For the 4th Time, 4Tellus Appears on the Inc. 5000, Ranking No. 778

Deerfield Beach, FL -- (ReleaseWire) -- 09/07/2020 -- DEERFIELD BEACH, FL, September 4, 2020 — For the fourth consecutive year, Inc. Magazine revealed that 4Tellus, LLC ("Tellus") earned a prestigious spot on the Inc. 5000 list of the nation's fastest-growing private companies. Tellus offers cloud-based Electronic Visit Verification (EVV) and claims processing to the home healthcare market, making it a force even during these lurid times. Ranked No. 778, Tellus is the fastest-growing EVV company in the United States.

The list of the nation's fastest-growing private companies represents all different types of successful, independent, small businesses. Tellus falls into a niche group of EVV software companies who have been very competitive within their market. Ranking #1 among amongst our competitors, Tellus CEO Brad Levine said,

"We are extremely pleased with our success … our competitors push us to work even harder … we would also like to congratulate them on their making of this prestigious list."

Complete results of the Tellus' Inc. 5000 profile can be found at https://www.inc.com/profile/tellus. Tellus will also be featured in the September issue of Inc., available on newsstands now.

About Tellus
Tellus is a leading home health care technology provider focused on EVV solutions. Tellus is proud to be the provider of choice among a variety of states, managed care organizations, and provider agencies. The company's comprehensive, cloud-based solutions work to simplify, streamline, and quickly and easily verify care delivery tasks and process claims data right at the point of care. That means agencies, caregivers and patients can focus their time and attention on what matters most — improved patient care with better outcomes, greater efficiency, and cost reduction.

For more information about Tellus, visit http://www.4tellus.com

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More than 64 EHR integrations, 15,000 Providers, and 55,000 Caregivers.

Deerfield Beach, FL -- (ReleaseWire) -- 08/25/2020 -- Tellus has quietly been saturating the EVV market across the country. Tellus offers a flexible data dictionary, system reliability, configurability, and exceptional support team. Because we have such great offerings, Tellus has quickly become the "go-to" platform for EVV integrations and aggregation. Tellus' industry-leading architecture allows for seamless integration and adoption across the home health care market. Tellus has over 64 EHR (Home Health Agency Management Platform) integrations, more than 15,000 providers, and over 55,000 caregivers. Tellus has built a Nationwide EVV solution that fits our client's needs, and we have an outstanding team that's ready to help our clients successfully implement our products. Tellus is also providing many of our customers EVV Clearing services which allow the aggregation of EVV data to multiple sources.

Do not just take our word. Here are a few things our clients have said:

"We have worked with many aggregators, and Tellus' reliability, ease of use, and stability of the system is superior to other aggregators."

"We're pleased with the partnership and hopeful that they will be selected by more states and more MCOs."

"We are true partners who work together to not only ensure our members are receiving the care they deserve but behind the scenes of that care, we are making the process easy for our providers to use the system."

"The Tellus team is extremely responsive and has a desire to work with Alternate EVV vendors. I look forward to working with them in other states."

About Tellus
Tellus is a leading health care technology provider focused on Electronic Visit Verification solutions.? Tellus is proud to be the provider of choice among a variety of states, managed care organizations, and provider agencies.? The company's comprehensive, cloud-based solutions work to simplify, streamline, and quickly and easily verify care delivery tasks and process claims data right at the point of care.? That means agencies, caregivers and patients can focus their time and attention on what matters most, improved patient care with better outcomes, greater efficiency, and cost reduction.

For more information about Tellus, visit?http://www.4tellus.com?or call 954-719-0004.

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Solution Electronically Captures When, Where and How Member Services are Provided

Deerfield Beach, FL -- (ReleaseWire) -- 08/06/2020 -- Tellus, a leading home health care technology provider, today announced that Gateway Health Plan, Inc. (Gateway Health), a leading managed care organization dedicated to caring for the "total health" of its members, has selected 4Tellus, LLC (Tellus) for electronic visit verification (EVV). EVV is used to verify home healthcare visits to ensure patients are not neglected and to cut down on fraudulently documented home healthcare visits.

The Tellus EVV solution will help Gateway Health meet the 21st Century Cures Act mandate while helping the company advance its mission of caring for the whole person in all communities where the need is greatest.

"At Gateway Health, we are committed to ensuring our members receive the care and services that help them achieve their best health," said Regina Vercilla, Vice-President of Clinical Strategy and Innovation at Gateway Health. "Partnering with Tellus and providing this technology goes beyond fulfilling the federal mandate by providing more transparency, delivering better outcomes, and identifying trends of fraud, waste, and abuse."

The Tellus EVV solution electronically captures data related to home and community-based services and has many tools to better understand where, when, and how services are provided. Tellus provides the people, process, and technology to support an accelerated implementation while also providing a platform allowing the growth and evolution of EVV. Additionally, Tellus provides real-time visibility, robust reporting, accurate claims, and a simple aggregation model for alternative EVV vendors. Tellus has successfully launched EVV with multiple states, managed care organizations, and thousands of providers.

"EVV is a federal requirement under the 21st Century Cures Act with EVV for personal care services being required by 2021 and home health services required by 2023," said Brad Levine, CEO at Tellus. Tellus is proud to have been selected by Gateway Health and is looking forward to providing the best EVV technology in the commonwealth of Pennsylvania."

Gateway Health chose Tellus due to its highly configurable business rules engine which will help providers identify billing issues before claims are submitted. In addition, the intuitive nature of the Tellus platform allows for a quick adoption under tight timeframes. Gateway Heath plans to implement and launch the EVV solution before year-end.

About Tellus
Tellus is a leading home health care technology provider focused on EVV solutions. Tellus is proud to be the provider of choice among a variety of states, managed care organizations, and provider agencies. The company's comprehensive, cloud-based solutions work to simplify, streamline, and quickly and easily verify care delivery tasks and process claims data right at the point of care. That means agencies, caregivers and patients can focus their time and attention on what matters most — improved patient care with better outcomes, greater efficiency, and cost reduction.

For more information about Tellus, visit http://www.4tellus.com

About Gateway Health
At Gateway Health, we believe in caring for the whole person in all communities where the need is greatest. We see a future in which everyone has equal opportunity to achieve their best health. Through our leading Medicaid and Medicare programs, Gateway Health is coordinating healthcare that goes beyond doctors and medicine that helps members achieve not just physical health, but also delivers whole-person care. Our associates are helping to drive this new kind of healthcare in collaboration with a network of 29,000 primary care physicians, specialists, hospitals, and other ancillary providers. Gateway Health is also committed to supporting our neighbors through our many community outreach and engagement programs.

For more information, please visit gatewayhealthplan.com

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Tellus is enabling all Nebraska personal care service providers to use EVV

Deerfield Beach, FL -- (ReleaseWire) -- 05/12/2020 -- Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) has selected 4Tellus, LLC (Tellus) to launch electronic visit verification (EVV) in Nebraska. Tellus is a national EVV company that has successfully launched EVV with multiple states, managed care organizations, and thousands of providers. DHHS is offering the Tellus solution to providers free of charge. DHHS will be implementing an EVV system this year.

This system electronically captures data related to a personal care services visit. "Once implemented, EVV will ensure timeliness of provider payments, accountability of services provided, and greater ability to collect and track data. EVV benefits clients, providers, managed care organizations, and the state as the administrator of health services," said Dannette Smith, DHHS Chief Executive Officer. "Two points in our four-pronged approach highlighted in DHHS' Business Plan are underscored with this solution, as we aim to create an integrated service delivery system and provide more effective, efficient, customer-focused services to Nebraskans."

"EVV is a federal requirement under the 21st Century Cures Act with EVV for personal care services being required by 2021 and home health services required by 2023." said Brad Levine, CEO Tellus. "Tellus is proud to have been selected and are looking forward to providing the best EVV technology in the great State of Nebraska."

DHHS will allow providers to use their own EVV systems. Those systems will not be paid for by DHHS, but instead will be the responsibility of the providers using them. Those EVV systems will also be required to comply with rules set forth by DHHS.

The Cures Act requires certain home and community-based services electronically capture:
1. The type of service(s) performed
2. The location where services were performed
3. The person receiving the services
4. The person providing the services
5. The date of the service
6. The time the service(s) begins and ends

About Tellus
Tellus is a leading healthcare technology provider focused on Electronic Visit Verification (EVV) solutions. Tellus is proud to be the provider of choice among a variety of states, managed care organizations, and provider agencies. The company's comprehensive, cloud-based solutions work to simplify, streamline, and quickly and easily verify care delivery tasks and process claims data right at the point of care. That means agencies, caregivers and patients can focus their time and attention on what matters most — improved patient care with better outcomes, greater efficiency, and cost reduction. For more information about Tellus, visit http://www.4tellus.com or call 954-719-0004.

