3. 

April 20, 2023

Horizons Mental Health Center has chosen the Netsmart CareFabric platform to improve clinical, financial and operational efficiencies across its seven Kansas-based facilities and support their transition as a Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic.

April 18, 2023

Netsmart to exhibit innovative interoperable solutions and the power of the largest combined human services and post-acute provider network connecting to the rest of healthcare at HIMSS Global Health Conference 2023 in Chicago from April 17-21.

April 13, 2023

(National Association of Counties)

County behavioral health and human services agencies and local health departments have been challenged as never before over the past few years. Faced with a worldwide pandemic and an unprecedented demand for services, they have found creative and innovative ways to continue to positively impact and improve the health of their clients. NACo explores the evolution of EHRs into platforms that drive clinical, financial, and operational efficiencies, as discussed in a recent webinar featuring Netsmart's COO and Chief Clinical Advisor, and David Weden, the Chief Administrative Officer at Integral Care.

March 23, 2023

(Home Health Care News)

Although home health providers want to see as many patients as possible to keep up with demand, it is impossible to do so under current circumstances. With that in mind, providers are questioning why they would willingly take on Medicare Advantage (MA) beneficiaries knowing they’d be sacrificing dollars. Some industry experts believe providers should.

March 16, 2023

Lakes Region Mental Health Center and Netsmart expand 33-year partnership through the adoption of the myAvatar EHR to enhance clinical, financial and operational processes across the organization’s behavioral health services and treatment programs.

February 28, 2023

Netsmart and CAMS-care announce an industry-leading collaboration, making Netsmart the first healthcare technology provider to integrate the CAMS assessment tools within EHR workflows to better support intervention and improve clinical outcomes for behavioral health providers.

January 31, 2023

Netsmart and Jefferson Center announce the successful launch of a strategic collaboration to drive integrated remote patient monitoring and engagement for behavioral health services, to advance positive outcomes for the children, adults and families they serve. 

January 26, 2023

Netsmart announced that GEHRIMED has earned the ONC Health IT 2015 Edition Cures Update certification from the Drummond Group.

January 17, 2023

Netsmart announced myAvatar and myEvolv, two human services EHR solutions of the CareFabric platform, have received the ONC-Health IT 2015 Edition Cures Update certification via Drummond Group LLC, an Authorized Certification Body (ACB).

January 10, 2023

Netsmart announced that myUnity for home care, hospice and palliative care is the first and only EHR solution specifically designed for post-acute care to achieve 100% of the certification base criteria, has earned the ONC Health IT 2015 Edition Cures Update certification from the Drummond Group. 

December 02, 2022

(McKnights Senior Living News)

Netsmart added Zimmet Healthcare’s CORE Analytics claims data solution to its suite of electronic health records and related service offerings in early August. Discover how this partnership integration has made the Netsmart platform solution the only one in the market capable of calculating quality measures and Five-Star ratings leveraging Minimum Data Set, Payroll-Based Journaling and UB-04 claims data. 

November 30, 2022

(Hospice News)

During a virtual event hosted by Hospice News, Maria Warren, Vice President of Clinical Consulting at Netsmart, advised how to move the hospice industry forward to a value-based care model through interoperability data and technology. 

November 29, 2022

(PHYSICAL THERAPY PRODUCTS)

There are many options for software designed to aid physical therapy clinics in managing their practices, which can make winnowing down the list of ideal candidates a daunting task. With this in mind, Physical Therapy Products put together a roundtable of software manufacturers where Tom Kero, Client Development Executive, Netsmart sat down with leaders from MWTherapy, Net Health, Practice Perfect EMR, Raintree and WebPT to discuss their perspective on ways PT clinics can streamline their process for purchasing practice management software. 

November 29, 2022

The Partnership to Amend 42 CFR Part 2, a coalition of nearly 50 healthcare organizations committed to aligning 42 CFR Part 2 (Part 2) with the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) for the purposes of treatment, payment, and health care operations (TPO), supports the Part 2 proposed rule by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) and Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA).

