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Digitizing operations

Replacing paper, spreadsheets, and manual steps with software at-home care teams actually adopt.

APA for home care in France: who qualifies, 2026 amounts and how to apply
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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?
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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
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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
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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
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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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BelRAI explained: the Screener, Home Care and the shift from Katz
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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
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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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How Switzerland assesses and funds long-term care: LAMal, the cantons, and RAI
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How Switzerland assesses and funds long-term care: LAMal, the cantons, and RAI

Why Switzerland has no single national assessment instrument, how LAMal's three-payer model funds home care and nursing homes, how care minutes become francs, and what the cantonal patchwork means for your software.

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Katz Index (ADL scale): scoring and Belgian care forfaits
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Katz Index (ADL scale): scoring and Belgian care forfaits

How the Katz Index (ADL scale) scores six daily-living activities and when a home-nursing patient qualifies for forfait A, B or C. With a calculator.

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