About Nebraska
DHHS EVV Webpage:
http://dhhs.ne.gov/Pages/Electronic-Visit-Verification.aspx
21st Century Cures Act:
https://www.medicaid.gov/medicaid/home-community-basedservices/guidance/electronic-visit-verification-evv/index.html
Tellus, LLC:
https://4tellus.com/electronic-visit-verification/
Third Party EVV Requirements: http://dhhs.ne.gov/Documents/EVV%20Provider%20Solution%20Criteria%20Draft.pdf
Additional questions, please email
DHHS.MedicaidFA-EVV@nebraska.gov.

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Tellus Announces COVID-19 Quarantine Management and Tracking Tool

Deerfield Beach, FL -- (ReleaseWire) -- 04/06/2020 -- Tellus' has just released a variation of our best-in-class Home Health Electronic Visit Verification (eVV) cloud solution to manage COVID-19 home-quarantined persons. Federal and State governments can leverage this solution to geolocate, manage, and communicate with quarantined persons. Tellus is able to have a State operable and running in 24-hours.

Tellus eVV is widely used by Home Health providers, by state governments, and by many of the largest managed care organizations (MCO's). EVV technology, as defined today, bridges a gap between States, Payers, Providers and Caregivers. This solution allows and creates a real-time window of care into the home; thus, improving quality of care, timeliness of care, and allowing for service provider caregivers to offer in home care. The time and place of the care is managed while also managing the care and the results of the care to be tracked. To assist with the national crisis, Tellus has taken this proven technology and repurposed it to help manage those that are self-quarantined.

Tellus realizes the urgent need to address the novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak and has deployed resources to launch our quarantine management capabilities to observe, analyze and triage these individuals remotely.

We realize this health crisis needs to be managed in the home and we are uniquely positioned for the rapid deployment and scale.

To learn more visit 4tellus.com/quarantine

About Tellus
Tellus is a leading health care technology provider focused on Electronic Visit Verification (EVV) solutions. Tellus is proud to be the provider of choice among a variety of states, managed care organizations and provider agencies. The company's comprehensive, cloud-based solutions work to simplify, streamline and quickly and easily verify care delivery tasks and process claim data right at the point of care. That means agencies, caregivers and patients can focus their time and attention on what matters most — improved patient care with better outcomes, greater efficiency and cost reduction.

For more information about Tellus, visit http://www.4tellus.com or call 954-719-0004, Option 7

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Strategic partnership enables seamless integration across all EVV systems

Deerfield Beach, FL -- (ReleaseWire) -- 04/03/2020 -- Tellus and healthAlign today announced a partnership that will enable all providers inside the healthAlign environment to document community-based services in virtually any Electronic Visit Verification (EVV) system.  Tellus is a leading healthcare technology provider focused on Electronic Visit Verification (EVV) and healthAlign is a healthcare technology startup focused on helping payers and providers improve fulfillment across the last mile of community-based care.

"We're essentially building a 'secret decoder ring' for healthcare, linking payers up with the diverse and fragmented universe of community-based providers.  Our goal is to create an intelligent marketplace for community-based care that promotes adherence and independence at home," said healthAlign founder and CEO, Andy Friedell.  "In order to do that, we need to be able to tap into all the various EVV and documentation systems that our provider partners have chosen.  Tellus is a one-stop-shop that enables us to do that."

healthAlign recently launched its new homeAlign™ technology which automates referral, credentialing, documentation and claims processing across the spectrum of both traditional and non-traditional community-based providers.   Through this partnership, Tellus will become the interpreter for homeAlign's™ visit documentation capability -- allowing healthAlign provider partners to use virtually any EVV system.

"With the recent changes allowing Medicare Advantage plans to offer more flexible home and community-based benefits, we see a growing need and opportunity to help those plans better document these new services.  We can bring to Medicare Advantage the verification and authentication technology that we currently deploy to help the Medicaid program support this type of programming," said Tellus founder and CEO Brad Levine.  "healthAlign and its innovative payer partners are leaders in this space, and we are excited to help them improve services for Medicare beneficiaries."

About Tellus
Tellus is a leading healthcare technology provider focused on Electronic Visit Verification (EVV) solutions.  Tellus is proud to be the provider of choice among a variety of states, managed care organizations, and provider agencies.  The company's comprehensive, cloud-based solutions work to simplify, streamline and quickly and easily verify care delivery tasks and process claims data right at the point of care.  That means agencies, caregivers and patients can focus their time and attention on what matters most -- improved patient care with better outcomes, greater efficiency and cost reduction.

For more information about Tellus, visit http://www.4tellus.com or call 954-719-0004 Option 8.

About healthAlign
healthAlign is a healthcare technology company focused on improving fulfillment across the last mile of community-based care.  As a single point of accountability, healthAlign helps payers and providers better manage home and community-based challenges such as supplemental benefits, gaps-in-care, transitional services and community health worker programs.  The Mission of the healthAlign team is to help achieve Triple Aim balance -- cost, quality, and satisfaction -- through better alignment of community-based care.  The team is striving to build an intelligent marketplace for community-based care that promote adherence and independence at home.  healthAlign's cloud-based application, homeAlign™, automates referral, credentialing, documentation and claims processing across a diverse spectrum of community-based providers.

For more information, visit http://www.healthalignco.com or call (667) 677-9110.

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States, MCOs, industry experts and providers of home health care and behavior analysis began gathering June 12 for a one-of-a-kind, day-and-a-half national conversation focused exclusively on Electronic Visit Verification

Fort Lauderdale, FL -- (ReleaseWire) -- 06/13/2019 -- Tellus, a leading provider of Electronic Visit Verification (EVV) technology solutions, announced today that a larger-than-expected number of attendees have converged on the opening day of its Second Annual eVVolution Conference at the Hilton Fort Lauderdale Marina.

With the federally mandated 2020 deadline requiring personal care services to implement EVV fast approaching, a sense of urgency has drawn care organizations, providers and more than a dozen health and technology thought leaders to the nation's only national EVV conference. More than 130 attendees representing some 70 organizations are attending the event, sponsored by Tellus for the second year running.

Speakers and sessions for the forum June 12-14 will cover the current state of the industry, advancements in EVV technology, updates on EVV requirements and implementation best practices. The sessions have been expanded beyond Tellus' inaugural 2018 conference to include topics such as innovations in mobile gadgetry, updates on product enhancements, national policy updates, bundled solutions for payers and providers and improving overall wellness through connected health in the home.

This year's event began the evening of June 12, with a cocktail reception where industry leaders mingled, networked and informally prepped for the important EVV, claims processing and compliance topics to be discussed over the upcoming days.

Tellus CEO Brad Levine's opening remarks June 13 were followed by a keynote address from nationally-recognized health care fraud expert, Bill Mahone, President, Mahone Consulting Group.

Participants will also hear from a variety of thought leaders across the personal care, home health and behavioral analysis services spectrum and have the opportunity to engage in direct, hands-on training sessions each day. The June 13 program will be capped with a gala celebration event, sponsored by Verizon.

"We've built on the success of last year's inaugural event and put together a deeper dive to keep stakeholders abreast of the latest changes in EVV technology and the regulatory environment," said Tellus CEO Brad Levine. "Our extensive agenda of issues are tailored to EVV solutions that improve productivity, transparency and, ultimately, lead to better outcomes."

EVV enables home health, personal care and behavioral analysis service providers to confirm that care services were actually delivered by using GPS, location-based triangulation combined with electronic signature capture at the point of care. That data is then automatically compared to care plans, prior authorizations, schedules and other business rules and policies in advance of claim submission.

EVV became a national requirement for Medicaid-reimbursed personal care services and home health care through the 21st Century Cures Act. To be compliant with the Cures Act, personal care services are required to be verified using EVV technology by January 1, 2020. Though not mandated, the State of Florida is also rolling out EVV for its Medicaid-funded Behavior Analysis program.

The 2019 eVVolution agenda will address these deadlines and feature discussions on fraud, waste and abuse, implications for self-direction, and applications in behavioral analysis, among other topics relevant to states, managed care organizations and providers.

"We thought we needed to fine tune this important conversation about EVV," said Levine. "Given the positive response and the larger than expected attendance, we know it's going to be a valuable experience with serious discussion and tangible takeaways that will drive the evolution of home health care."

For the full lineup of this year's sessions, or more information about the eVVolution conference, visit https://4tellus.com/evvolution/.

About Tellus LLC
Tellus is a leading health care technology provider focused on Electronic Visit Verification (EVV) solutions. Tellus is proud to be the provider of choice among a variety of states, managed care organizations and provider agencies. The company's comprehensive, cloud-based solutions work to simplify, streamline and quickly and easily verify care delivery tasks and process claim data right at the point of care. That means agencies, caregivers and patients can focus their time and attention on what matters most — improved patient care with better outcomes, greater efficiency and cost reduction.