November 15, 2022

Community Bridges, Inc. (CBI), a non-profit organization that provides integrated behavioral healthcare and physical health services, has selected Netsmart to advance their organization’s technology enterprise to better serve their comprehensive continuum of care to improve the lives of those in the communities they serve. 

October 25, 2022

(Mcknight's Long-Term Care News)

October 24, 2022

Netsmart reveals the latest solution and software innovations of the CareFabric platform that are transforming care delivery for home care and hospice agencies at the NAHC Conference and Expo on Oct. 23-25 in St. Louis. 

October 17, 2022

Netsmart showcases the power of leveraging the CareFabric®  platform to digitize enterprises to achieve greater efficiencies and support a value-based future across the post-acute care continuum at the 2022 LeadingAge Annual Meeting and Expo Oct. 16-19 in Denver. 

October 11, 2022

Netsmart and the Shasta County Health & Human Services Agency announce an extended partnership leveraging advanced solutions and services of the CareFabric platform to provide whole-person care to California residents.

October 04, 2022

Southeast Kansas Mental Health Center (SEKMHC) and Netsmart are advancing their 30-year partnership by upgrading SEKMHC’s adoption of the CareFabric® platform to enhance clinical, financial and operational efficiencies across the organization’s high-quality services and treatment programs.

September 22, 2022

Netsmart, the developer of the industry-leading CareFabric® platform for human services, post-acute care providers and payers, today announced its intent to apply to join the Trusted Exchange Framework and Common Agreement (TEFCA) to become a Qualified Health Information Network (QHIN).

September 14, 2022

(Talent Board)

Talent Board reveals Netsmart, along with 61 other unique companies from around the world, are recognized for candidate experience excellence as winners of the 2022 Global Candidate Experience (CandE) Awards.

August 08, 2022

Netsmart announced today it has acquired CORE Analytics, the industry-leading skilled nursing facility claims data analytics offering from Zimmet Healthcare. Together, the two organizations will enhance the Netsmart CareFabric® platform of data solutions and services for post-acute care organizations in the areas of quality measures reporting, benchmarking, assessment data and scrubbing, while increasing the quantity and quality of required data for health plans, Medicare and Medicaid.

June 16, 2022

(OPEN MINDS)

Netsmart has partnered with Bamboo Health, creating a behavioral health referral network to support implementation of a 988 behavioral health crisis management and care coordination platform. The platform is designed to expedite access to treatment for those in crisis and connect individuals in crisis to a network of care post crisis to ensure the right ongoing care and services are available. The first entity to deploy the new Netsmart/Bamboo Health solution will be the Missouri Behavioral Health Council (MBHC), which expects to go live in July 2022.

June 09, 2022

(PR Newswire)

Black Book Research announced that Netsmart has earned the 2022 award for highest customer satisfaction in the annual client experience performance ratings of enterprise behavioral health EHR competitors. 

June 01, 2022

(PR Newswire)

Black Book Research announced that Netsmart has swept the post-acute ambulatory health technology platform ratings for highest customer satisfaction in the annual client experience polling the clients of 41 national technology competitors. 

April 27, 2022

(OPEN MINDS)

Netsmart partnered with Bamboo Health, a leading provider of data and health care IT solutions, to create a comprehensive behavioral health referral network supporting the nationwide response to implement a 988 crisis management system. Through this strategic technology partnership, Netsmart and Bamboo Health will collaborate to bring to market one of the most robust behavioral health crisis management solutions.

April 22, 2022

(Kansas City Business Journal)

Netsmart is branching out into the physical therapy and rehabilitation space with its latest acquisition. 

April 21, 2022

Netsmart announces the addition of TheraOffice, a market-leading practice management solution for physical therapy and rehabilitation clinics, expanding the Netsmart CareFabric platform to deliver workflows for therapy providers to better connect to all venues of healthcare. 

