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Insights for at-home care teams

Practical articles on digitizing operations, automating coordination, and building software care teams actually use.

APA for home care in France: who qualifies, 2026 amounts and how to apply
Digitizing operations

APA for home care in France: who qualifies, 2026 amounts and how to apply

How the Allocation Personnalisée d'Autonomie funds home care in France: GIR 1-4 eligibility, 2026 monthly ceilings by GIR, the plan d'aide, the co-payment and how to apply.

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ESMS numérique, Ségur and the DUI: is yours compliant?
Digitizing operations

ESMS numérique, Ségur and the DUI: is yours compliant?

What the Ségur du numérique requires of a French DUI: a Ségur-referenced record doing INS, MSSanté and Mon espace santé, and where ESMS numérique funding stands in 2026.

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How Belgium funds home nursing: Katz, BelRAI, RIZIV
Digitizing operations

How Belgium funds home nursing: Katz, BelRAI, RIZIV

How Belgium funds home nursing: RIZIV/INAMI forfaits A/B/C keyed off Katz, regional social care keyed off BelRAI, billed over MyCareNet and eHealth.

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MyCareNet explained: insurability, eFact and eAttest
Digitizing operations

MyCareNet explained: insurability, eFact and eAttest

What MyCareNet is and how home nurses use it: insurability checks, eFact third-party-payer billing versus eAttest, and what Belgian home-care software has to integrate.

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RIZIV/INAMI home-nursing financing in Belgium explained
Digitizing operations

RIZIV/INAMI home-nursing financing in Belgium explained

How a home nurse in Belgium actually gets paid: the article 8 nomenclature, per-act billing versus the Katz-based forfaits A/B/C, and the third-party-payer principle.

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Service Autonomie à Domicile (SAD): the reform explained
Care coordination

Service Autonomie à Domicile (SAD): the reform explained

France is merging SAAD, SSIAD and SPASAD into one Service Autonomie à Domicile. What the SAD reform changes: the two forms, the 2025 and 2028 deadlines, and more.

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What is télégestion, and why does French home care need it? Electronic visit verification and contrôle d'effectivité
Automation

What is télégestion, and why does French home care need it? Electronic visit verification and contrôle d'effectivité

What télégestion is, how contrôle d'effectivité works, the six-month reference period set by the 2024 decree, how it ties to APA funding, and why paper timesheets no longer pass the check.

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BelRAI explained: the Screener, Home Care and the shift from Katz
Digitizing operations

BelRAI explained: the Screener, Home Care and the shift from Katz

What BelRAI is, how the BelRAI Screener differs from the full Home Care assessment, and how it is set to reshape care-needs assessment and home-nursing financing in Belgium.

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AGGIR, GIR and APA: how France funds home care
Digitizing operations

AGGIR, GIR and APA: how France funds home care

The AGGIR grid explained: how it sorts each person into a GIR group (1–6), which groups unlock the APA benefit, and why nursing homes also need PATHOS. With 2026 ceilings.

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