For more information about Tellus, visit https://www.4tellus.com or call 954-719-0004, ext. 2014.

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Florida Community Care, in partnership with Tellus, set to begin EVV implementation to meet statewide deadline of October 1, 2019

Deerfield Beach, FL -- (ReleaseWire) -- 06/11/2019 -- Tellus, a leading provider of Electronic Visit Verification (EVV) technology solutions, announced today that it has contracted with Florida Community Care (FCC), a subsidiary of Independent Living Systems. FCC operates a Provider Services Network that was awarded a contract by the Florida Agency for Health Care Administration (AHCA) to serve Medicaid recipients in all 11 regions as a Long-Term Care Plus Plan.

Under the contract, Tellus will provide its complete, end-to-end EVV solution, which includes a point-of-care mobile app, a web-based back-office administrator console for real-time visibility into visit status, an intelligent, web-based claims processing technology that simplifies and speeds up reimbursement, data aggregation and sophisticated reporting capabilities.

Tellus supports an open EVV model in the state of Florida. If a provider agency is already using another EVV system, Tellus will collect the EVV data on behalf of FCC using its state-of-the-art data aggregation solution.

"We are committed to making the mandated transition to EVV as simple as possible for our provider network," said David Rogers, Executive Director and Chief Operating Officer at FCC. "Tellus is a great partner because they support our desire to allow our providers to choose the tools that work best for them."

FCC is one of three health plans contracted by Florida AHCA to provide SMMC services in all regions across the state. Most Medicaid recipients are enrolled in the SMMC program, which includes Long-Term Care and Managed Medical Assistance.

"We look forward to working with FCC's provider network," said, Brad Levine, CEO of Tellus. "We advocate for provider choice. It's not easy, but we've built our system so it's flexible enough to adapt to what states, managed care organizations and provider agencies need."

Implementation of EVV for Medicaid-reimbursed home health care services became a national requirement in 2016 through the 21st Century Cures Act. The Cures Act requires personal care services to adopt EVV systems before January 2020. Florida Community Care is adopting the EVV solution to meet the AHCA directed timeline of October 2019.

Tellus will host its second annual eVVolution National Forum June 12-14, 2019, at the Hilton Fort Lauderdale Marina. The open forum of the conference offers a deep dive into EVV and an ideal way for attendees to interact with peers, understand their experiences, and leverage those experiences in a practical way to improve their own operations.

To register as an attendee for eVVolution 2019, or to view a detailed conference itinerary, visit 4tellus.com/evvolution.

About Tellus
Tellus is a leading health care technology provider focused on Electronic Visit Verification (EVV) solutions. Tellus is proud to be the provider of choice among a variety of states, managed care organizations and provider agencies. The company's comprehensive, cloud-based solutions work to simplify, streamline and quickly and easily verify care delivery tasks and process claim data right at the point of care. That means agencies, caregivers and patients can focus their time and attention on what matters most — improved patient care with better outcomes, greater efficiency and cost reduction.

For more information about Tellus, visit https://www.4tellus.com or call 954-719-0004, ext. 2014.

About Florida Community Care
Florida Community Care (FCC) is a provider-sponsored health plan and Florida's 1st Long-Term Care Plus Plan that has been awarded a contract by the Florida Agency for Health Care Administration (AHCA) to serve Medicaid beneficiaries in all 11 regions of Florida. FCC was established in 2018 to provide Managed Medical Assistance (MMA) and Long-Term Care (LTC) care to Florida's Medicaid enrollees who are eligible to receive Long-Term care services. FCC will serve the long-term care eligible individuals, focusing on preventing unnecessary admissions into institutionalized settings and fostering independence by connecting members to community resources that meet their long-term care needs.

FCC is a subsidiary of Independent Living Systems (ILS) — a provider of Long-Term Care service coordination with extensive experience delivering care management, provider network services, and administrative services across the country.

About Independent Living Systems
Independent Living Systems is a Florida-based health care services company that offers a comprehensive range of clinical and third-party administrative services to managed care organizations and providers that serve high-cost, complex member populations in the Medicare, Medicaid and Dual-Eligible Market. Independent Living Systems has been an industry leader in managing home and community-based programs for over 16 years. Leveraging ILS' award winning technology platform, ILS provides assistance beyond the clinical realm at every stage of care from hospitalization to the treatment of chronic illnesses to personalized care management including nutritional support. As one of the country's leading providers of Nutritional Support Services and medically tailored meals, ILS provides nutrition counseling and home delivered meals for individuals transitioning from acute settings to the home as well as for those combatting the effects of one or more chronic diseases. In partnership with health plans, providers, hospitals, and pharmaceutical and medical device companies, ILS provides solutions aimed at improving health outcomes while rebalancing costs. For more information, visit www.ilshealthservices.com.

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Health plans using Tellus Electronic Visit Verification can now take advantage of value-added services for even greater transparency and accountability

Deerfield Beach, FL -- (ReleaseWire) -- 05/24/2019 -- Tellus, a leading provider of Electronic Visit Verification (EVV) technology solutions, announced today that it has signed an agreement to partner with Care Heroes, a provider of care plan management and caregiver engagement solutions. Under the agreement, the companies will offer each other's products and services to health plans in an effort to deliver added value through greater transparency and accountability in home health and personal care services.

Tellus provides its complete, end-to-end EVV solution, which includes:

- An easy-to-use, point-of-care mobile app,

- A web-based back-office administrator console for real-time visibility into visit status and care delivery,

- An intelligent, web-based claims processing technology that simplifies and speeds up reimbursement,

- Data aggregation that integrates data from disparate sources and

- Sophisticated reporting capabilities.

Value-added services like Care Heroes' care plan management solution are a natural extension to EVV because health plans get better insight via a direct connection to the caregivers who are delivering care on the plan's behalf.

Care Heroes provides its care management and caregiver engagement solution, which includes:

- Powerful data analytics to monitor caregiver and patient compliance, improving outcomes for high-risk populations,

- Quality measurement reporting to aid in benchmarking care quality, reducing risk and keeping members at home,

- Incident and risk reports that allow care managers to be proactive instead of reactive and

- A caregiver engagement and incentive platform that rates and rewards top performers.

"We are excited to partner with Tellus," said Chiara Bell, CEO and Founder of Care Heroes. "We already share some health plan clients who are seeing the benefits of our combination of tools. It's only natural that we would expand on a broader scale."

Tellus' client portfolio includes state Medicaid providers as well as leading managed care organizations and enterprise provider networks across the country. These organizations can benefit from the enhanced business intelligence and analytics available through the two platforms.

"We are always looking for opportunities to deliver added value to our health plan clients," said, Brad Levine, CEO of Tellus. "Partnerships like this allow us to remain focused on EVV while bringing toolsets to our clients that help them improve the quality of care, reduce costs and achieve better outcomes."

Tellus will host its second annual eVVolution National Forum June 12-14, 2019, at the Hilton Fort Lauderdale Marina. Care Heroes will participate in a general session focused on quality and outcomes. The conference's open forum offers a deep dive into EVV and an ideal way for attendees to interact with peers, understand their experiences and leverage those experiences in a practical way to improve their own operations.

To register as an attendee for eVVolution 2019, or to view a detailed conference itinerary, visit 4tellus.com/evvolution.

About Tellus
Tellus is a leading health care technology provider focused on Electronic Visit Verification (EVV) solutions. Tellus is proud to be the provider of choice among a variety of states, managed care organizations and provider agencies. The company's comprehensive, cloud-based solutions work to simplify, streamline and quickly and easily verify care delivery tasks and process claim data right at the point of care. That means agencies, caregivers and patients can focus their time and attention on what matters most — improved patient care with better outcomes, greater efficiency and cost reduction.

For more information about Tellus, visit https://www.4tellus.com or call 954-719-0004, ext. 2014.

About Care Heroes
Care Heroes provides an innovative, easy-to-use system for health plans to manage home care costs more effectively and for caregivers to receive the acknowledgement and support they deserve. With Care Heroes, health plans have greater visibility to the information and insight they need to understand home health care costs, track quality of care, monitor patient compliance and improve outcomes for high-risk populations. Plus, caregivers are incented and rewarded for quality care and active engagement in a community designed to provide support and recognition for the hard work they do. For more information about Care Heroes, visit https://joincareheroes.com.

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Stakeholders and thought leaders from around the nation will gather for a three-day summit at the Hilton Fort Lauderdale Marina for a one-of-a-kind conversation on electronic visit verification

Deerfield Beach, FL -- (ReleaseWire) -- 05/09/2019 -- Tellus, a leading provider of Electronic Visit Verification (EVV) technology solutions, announced today it will host its second annual eVVolution National Forum June 12-14, 2019, at the Hilton Fort Lauderdale Marina.