April 21, 2022

April 11, 2022

Netsmart and Bamboo Health announce a strategic technology partnership developing a comprehensive behavioral health referral network supporting the nationwide effort to respond to the need to implement a 988 crisis management system. Missouri Behavioral Health Council will be the first organization to leverage the crisis management solution.

April 11, 2022

Netsmart will showcase the power of new, innovative solutions and software of the CareFabric platform and share how industry-leading partnership and collaboration are improving population health and care coordination for CCBHCs at NatCon22 in Washington, D.C., April 11-13.

April 06, 2022

(Behavioral Health IT Coalition)

March 22, 2022

 Netsmart, the industry-leading software and solution provider for state Medicaid agencies, home health and community-based providers, announced that the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has granted certification of the Netsmart electronic visit verification (EVV) solution as the state EVV aggregator for Georgia.

March 15, 2022

Netsmart will participate in the 2022 HIMSS Global Health Conference & Exhibition showcasing industry-leading use cases highlighting the value of connectivity and integration across the entire healthcare ecosystem.

March 04, 2022

(Kansas City Business Journal)

The Kansas City Business Journal recognized Netsmart on a new list featuring the Fastest-Growing Technology Leaders in the Kansas City area. This list highlights the importance of the local technology industry, as well as the players that are advancing the future through software and solutions. 

January 31, 2022

Netsmart announces that it is the industry’s first post-acute technology vendor to achieve 100% of the certification base criteria, earning the myUnity® electronic health record the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC-Health IT) 2015 Edition Health IT Certification.

December 14, 2021

Two member agencies of The Arc New York collaborative have partnered with Netsmart to enhance care coordination and delivery in a range of settings utilizing the Netsmart CareFabric platform. The Arc Erie County and The Arc of Monroe County will use the comprehensive suite of solutions to seamlessly connect data from individual care plans and optimize documentation and clinical workflows to better serve their evidence-based care programs. 

December 13, 2021

(Behavioral Health Business)

The behavioral health industry’s move toward value-based care has brought with it much debate on how positive health care outcomes can be best defined. Now, one of the industry’s leading groups is undertaking efforts to do so as part of a new collaboration.

December 10, 2021

December 03, 2021

(Behavioral Health Business)

Health care information technology company Netsmart has purchased Remarkable Health, a Chandler, Arizona-based provider of artificial intelligence (AI) technology and software solutions for organizations focused on behavioral health and individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities (I/DD).

December 03, 2021

(Kansas City Business Journal)

Netsmart has acquired an established player in the health care industry that will help accelerate its technology roadmap. 

December 02, 2021

Netsmart announces it has acquired Remarkable Health, an industry-leading provider of artificial intelligence (AI) technology and software solutions for behavioral health, substance use and human services organizations. 

November 29, 2021

Netsmart and the National Council for Mental Wellbeing announce a strategic partnership to enhance care coordination and population health management for Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinics (CCBHCs) and their clients. Through this partnership, the National Council will recommend Netsmart CareManager as the preferred care coordination solution for CCBHCs, health homes and other behavioral health organizations delivering value-based care. 

November 26, 2021

November 15, 2021

Netsmart, an industry-leading provider of healthcare technology solutions and services, today announced a strategic partnership with the American Society of Addiction Medicine (ASAM) to integrate the ASAM CONTINUUM™ and ASAM CO-Triage® assessment tools within the Netsmart electronic health record (EHR) platform. 

November 15, 2021

(eHospice)

As we learn more about the devastating toll of COVID-19, the effects are sometimes unexpected. For the clinicians at Glenview-based JourneyCare hospice, they discovered a rare challenge: a rise in hospice patients facing the end of their lives due to illness, yet considering suicide.

November 08, 2021

(OPEN MINDS)

Implementing an integrated, data-driven technology platform that works across the care continuum prevents health information from becoming siloed and enables providers to effectively and holistically serve those in their care. OPEN MINDS and Netsmart share how to help providers develop a solid integrated care strategy, prove their organization's value in delivering physical and behavioral health outcomes, and become a preferred partner for other providers and health plans. 

October 22, 2021

Netsmart, an industry-leading healthcare IT partner, will demonstrate how digitizing your enterprise, encompassing advanced solutions and services, can improve person-centered care delivery through the Netsmart CareFabric^® platform at the 2021 LeadingAge Annual Meeting and Expo, Oct. 24-27 in Atlanta. 

October 22, 2021

(Kansas City Business Journal)

Even before the pandemic, employers were paying greater heed to employees’ mental health and well-being. But after the array of challenges the past 18 months presented, many employers, employees and health care professionals now see an urgency for employers to still do more. The Kansas City Business Journal recently gathered several local leaders including Netsmart COO Tom Herzog, to discuss tools, programs and strategies to help employees not just survive, but thrive.

October 15, 2021

(Mcknight's Long-Term Care News)

October 11, 2021

Netsmart announced today that several clients and AJ Peterson, vice president and general manager will be presenting on emerging topics that include virtual care, mental health, CMS requirements and using technology to drive operations and outcomes at the 72^nd Annual American Health Care Association/National Center for Assisted Living (AHCA/NCAL) 2021 Convention and Expo Oct. 10-13 in Washington D.C.

September 30, 2021

Powell Recovery Center, a leading substance abuse treatment provider in Baltimore has chosen Netsmart to advance their organization’s technology platform to better serve public health and help the community overcome the nation’s rising opioid epidemic. 

September 22, 2021

(Kansas City Business Journal)

The Kansas City Business Journal inducted five companies into the Champions of Business program's Hall of Champions in 2021: Dimensional Innovations, Netsmart, Summit Homes, TVH Parts Co. and Woodley Building Maintenance. Here, you have the opportunity to meet Mike Valentine, CEO of Netsmart, who discusses how his company has maintained a high level of excellence over the years.

September 17, 2021

(Kansas City Business Journal)

Seventeen Kansas City metro area organizations were named 2021 Champions of Business, recognizing companies that are breaking innovation barriers, financially strong and are stewards of community service. This year, Netsmart was inducted into the Hall of Champions after being recognized as a Champion of Business for three consecutive years.

September 17, 2021

(Kansas City Business Journal)

Seventeen Kansas City metro area organizations were named 2021 Champions of Business, recognizing companies that are breaking innovation barriers, financially strong and are stewards of community service. This year, Netsmart was inducted into the Hall of Champions after being recognized as a Champion of Business for three consecutive years.

September 08, 2021

The Edinburg Center, a non-profit community-based services agency, advances its evidence-based services through enhanced components of the Netsmart CareFabric® platform, creating improved clinical and financial efficiencies as they grow programs to serve through additional service lines to fulfill strategic organizational goals.

September 07, 2021

(OPEN MINDS)

On September 15, 2021 at 1:00 pm ET, OPEN MINDS will host a web briefing, Integrated Health Care: How to Move from "We Wish" to "We Do," available free of charge to all OPEN MINDS Circle Members courtesy of Netsmart. Research shows that integrated health care (treating physical health and behavioral health conditions collaboratively) leads to better health outcomes and lower costs.

August 09, 2021

Netsmart, an industry-leading healthcare technology provider will participate in the annual HIMSS Global Health Conference and Exhibition to demonstrate the value of care coordination and interoperability across the entire healthcare continuum, empowering organizations to collaborate and coordinate care delivery for the whole person.

July 29, 2021

(Kansas City Business Journal)

Seventeen Kansas City-area companies were crowned as Champions of Business for 2021. Champions of Business honors metro area for-profit companies that set the gold standard for financial performance, innovation and community involvement. Netsmart joins the Hall of Champions after three consecutive years of being recognized as a Champion of Business honoree.

July 14, 2021

Netsmart announced the successful utilization of ScheduleConnect, a vaccination technology solution designed to efficiently assist healthcare agencies in the distribution, documentation and reporting for the COVID-19 vaccination, at Hidalgo County Health & Human Services, located in Southeastern Texas.