Building on the success of the company's inaugural EVV summit held last spring, this year's expanded agenda promises to bring together thought leaders from all over the country for an informative three days exploring the latest news and updates concerning EVV technology and its implementation.

eVVolution 2019 kicks off Wednesday evening, June 12, with a networking reception followed by industry sessions, panel discussions and hands-on training sessions each day.

"Due to the tremendous response to eVVolution 2018, we are excited to host the premier networking and learning event for EVV professionals for the second year running," said Tellus CEO Brad Levine. "Dozens of MCOs, vendors, health care providers and industry experts across the nation will share their timely insights, knowledge and inspirational messages as personal and health care services prepare for EVV implementation required by the 21st Century Cures Act."

Forum attendees will have a unique opportunity to harness valuable information on best practices for EVV systems implementation and ongoing operations in addition to timing, requirements and considerations for managing EVV implementation. Panel presentations and breakout sessions will also cover EVV reporting and business intelligence to streamline workflows and improve business operations. Outreach and training to improve caregiver instruction and adoption will also be discussed.

Presenters will drill down on popular topics from the 2018 conference, including fraud, waste and abuse prevention, states' EVV models and how EVV improves care across the ecosystem.

A question and answer period will follow each panel presentation.

The open forum of the conference offers a deep dive into EVV and an ideal way for attendees to interact with peers, understand their experiences and leverage those experiences in a practical way to improve their own operations.

Implementation of EVV for Medicaid-reimbursed home health care providers became a national requirement in 2016 through the 21st Century Cures Act. The Cures Act requires personal care services to adopt EVV systems before January 2020.

To register as an attendee for eVVolution 2019, or to view a detailed conference itinerary, visit 4tellus.com/evvolution.

About Tellus
Tellus is a leading health care technology provider focused on Electronic Visit Verification (EVV) solutions. Tellus is proud to be the provider of choice among a variety of states, managed care organizations and provider agencies. The company's comprehensive, cloud-based solutions work to simplify, streamline and quickly and easily verify care delivery tasks and process claim data right at the point of care. That means agencies, caregivers and patients can focus their time and attention on what matters most — improved patient care with better outcomes, greater efficiency and cost reduction.

For more information about Tellus, visit https://www.4tellus.com or call 954-719-0004, ext. 2014.

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The growth capital will be used to meet rapid growth requirements of the company’s expanding health care services business.

Deerfield Beach, FL -- (ReleaseWire) -- 04/24/2019 -- Tellus, a leading provider of Electronic Visit Verification (EVV) technology solutions, announced today that it has closed a transaction with Carroll Capital LLC and additional investors in a $9 million Series B growth capital financing. The proceeds will be used to fuel its contracts from States, Managed Care Organizations (Payers) and thousands of providers as Tellus expands its Electronic Visit Verification (EVV) business nationally.

The partners in the capital raise of just over $9 million were identified by Tellus' exclusive financial and strategic advisor, Bailey Southwell & Co.

CIBC Bank USA provided the debt capital financing through its CIBC Innovation Banking team.

"We are extremely pleased to partner with Tellus and to support its continued growth with funding at a pivotal stage in its development as a leading EVV technology provider," said Brian F. Carroll, Managing Partner of Carroll Capital LLC, the lead investor in the round.

"We believe this successful capital round accurately reflects our past performance as we scale our EVV technology platform across the country," said Tellus CEO Brad Levine. "Carroll Capital, CIBC and health industry strategist Bailey Southwell & Co. took a collaborative approach to help us meet our goals, providing an efficient mix of debt and equity financing that satisfies our business needs and rapid growth trajectory."

Tellus' end-to-end EVV solution includes a point-of-care mobile app, Administrator Console, Claims Console, Business Intelligence and Reporting and powerful Data Aggregation. Tellus allows all third-party software tools that meet the company's standards to seamlessly integrate with its open platform. Tellus' client portfolio includes state Medicaid departments, managed care organizations and health care provider agencies along with Agency Management Systems, third-party EVV vendors, financial management and other health care information technology providers.

The company is the founding member of the National Electronic Visit Verification Association (NEVVA), an industry resource for EVV whose core mission is to establish industry standards and best practices for EVV delivery.

About Tellus
Tellus is a leading health care technology provider focused on Electronic Visit Verification (EVV) solutions. Tellus is proud to be the provider of choice among a variety of states, managed care organizations and provider agencies. The company's comprehensive, cloud-based solutions work to simplify, streamline and quickly and easily verify care delivery tasks and process claim data right at the point of care. That means agencies, caregivers and patients can focus their time and attention on what matters most — improved patient care with better outcomes, greater efficiency and cost reduction.

For more information about Tellus, visit http://4tellus.com or call 954-719-0004, ext. 2014.

About Bailey Southwell & Co
Headquartered in Nashville, Tennessee, Bailey Southwell & Co. is a partner-owned investment bank focused on small and mid-size healthcare and tech-enabled services businesses. We provide customized M&A advisory solutions for middle-market change of control transactions and growth capital raises from $10-$50mm. Since our founding in 2005, our senior bankers have closed over 200 transactions representing more than $15B in value. We also manage Bailey Southwell Capital Partners, a co-investment fund supporting high-growth healthcare and technology companies with flexible capital and strategic insights to accelerate growth. View our website for further information: www.baileysouthwell.com.

About Carroll Capital LLC
Carroll Capital LLC is a private, family investment office established by Brian F. Carroll, a former Partner and Investment Committee Member of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co., to build a concentrated portfolio of market-leading businesses. Carroll Capital LLC invests in highly differentiated businesses with strong market positions, attractive growth potential and the opportunity to scale organically and through accretive acquisitions.

With over two decades of experience building world-class businesses, from the Board level as well as from within organizations, Carroll Capital works in partnership with management to accelerate growth and efficiency of companies in order to maximize long-term value.

About CIBC
CIBC is a leading North American financial institution with 10 million personal banking, business, public sector and institutional clients. CIBC offers a full range of advice, solutions and services in the United States, across Canada and around the world. In the U.S., CIBC Bank USA provides commercial banking, private and personal banking and small business banking solutions and CIBC Private Wealth offers investment management, wealth strategies and legacy planning. CIBC Innovation Banking is a full-service practice delivering strategic advice and funding to North American innovation clients at all stages of development. Visit cibc.com/US to learn more.

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Participating third-party EVV vendors across the nation will be required to meet minimum standards based on EVV best practices to ensure data security and integrity.

Deerfield Beach, FL -- (ReleaseWire) -- 04/02/2019 -- Tellus LLC, a leading provider of Electronic Visit Verification (EVV) technology solutions, announced today that it is contributing its minimum requirements to the National Electronic Visit Verification Association (NEVVA) to help standardize the integration of EVV software and systems nationwide.

Tellus is a founding member of NEVVA, an industry resource for EVV whose core mission is to establish industry standards and best practices for EVV delivery.

Minimum requirements are necessary to ensure data flowing through the end-to-end system maintains the intent and integrity of EVV as well as compliance with the 21st Century Cures Act, a national requirement for Medicaid-reimbursed personal and home health care providers to implement EVV. Tellus, along with several managed care organizations (MCOs) have established a set of Third-Party Vendor Minimum Requirements that are designed to ensure that the MCO has the visibility and transparency necessary to comply with regulations as well as make sound business decisions.

"We are contributing our integration protocol to NEVVA in an effort to create a national EVV standard," said Tellus CEO Brad Levine. "We are extremely proud to offer our advice, support and guidance, and we will be working closely with NEVVA to establish this standard before the end of 2019."

Tellus allows third-party software tools that meet the company's minimum requirement standards to seamlessly integrate with its open platform in advance of the federally mandated deadline to implement EVV for personal care services by January 2020. Its client portfolio of Agency Management Systems (AMS), third-party EVV vendors and other health care information technology providers are required to meet nine compliance benchmarks to engage in claims processing.

To be compliant, third-party vendor systems and software must collect data electronically, not allow manual edits by caregivers in the record system and track all edits to data completed by administrators. Additionally, vendors are required to be HIPPA-compliant, include GPS-enabled mobile technology as the primary method of collecting EVV data, operate in offline mode to capture data when cellular or Wi-Fi is not accessible to capture, ensure all Protected Health Information is encrypted, and maintain compliance with all Operational Service Level Agreements.

A complete list of Tellus' vendor compliance requirements can be obtained by contacting Joe Schnur at 954-719-0004 or by email at joe.schnur@4tellus.com.

Tellus is sponsoring NEVVA's upcoming EVV Summit, April 5-6, 2019, at the Marriott Rivercenter, San Antonio, Texas, which immediately follows NASUAD's Spring Meeting. Visit evvsummit.com for more information.