July 05, 2021

(Home Health Care News)

Netsmart has acquired Texas-based data analytics company SimpleLTC from Briggs Healthcare.

July 01, 2021

(Kansas City Business Journal)

Netsmart acquired two Texas companies that it said will help the Overland Park-based health IT provider optimize patient-driven programs and simplify care.

July 01, 2021

(Kansas City Business Journal)

The 2021 class of NextGen Leaders is making waves in the landscape of Kansas City’s business community. Read more on 2021 NextGen honoree: AJ Peterson, VP & GM of CareGuidance, Netsmart as to how his contributions are making an impact in the KC area and how he will connect with other emerging leaders to help build their knowledge and skill sets.

June 30, 2021

Netsmart announces it has acquired Texas-based predictive analytics software company, SimpleLTC from Briggs Healthcare, to expand the Netsmart CareFabric with enhanced data analytics offerings.

June 30, 2021

Netsmart announced today it has acquired Selman-Holman & Associates from Briggs Healthcare Company, a Texas-based full-service consulting firm specializing in assisting home care agencies and hospices across the nation to maximize their potential through regulatory compliance, OASIS and coding accuracy and in-depth staff education and training. Selman-Holman will become part of McBee, a division of Netsmart.

June 17, 2021

Charter Healthcare, a provider of post-acute care services offering a broad spectrum of programs for patients navigating the last years of life, has selected Netsmart as their healthcare information technology partner to implement solutions that are part of the integrated Netsmart CareFabric^® platform.

June 16, 2021

(INGRAM'S )

A decade after moving Netsmart to the Kansas City area, its chief executive reflects on the challenges of revising the business model, scaling up, and the advantages of being in K.C. 

June 14, 2021

Netsmart and OPEN MINDS announced the next evolution of their partnership to empower human services communities with the data, technology best practices and strategic insights to successfully transform organizations for the future.

June 08, 2021

(Kansas City Business Journal)

The Kansas City Business Journal announces the 2021 NextGen Leaders honorees. The NextGen Leaders program selected AJ Peterson, Vice President & General Manager of CareGuidance, Netsmart as one of the 25 honorees.

June 08, 2021

Behavioral health, post-acute care providers and payers unite at CONNECTIONS2021 to discuss the path forward for the future of healthcare and to initiate innovations to address that path. The largest technology user conference for community care providers, which is being held virtually, kicked off June 7 and runs through June 9, where client attendees can join from across the U.S. and collaborate through comprehensive educational sessions and networking activities. 

May 21, 2021

(Kansas City Business Journal)

The Kansas City Business Journal and Polsinelli hosted a panel of five community leaders to discuss the role and responsibility employers have in advancing diversity, equity and inclusion in the workplace.

May 20, 2021

Netsmart announced it has earned the fifth consecutive top performing technology solutions and services award by the annual client-user experience polling of mental and behavioral health providers in the 2021 Black Book™ survey.

May 18, 2021

Netsmart announced that it has been recognized as the #1 post-acute technology vendor by Black Book Market Research (Black Book) annual survey for the seventh consecutive year.

May 11, 2021

Netsmart and Ohio’s Hospice are announcing a 10-year innovation partnership to advance hospice models of care supported by the industry-leading Netsmart CareFabric® platform. This partnership will bring to market new technology capabilities to support value-based care programs, leverage the CareFabric platform to support all post-acute service lines on a single platform and advance the next-generation of palliative care capabilities.

April 22, 2021

Vermont Care Partners (VCP) and four member agencies announce the successful launch of the Unified Electronic Medical Records project using the Netsmart myAvatar^TM solution.

April 21, 2021

(Healthcare at Home: The Rowan Technology Report)

Given the lasting impacts of the Patient-Driven Groupings Model (PDGM) on the home health industry, employing the most efficient processes for documentation, diagnosis coding and OASIS accuracy are vital to keep your revenue cycle operations on track and to optimize reimbursement. 

April 13, 2021

April 01, 2021

(Kansas City Business Journal)

This year's Healthiest Employers rose to the occasion in a year when health took center stage. The 30 honorees adapted their wellness programs to virtual formats and made health a priority when offices throughout Kansas City started working from home.

March 31, 2021

(PR Newswire)

Black Book Research announced that Netsmart has earned the 2021 award for highest customer satisfaction in the annual client experience performance ratings of behavioral health ambulatory EHR competitors. 

March 29, 2021

March 24, 2021

(PR Newswire)

Black Book Research announced that Netsmart has swept the post-acute ambulatory health technology platform ratings for highest customer satisfaction in the annual client experience polling of 20 top competitors.

March 16, 2021

Devereux Advanced Behavioral Health, one of the nation’s oldest and largest nonprofit providers of behavioral healthcare, today announced it will partner with Netsmart to deploy a portfolio of solutions and services to drive innovation and collaboration across the organization. This partnership also will enhance programs for, and communications with, the 25,000 individuals and families the nonprofit serves annually.

February 16, 2021

(Rappahannock Area Community Services Board)

Rappahannock Area Community Services Board announces a continued partnership with Netsmart that will position the agency to capitalize on technological advances, measure outcomes and reduce gaps in communication among healthcare partners. RACSB and Netsmart share a common vision of leveraging technology and innovation to create a more seamless, coordinated, outcome-driven approach to serving the needs of individuals accessing mental health, substance use, and developmental disability services.  

February 16, 2021

AsOne Healthcare IPA (AsOne), a New York City-based integrated behavioral health and primary care provider network, has launched the first-of-its-kind IT and data solution to facilitate population health management and improve patient outcomes. One aspect that is particularly unique is the ability to view aggregated outcomes by groups, thereby supporting the implementation of intergenerational and family-focused models of care as well as new outcomes-based reimbursement mechanisms.

February 10, 2021

(Kansas City Business Journal)

The 2021 Healthiest Employers honorees prioritized their employees' well-being in a year when health took center stage. This year, 30 companies will be honored with the award, which is based on wellness programming and benefits.

February 09, 2021

The Center for Human Development (CHD) has chosen Netsmart as its healthcare IT partner to deploy a unified technology platform to create clinical, financial and operational efficiencies across 80 high-quality programs and services supporting developmental services, child and family, behavioral health and addiction treatment.

February 03, 2021

(Kansas City Business Journal)

Netsmart Technologies Inc. has acquired Geriatric Practice Management Corp., an Asheville, North Carolina-based software-as-a-service company.

February 03, 2021

Today, Netsmart announced the acquisition of GPM, a North Carolina-based Software-as-a-Service technology and services company, dedicated to supporting Long-term/Post-acute care (LTPAC) medical practices that provide medical care to geriatric patients – many of whom reside in skilled nursing facilities. This acquisition extends the Netsmart CareFabric platform to deliver interoperable data sharing between long-term care facilities and the providers that treat and coordinate care for their residents.

February 03, 2021

Today, Netsmart announced the acquisition of GPM, a North Carolina-based Software-as-a-Service technology and services company, dedicated to supporting Long-term/Post-acute care (LTPAC) medical practices that provide medical care to geriatric patients – many of whom reside in skilled nursing facilities. This acquisition extends the Netsmart CareFabric platform to deliver interoperable data sharing between long-term care facilities and the providers that treat and coordinate care for their residents.

January 31, 2021

January 27, 2021

December 09, 2020

(Healthcare at Home: The Rowan Technology Report)

December 08, 2020

Thriving Mind South Florida selected Netsmart CareManager™ as the population health platform to improve payer and provider data sharing. The platform will also help facilitate efficient whole-person care coordination through behavioral health services, outcomes-based programs and incarceration prevention in Miami-Dade and Monroe Counties.

November 04, 2020

October 29, 2020

(Kansas City Business Journal)

Netsmart was one of sixteen Kansas City-area companies recognized as a 2020 Champions of Business Honoree. The Champions of Business profile highlights the technology partner serving human services, home health care and long-term care providers, and Netsmart CEO Mike Valentine.