About Tellus LLC
Tellus is a leading health care technology provider focused on Electronic Visit Verification (EVV) solutions. Tellus is proud to be the provider of choice among a variety of states, managed care organizations and provider agencies. The company's comprehensive, cloud-based solutions work to simplify, streamline and quickly and easily verify care delivery tasks and process claim data right at the point of care. That means agencies, caregivers and patients can focus their time and attention on what matters most — improved patient care with better outcomes, greater efficiency and cost reduction.

For more information about Tellus, visit http://www.4tellus.com or call 954-719-0004, ext. 2014.

About NEVVA
The National Electronic Visit Verification Association (NEVVA) is a not-for-profit organization dedicated to serving as the single source for Electronic Visit Verification industry-related information for states, managed care organizations and providers. NEVVA provides expertise, news and information, advocacy and support to all of these constituents, enabling them to continuously deliver the highest quality of care possible to those who depend on it.

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Tellus’ state-of-the-art data aggregation engine gives States and Managed Care Organizations oversight while offering providers choice

Deerfield Beach, FL -- (ReleaseWire) -- 03/15/2019 -- Tellus LLC, a leading provider of Electronic Visit Verification (EVV) technology solutions, announced today that its open platform allows third-party software tools to seamlessly and easily integrate in advance of the federally-mandated deadline to implement EVV by January 2020. This includes Agency Management Systems (AMS), third-party EVV vendors, financial management and other health care information technology providers.

As a data aggregator for States and Managed Care Organizations (MCOs), Tellus works with all third-party EVV software systems using bi-directional data exchange to enable claims data to be processed through one central system. Participating third-party EVV vendors are simply required to meet a set of minimum standards to integrate based on EVV best practices designed to ensure data security and integrity.

Home health care agencies with AMS systems already in place for scheduling, payroll or other business management functions can also now integrate with Tellus to automatically send and receive data so that provider administrators are not managing it in disparate systems.

With most states already choosing an open model over closed EVV models, providers enjoy cost and functionality advantages while avoiding administrative burdens and duplication of operating processes. For technology vendors, Tellus' open model helps fuel innovation within the ecosystem. When technology providers focus on continuous improvement within their core competencies, care providers and recipients of care benefit from better technology.

"An open EVV system is critical to successful agency management," said Tellus CEO Brad Levine. "We know agencies run more smoothly when EVV drives value throughout the entire ecosystem including care management, payroll, billing, auditing and scheduling. We also know technology providers are more innovative when they focus on best-of-breed rather than catalog solutions," he said. "As we scale through rapid growth and adoption, Tellus will continue to stay laser-focused on the EVV ecosystem, building on dozens of integrations with AMS platforms, front-end app solutions as well as back-end aggregation and claims processing."

Implementation of EVV for Medicaid-reimbursed home health care providers became a national requirement in 2016 through the 21st Century Cures Act. The Cures Act requires personal care services to adopt EVV systems before January 2020 and for home health services to have systems in place prior to January 1, 2023.

Tellus is the founding member of the National Electronic Visit Verification Association (NEVVA), an industry resource for EVV whose core mission is to establish industry standards and best practices for EVV delivery.

Tellus is sponsoring NEVVA's upcoming EVV Summit, April 5-6, 2019, at the Marriott Rivercenter, San Antonio, Texas, which immediately follows the National Association of States United for Aging and Disabilities' Spring Meeting. Visit evvsummit.com for more information.

About Tellus LLC
Tellus is a leading health care technology provider focused on Electronic Visit Verification (EVV) solutions. Tellus is proud to be the provider of choice among a variety of States, Managed Care Organizations and provider agencies. The company's comprehensive, cloud-based solutions offer point-of-care EVV data collection along with powerful integration and data aggregation capabilities that work to simplify, streamline and quickly and easily verify care delivery tasks and process claim data right at the point of care. That means agencies, caregivers and patients can focus their time and attention on what matters most — improved patient care with better outcomes, greater efficiency and cost reduction.

For more information about Tellus, visit https://4tellus.com or call 954-719-0004, ext. 2014.

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Join the National EVV Association (NEVVA) on April 5-6, 2019, in San Antonio for the Annual EVV Summit immediately following the NASUAD MLTSS Symposium and Spring Meeting to explore how you can spring ahead of the January 1, 2020, requirements for the 21st Century Cures Act.

Columbus, OH -- (ReleaseWire) -- 02/28/2019 -- The National Electronic Visit Verification Association (NEVVA) is pleased to partner with the National Association of States United for Aging and Disabilities (NASUAD) for the NEVVA EVV Summit on April 5-6, 2019, immediately following the (invitation-only) 2019 NASUAD MLTSS Symposium and Spring Meeting at the San Antonio Marriott Rivercenter, 101 Bowie Street, San Antonio, Texas 78205.

Join States, CMS representatives, Managed Care Organizations, and other Industry Experts for an informative and interactive two-day conference to explore how you can meet the January 1, 2020, EVV implementation deadline in the 21st Century Cures Act. Speakers and sessions will review the current state of the industry, EVV requirements, implementation best practices, and so much more. Attendees will also get a unique opportunity to network and share experiences with peers and colleagues. All attendees at the NASUAD MLTSS Symposium and Spring Meeting are free to attend the EVV Summit.

Mark Dillon, Executive Director of NEVVA said "We welcome the opportunity to work with NASUAD to present an in-depth week of exploration into the best practices and standards in EVV implementation. This event offers an invaluable opportunity for attendees to hear from CMS on the current status of EVV along with other industry experts on EVV initiatives and much more. It also serves as a vital occasion to network and learn from peers in the industry."

Martha Roherty, NASUAD Executive Director, added "We are excited about the ability to collaborate with NEVVA on this important event. As our members work towards implementation of EVV in accordance with the Cures Act, we know there is great need for clear and current information about the Act's requirements, as well as for opportunities to share promising practices from around the country and to increase collaboration with all of the partners involved in making EVV work."

There are just six short weeks left to register for two great events in one week. Don't miss the opportunity to escape the Alamo, stroll along the Riverwalk and enjoy some TexMex food, all while learning how EVV technology can improve your organization. Please visit http://evvsummit.com for additional event details, a comprehensive agenda, and to register to attend.

NEVVA's core purpose is to help facilitate industry standards and best practices to achieve a standard delivery of EVV data for services delivered to individuals in their homes and communities. By establishing best practices for EVV services, NEVVA will help pave the way to better, more fiscally responsible care. NEVVA will serve as a resource to help members not only implement, but also smoothly integrate and continuously innovate EVV well past those initial deadlines.

About NEVVA
The National Electronic Visit Verification Association (NEVVA) is a not-for-profit organization dedicated to serving as the single source for Electronic Visit Verification industry-related information for states, managed care organizations and providers. NEVVA provides expertise, news and information, advocacy and support to all of these constituents, enabling them to continuously deliver the highest quality of care possible to those who depend on it.

About NASUAD
The National Association of States United for Aging and Disabilities (NASUAD) was founded in 1964 under the name National Association of State Units on Aging (NASUA). In 2010, the organization changed its name to NASUAD in an effort to formally recognize the work that the state agencies were undertaking in the field of disability policy and advocacy. Today, NASUAD represents the nation's 56 state and territorial agencies on aging and disabilities and supports visionary state leadership, the advancement of state systems innovation and the development of national policies that support home and community-based services for older adults and individuals with disabilities.

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State award to include $180,000 in tax credits toward training of new workers at the company

Deerfield Beach, FL -- (SBWIRE) -- 11/08/2018 -- Tellus LLC, a leading provider of Electronic Visit Verification (EVV) solutions for the personal and home health care markets announced today it is under consideration for a state grant award for Florida's Quick Response Training program that will help fund 30 new high-paying technology jobs at the company.

The Division of Strategic Business Development of the Florida Department of Economic Opportunity (DEO) determined Tellus is eligible to receive $180,000 in tax credits for the award contingent on the company creating at least 30 new full-time jobs at an average annual wage of $73,000 — a rate at least 150% higher than the average private sector job in Broward County.

The state-funded program, designed to fuel the competitiveness of Florida businesses globally provides grant funding for specialized, skills-based training to new or expanding businesses in Florida's targeted high skills industries. To qualify, businesses must have exportable goods or services and wages of 125 percent above state or local wages.

The program, lauded by economic developers and national business groups as the best for impacting their ability to win multi-state contracts, is also recognized by both the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and the National Chamber Foundation in their annual rankings.

The grant provides tax incentives and direct funding to qualifying businesses to train their new, full-time employees. Funding is for one year and is based on performance criteria set by the state. Once approved for the program, businesses pay for direct training-related costs and are reimbursed by CareerSource Florida.

Tellus qualified for the grant as a result of its position operating within Florida's qualified target industry and designated high-impact sector, Information Services-Custom Computer Programming Services.

"We are extremely grateful to Governor Scott and the state DEO team as we continue to scale up our EVV platform to help meet the growing health care technology needs of patients and their providers," said Tellus CEO Brad Levine. "We look forward to contributing to Broward County's burgeoning tech workforce with the hiring of at least 30 new highly-skilled employees."

Implementation of EVV for Medicaid-reimbursed home health care providers became a national requirement in 2016 through the 21st Century Cures Act. In July 2018, H.R. 6042 was signed amending the initial deadline established by the Cures Act but still requiring personal care services to adopt EVV systems before January 2020 and home health services to have systems in place prior to January 1, 2023.

Founded in 2013, Tellus is headquartered in Deerfield Beach, Florida. The company, a provider of technology solutions for the mobile home health care market is the founding member of the National Electronic Visit Verification Association, an industry resource for EVV dedicated to providing information and support for states, managed care organizations and health care providers. The association's core mission is to establish industry standards and best practices in EVV delivery.

About Tellus LLC
Tellus is a leading provider of mobile care delivery, Electronic Visit Verification and claims processing technology designed especially for the Home Health and Long-Term Care markets. Tellus is proud to be the provider of choice among a variety of states, managed care organizations and provider agencies. The company's comprehensive, cloud-based solutions work to simplify, streamline and quickly and easily verify care delivery tasks and process claim data right at the point of care. That means agencies, caregivers and patients can focus their time and attention on what matters most — improved patient care with better outcomes, greater efficiency and cost reduction.

For more information about Tellus, visit https://4tellus.com or call 954-719-0004, ext. 2014.

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Company adds a thousand new providers, completes key integrations and is primed to process more than a million transactions by the end of the year.

Deerfield Beach, FL -- (ReleaseWire) -- 10/09/2018 -- Tellus, LLC, a leading provider of mobile care delivery and Electronic Visit Verification (EVV) for the Home Health and Long-Term Care markets, announced today it has added more than 1,000 new providers to its EVV platform in the last six months and will efficiently process more than a million EVV transactions by the end of the year.

Continuing its rapid growth and adoption, Tellus has successfully completed integrations with nearly 15 third-party EVV vendors, including HHA Exchange, CellTrak and Maxim among others. The company is also building on its Agency Management System integrations with at least a dozen more integrations planned to go live before year end.

Recognized as one of the premier EVV technology vendors in the nation, Tellus has been invited to present at the National Association of Home and Hospice Care (NAHC) today, October 9, 2018, in Grapevine, Texas, to discuss how EVV technology is revolutionizing the delivery of home and personal care services. Next month, Tellus will attend the National Association of Medicaid Directors (NAMD) November 12-14, 2018, in Washington, D.C.

"Momentum at Tellus is incredible, and the adoption by the industry and partners has been over the top. We continue to scale our operations to meet the needs of our State, MCO and Provider clients," said Tellus CEO Brad Levine. "We are proud to have the most recognized and robust EVV platform in the country — we just have great technology that's both flexible and scalable."

Implementation of EVV for Medicaid-reimbursed home health care providers became a national requirement in 2016 through the 21st Century Cures Act. In July 2018, H.R. 6042 was signed amending the initial deadline established by the Cures Act but still requiring personal care services to adopt EVV systems before January 2020 and home health services to have systems in place prior to January 1, 2023.

Founded in 2013, Tellus is headquartered in Deerfield Beach, Florida. The company, a provider of technology solutions for the mobile home health care market is the founding member of the National Electronic Visit Verification Association (nevva.org), an industry resource for EVV dedicated to providing information and support for states, managed care organizations and health care providers. The association's core mission is to establish industry standards and best practices in EVV delivery.

About Tellus LLC
Tellus is a leading provider of mobile care delivery, Electronic Visit Verification and claims processing technology designed especially for the Home Health and Long-Term Care markets. Tellus is proud to be the provider of choice among a variety of states, managed care organizations and provider agencies. The company's comprehensive, cloud-based solutions work to simplify, streamline and quickly and easily verify care delivery tasks and process claim data right at the point of care. That means agencies, caregivers and patients can focus their time and attention on what matters most — improved patient care with better outcomes, greater efficiency and cost reduction.

For more information about Tellus, visit https://4tellus.com/ or call 954-719-0004, ext. 2014.

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MCOs select Tellus as EVV partner and begin implementation across Florida

Deerfield Beach, FL -- (ReleaseWire) -- 09/28/2018 -- Tellus LLC, a leading provider of mobile care delivery and Electronic Visit Verification (EVV) for the Home Health and Long-Term Care markets, announced today it has landed the majority of managed care organization (MCO) contracts in Florida for EVV, with health plans set to go live before the end of 2018.

As a result of winning the state Medicaid contract last year and partnering with nearly all the state's MCOs, Tellus is now the leading provider of EVV solutions in Florida. The company's MCO contracts include UnitedHealthcare, Anthem/Simply Healthcare, Aetna, ILS and Community Care Plan, among others.

The MCOs selected Tellus' EVV platform for all personal care and home health services as part of Florida's Statewide Medicaid Managed Care Program.

Implementation of EVV for Medicaid-reimbursed home health care providers became a national requirement in 2016 through the 21st Century Cures Act. In July 2018, H.R. 6042 was signed amending the initial deadline established by the Cures Act but still requiring personal care services to adopt EVV systems before January 2020 and home health services to have systems in place prior to January 1, 2023.

"Tellus supports the open model and is working across the home health care ecosystem to make implementation easy for providers," said Brad Levine, CEO of Tellus LLC. "We are tremendously proud of our ability to scale and to partner with the top MCOs and achieve the status as the dominant provider of EVV services in Florida and throughout America."

Founded in 2013, Tellus is headquartered in Deerfield Beach, Florida. The company, a provider of technology solutions for the mobile home health care market, recently announced it has been selected to the Inc. 5000 list of largest private companies in the nation for a second time based on revenue growth.

Tellus is the founding member of the National Electronic Visit Verification Association, an industry resource for EVV dedicated to providing information and support for states, managed care organizations and health care providers. The association's core mission is to establish industry standards and best practices in EVV delivery.

About Tellus LLC
Tellus is a leading provider of mobile care delivery, Electronic Visit Verification and claims processing technology designed especially for the Home Health and Long-Term Care markets. Tellus is proud to be the provider of choice among a variety of states, managed care organizations and provider agencies. The company's comprehensive, cloud-based solutions work to simplify, streamline and quickly and easily verify care delivery tasks and process claim data right at the point of care. That means agencies, caregivers and patients can focus their time and attention on what matters most — improved patient care with better outcomes, greater efficiency and cost reduction.

Tellus is a privately owned company headquartered in Deerfield Beach, Florida. For more information about Tellus, visit 4tellus.com, or call 954-719-0004, ext. 2014.

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Tellus LLC earns spot in top 12 percent of the fastest-growing businesses in the nation in 2018

Deerfield Beach, FL -- (ReleaseWire) -- 08/31/2018 -- Tellus, a leading provider of Electronic Visit Verification (EVV) solutions for the personal and home health care markets, announced today it ranked No. 646 on the Inc. 5000 list of the fastest- growing private companies in the United States. The spot represents a 779 percent increase in revenue growth achieved between 2014 and 2017. It is the second time Tellus has been named to Inc.'s list of America's most successful small businesses.

"We feel honored to be selected to the 2018 Inc. 5000 list of companies that help shape America's economy," said Tellus CEO Brad Levine. "This designation validates our entire team of professionals, and their relentless pursuit of client satisfaction and industry-leading innovation in mobile health care technology solutions."

According to Inc. Media, revenue produced for companies on the Inc. 5000 list totaled $206 billion in 2017, accounting for 664,095 jobs over the past three years.

Inc. Media Editor-In-Chief James Ledbetter recognized companies included on the list for their "years of hard work and sacrifice."

"The lines of business may come and go, or come and stay," Ledbetter said. "What doesn't change is the way entrepreneurs create and accelerate the forces that change our lives."

Complete results of the Inc. 5000 can be found at www.inc.com/inc5000. Companies must have been founded and generating revenue by March 2014 to qualify for inclusion on the list. They must also be privately-held, independent, for profit and based in the U.S.

Founded in 2013, Tellus LLC is headquartered in Deerfield Beach, Florida. The company provides mobile technology solutions for the home health care market. It is the founding member of the National Electronic Visit Verification Association, an industry resource for EVV dedicated to providing information and support for states, managed care organizations and health care providers. The association's core mission is to establish industry standards and best practices in EVV delivery.

About Tellus LLC
Tellus is a leading provider of mobile care delivery, Electronic Visit Verification and claims processing technology designed especially for the Home Health and Long-Term Care markets. Tellus is proud to be the provider of choice among a variety of states, managed care organizations and provider agencies. The company's comprehensive, cloud-based solutions work to simplify, streamline and quickly and easily verify care delivery tasks and process claim data right at the point of care. That means agencies, caregivers and patients can focus their time and attention on what matters most — improved patient care with better outcomes, greater efficiency and cost reduction.

Tellus is a privately owned company headquartered in Deerfield Beach, Florida. For more information about Tellus, visit 4tellus.com, or call 954-719-0004, ext. 2014.

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NASUAD, Sandata and Tellus join NEVVA in mission to create standards and best practices for visit and payment methodologies that insure fiscally responsible care

Deerfield Beach, FL -- (ReleaseWire) -- 08/28/2018 -- The National EVV Association (NEVVA), launched in May as the industry resource for Electronic Visit Verification, continues to gain traction as states, managed care organizations and home and community-based health care providers plan their implementation of EVV in advance of the Medicaid federal mandate, now set for January 1, 2020. Today, NEVVA announced that Sandata has signed on as a charter member, joining founding member Tellus, LLC. The professional organization also announced that it is working closely with the National Association of States United for Aging and Disabilities (NASUAD) to help its member states conform with the new regulations.

With two leading EVV vendors onboard, and the leading association of state aging, disability, and long-term services and supports directors, NEVVA can begin the process of defining and establishing best practices, standards and protocols to guide the development and implementation of the technology. Both vendor firms offer EVV solutions that assist providers and payers better manage personal and home health care services. Their memberships bring added expertise and quality to NEVVA.

Mark Dillon, NEVVA Executive Director said, "Having two industry leading EVV vendors like Tellus and Sandata join NEVVA, I'm confident that we will be able to establish standards and best practices that are meaningful and valuable to everyone."

NEVVA also announced a partnership with NASUAD. NASUAD's mission to design, improve, and sustain state systems that provide home and community-based services and supports aligns with NEVVA's mission to establish best practices for home and community-based services. This partnership will help bring effective assistance to states as they work towards EVV implementation.

NASUAD Executive Director Martha Roherty will hold a seat on the NEVVA Board of Directors alongside Mark Dillon, NEVVA Executive Director, Brad Levine, Tellus CEO, and Tom Underwood, Sandata CEO, among others still to be appointed. A meeting is scheduled for October 16, 2018, in Atlanta, Ga., to further define structure and committee leadership of the organization.

"We are excited about this unique opportunity to work together with NEVVA, the first and only industry trade group for EVV," said Roherty. "Facing the 2020 deadline to implement personal care services, states across the nation can now harness critical information from one source and unite with managed care plans, providers, and the industry to advance a common goal — optimizing the technology to support improved delivery of long-term services and supports."

NEVVA will focus solely on EVV and will serve as the industry voice and resource for all news, information, expertise and advocacy related to EVV. It will work to expand the conversation surrounding EVV and to bridge the gap between key constituencies.

NEVVA's core purpose is to establish industry standards and facilitate best practices to achieve a standard delivery of EVV data for services delivered to individuals in their homes and communities. By establishing best practices for EVV services, NEVVA will help pave the way to better, more fiscally responsible care.

EVV became a national requirement for Medicaid-reimbursed personal care services and home health care through the 21st Century Cures Act, enacted in December 2016, intended to accelerate health care innovation. Funding for the Cures Act initiatives rely, in part, on savings generated through reductions in fraud, waste and abuse from EVV. Recently, Congress approved a bill, H.R. 6042, that delays the reductions in federal matching assistance percentage for Medicaid personal care services delivered without EVV until January 1, 2020. On July 30, the President signed this legislation into law, solidifying the delay and effectively allowing more time for states to engage stakeholders and procure a solution that meets the needs of their constituents.

NEVVA will serve as a resource to help members not only implement but also smoothly integrate and continuously innovate EVV well past those initial deadlines.

About NEVVA
The National Electronic Visit Verification Association (NEVVA) is a not-for-profit organization dedicated to serving as the single source for Electronic Visit Verification industry-related information for states, managed care organizations and providers. NEVVA provides expertise, news and information, advocacy and support to all of these constituents, enabling them to continuously deliver the highest quality of care possible to those who depend on it.

About Tellus
Tellus is a leading provider of mobile care delivery, Electronic Visit Verification (eVV) and claims processing technology designed especially for the Home Health and Long-Term Care markets. Tellus is proud to be the provider of choice among a variety of states, managed care organizations and provider agencies. The company's comprehensive, cloud-based solutions work to simplify, streamline and quickly and easily verify care delivery tasks and process claim data right at the point of care. That means agencies, caregivers and patients can focus their time and attention on what matters most — improved patient care with better outcomes, greater efficiency and cost reduction.

Tellus is a privately owned company headquartered in Deerfield Beach, Florida. For more information about Tellus, visit https://4tellus.com/, or call 954-719-0004, ext. 2014.

About Sandata
Sandata Technologies is a leading U.S. provider of home care solutions that enable government agencies, Managed Care Organizations, and home care providers to manage and optimize the delivery of services. Sandata's suite of products includes Sandata Electronic Visit Verification™ (EVV™), a market leading time and attendance product; Santrax® Agency Management and Santrax® Payer Management, web-based software solutions with features including a jurisdictional solution for states and other payers, Santrax® Member Management, an ADA Section 508 compliant member portal for self-directed participants. Sandata has over 3,500 agency clients nationwide with its products supporting 1.8 million caregivers and nearly 400,000 EVV transactions on a daily basis. Sandata is the only vendor that has experience with all four models currently deployed for EVV compliance with the 21st Century Cures Act: Provider Choice, MCO Choice, State Choice, and Open Vendor.

About NASUAD
The National Association of States United for Aging and Disabilities (NASUAD) was founded in 1964 under the name National Association of State Units on Aging (NASUA). In 2010, the organization changed its name to NASUAD in an effort to formally recognize the work that the state agencies were undertaking in the field of disability policy and advocacy. Today, NASUAD represents the nation's 56 state and territorial agencies on aging and disabilities and supports visionary state leadership, the advancement of state systems innovation and the development of national policies that support home and community-based services for older adults and individuals with disabilities.

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Tellus is providing the Electronic Visit Verification (EVV) & Claims Management Technology.

Deerfield Beach, FL -- (ReleaseWire) -- 07/17/2018 -- Centric Consulting, LLC, and Tellus, LLC, are announcing the award of a contract to provide the State of Florida Agency for Health Care Administration (the Agency) with an Electronic Visit Verification (EVV) system of Home Health Services (home health visits, private duty nursing, and personal care services). The Agency is the single state agency responsible for operating the Florida Medicaid program. Florida Medicaid home health services provide medically necessary care to eligible Medicaid recipients whose medical condition, illness, or injury require care in their place of residence or other authorized community-based setting.

Centric is exclusively using Tellus, LLC, technology to provide the EVV system. The Tellus EVV system verifies the utilization and delivery of those home health services using modern technology that effectively identifies the delivery of the service, processes claims data and deters aberrant billing practices. The EVV system provides an electronic billing interface and electronic submission of claims for home health services that are verified by prior authorization, and produces reports for services not delivered as authorized.

As the prime contractor to the Agency, Centric will provide services including project management, training development and delivery, quality management, policies and procedures, and overall contract oversight.

The Tellus EVV system is a comprehensive point-of-care solution for the Agency that combines care plan compliance and claims verification. Features include task validation and visit approval, mobile application, GPS triangulation, integrated billing and reporting, claims submittal, eligibility verification, and an interface to the Florida Medicaid Management Information System (FMMIS). Agency's Financial Management Systems.

In a combined statement, Centric Miami Practice Lead Kim Caruthers and Tellus CEO Brad Levine said, "Centric and Tellus are proud to have been selected to deliver this valuable work to the Agency. We look forward to working with our community of providers to deliver home health services with innovative, easy-to-use technology that improves compliance and reduces fraud."

About Centric Consulting
Centric Consulting is a business consulting and technology solutions firm providing full-service consulting services. Centric's expert consultants help clients tackle their toughest business challenges with innovative, balanced, and measurable solutions. With more than 700 employees in 13 cities in the U.S. and India, Centric is known for helping clients drive operational efficiency, improve customer service, and increase profitability. Centric was founded in 1999 and is a privately-owned company.

Centric Miami specializes in diverse business offerings — from multi-year technology implementations to business process improvement consulting services with quick turnarounds. https://centricconsulting.com/locations/miami/

About Tellus LLC
Tellus is a leading provider of mobile care delivery, Electronic Visit Verification (eVV) and claims processing technology designed especially for the Home Health and Long-Term Care markets. Tellus is proud to be the provider of choice among a variety of states, managed care organizations and provider agencies. The company's comprehensive, cloud-based solutions work to simplify, streamline and quickly and easily verify care delivery tasks and process claim data right at the point of care. That means agencies, caregivers and patients can focus their time and attention on what matters most — improved patient care with better outcomes, greater efficiency and cost reduction.

Tellus is a privately-owned company headquartered in Deerfield Beach, Florida. For more information about Tellus, visit http://www.4tellus.com, or call 954-719-0004, ext. 2014. https://4tellus.com

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New organization appoints industry expert, Mark Dillon, to leadership role

Deerfield Beach, FL -- (ReleaseWire) -- 06/21/2018 -- The National EVV Association (NEVVA) announced today that the organization has officially completed its formation and incorporation in the state of Florida and has filed for non-exempt status with the IRS. NEVVA, spurred as a result of the recent national EVV Summit, sponsored by Tellus, LLC, a leading provider of mobile health and EVV technology, is intended to expand the EVV conversation, creating a leadership forum that bridges the key constituencies across states, managed care organizations and provider agencies. NEVVA will focus solely on EVV and will serve as the industry voice and resource for all news, information, expertise and advocacy related to EVV.

As part of the initial formation of the association, Mark Dillon, founder and CEO of Pulsewrx, Inc., has been appointed to the role of Executive Director for NEVVA.

Mark Dillon is a pioneer in the EVV industry and has a deep understanding of GPS, Wireless Networks and the applicability in Home and Community-Based Care. Dillon completed the first GPS EVV-based implementation for a State Medicaid Department and its respective MCO contractors. Dillon has served as a GPS industry expert to Government payers and State Medicaid Departments in the structuring of their EVV solution for a range of mobile delivery services.

A speaker at this year's EVV Summit, Dillon said, "Everyone who knows me knows that I'm extremely passionate about EVV. I feel very strongly that it's good for everyone involved and the right thing to do. I'm honored to lead this new organization."

Dillon's first area of responsibility is to establish the organization's bylaws and membership categories. A logo identity and temporary web presence at www.nevva.org has been established to collect contact information for anyone interested in joining the organization.

EVV enables health care providers to confirm that care services were actually delivered by using a variety of electronic methods like GPS geofencing, biometric information capture, telephony and other methods.

EVV became a national requirement for Medicaid-reimbursed personal care services and home health care through the 21st Century Cures Act, enacted on December 13, 2016, intended to accelerate health care innovation. The Cures Act relies, in part, on savings generated through reductions in fraud, waste and abuse from EVV.

To be compliant with the Cures Act, personal care services are required to be verified using EVV technology beginning January 1, 2019, and home health services beginning January 1, 2023. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services recently released much-anticipated guidance that clarified certain points of the provision but did not lift any requirement to deploy EVV by those deadlines.

Following the announcement of NEVVA, Tellus CEO Brad Levine said, "I felt strongly that this conversation needed to occur, which is why Tellus took the lead in sponsoring the first EVV Summit. We want to continue to push the organization forward, and I look forward to participating as a charter member and working closely with those who lead it."

With the help of Mark Dillon and other participating members, the conversation surrounding EVV will continue well beyond the initial implementation deadlines and continue to drive innovation.

About NEVVA
The National Electronic Visit Verification Association (NEVVA) is a not-for-profit organization dedicated to serving as the single source for Electronic Visit Verification industry-related information for states, managed care organizations and providers. NEVVA provides expertise, news and information, advocacy and support to all of these constituents, enabling them to continuously deliver the highest quality of care possible to those who depend on it.

About Tellus
Tellus is a leading provider of mobile care delivery, Electronic Visit Verification (eVV) and claims processing technology designed especially for the Home Health and Long-Term Care markets. Tellus is proud to be the provider of choice among a variety of states, managed care organizations and provider agencies. The company's comprehensive, cloud-based solutions work to simplify, streamline and quickly and easily verify care delivery tasks and process claim data right at the point of care. That means agencies, caregivers and patients can focus their time and attention on what matters most — improved patient care with better outcomes, greater efficiency and cost reduction.

Tellus is a privately owned company headquartered in Deerfield Beach, Florida. For more information about Tellus, visit http://4tellus.com/, or call 954-719-0004, ext. 2014.

About Pulsewrx
Pulsewrx, Inc. is an advisory and software-as-a-service company that has developed innovative workflow automation tools for Payers and Providers of Electronic Visit Verification services. Pulsewrx has developed and licensed an innovative Request for Services and Provider toolkit allowing Payers and Providers workflow automation tools that have largely been manual in the EVV industry. As the EVV industry adopts an Open Model, the Pulsewrx Request for Services Product, when coupled with the Pulsewrx Provider Toolkit will be essential to Payers, Care Management Organizations and Providers. Also, Pulsewrx has designed an innovative IoT GPS and Cellular EVV device, bringing a truly cost-effective solution that removes the barrier to mass deployments. This unique product offering significantly lowers the cost in deploying GPS EVV dedicated devices.

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States, managed care organizations and providers converged last week for first national conversation on EVV, results in formation of new organization

Deerfield Beach, FL -- (ReleaseWire) -- 06/06/2018 -- Tellus, LLC, a leading provider of Electronic Visit Verification (EVV) solutions, sponsored an EVV Summit last week, titled eVVolution. The Summit, held May 30-June 1, 2019, at the Wyndham Deerfield Beach Resort in Deerfield Beach, FL, drew more than 130 attendees representing some 70 organizations across home health agencies, managed care organizations and state Medicaid providers. Over the three-day period, attendees participated in an array of sessions and open dialogue covering topics surrounding EVV best practices, implications for self-direction, implementation timing and considerations, fraud, waste and abuse prevention as well as effective training and outreach methodology.

A significant outcome from the gathering was the formation of a new national organization designed to focus solely on EVV. The new organization, known as the National EVV Association, will include representation from states, managed care organizations, providers, trade organizations, vendors, suppliers and other related entities. It will serve as the industry source for all news, information, expertise and advocacy related to EVV. Once officially in operation, it will also assume responsibility for the annual eVVolution Summit. Next year's Summit is already scheduled for May 1-3, 2019, in Fort Lauderdale, FL.

"By all accounts, the Summit was a tremendous success. We had a larger than expected turnout, and the quality of conversations was really unprecedented." said Tellus CEO Brad Levine. "We look forward to participating as a charter member of the new organization and working closely with those who will lead it."

Mark Dillon, President of Pulseworks, and a speaker at the conference said, "Knowing that the many constituencies share our interest in continuing to foster this kind of open conversation and dialogue by forming an organization dedicated to EVV is a really positive outcome."

EVV enables health care providers to confirm that care services were actually delivered by using a variety of electronic methods like GPS geofencing, biometric information capture, telephony and other methods.

EVV became a national requirement for Medicaid-reimbursed personal care services and home health care through the 21st Century Cures Act, enacted on December 13, 2016, intended to increase health care innovation. The Cures Act relies, in part, on savings generated through reductions in fraud, waste and abuse from EVV. 

To be compliant with the Cures Act, personal care services are required to be verified using EVV technology beginning January 1, 2019, and home health services beginning January 1, 2023. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services recently released much-anticipated guidance that clarified certain points of the provision but did not lift any requirement to deploy EVV by those deadlines.

About Tellus
Tellus is a leading provider of mobile care delivery, Electronic Visit Verification (eVV) and claims processing technology designed especially for the Home Health and Long-Term Care markets. Tellus is proud to be the provider of choice among a variety of states, managed care organizations and provider agencies. The company's comprehensive, cloud-based solutions work to simplify, streamline and quickly and easily verify care delivery tasks and process claim data right at the point of care. That means agencies, caregivers and patients can focus their time and attention on what matters most — improved patient care with better outcomes, greater efficiency and cost reduction.

Tellus is a privately owned company headquartered in Deerfield Beach, Florida. For more information about Tellus, visit http://www.4tellus.com/, or call 954-719-0004, ext. 2014.

About NEVVA
The National Electronic Visit Verification Association (NEVVA) is a 501(c)(6) not-for-profit organization dedicated to serving as the single source for Electronic Visit Verification industry-related information for states, managed care organizations and providers. NEVVA provides expertise, news and information, advocacy and support to all of these constituents, enabling them to continuously deliver the highest quality of care possible to those who depend on it.

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States, managed care organizations and providers will converge for an EVV Summit to kick off dialogue in advance of January 1, 2019, deadline

Deerfield Beach, FL -- (ReleaseWire) -- 05/30/2018 -- Tellus, LLC, a leading provider of Electronic Visit Verification (EVV) solutions, is sponsoring an EVV Summit, titled eVVolution, May 30-June 1, 2019, at the Wyndham Deerfield Beach Resort in Deerfield Beach, FL. The event is expected to draw more than 130 attendees representing some 70 organizations.

Over the three-day period, participants will hear from a variety of thought leaders across the home health and personal care services ecosystem. These speakers and participants represent a segment of the health care market impacted by the EVV provision of the 21st Century Cures Act.

EVV enables home health and personal care services providers to confirm that care services were actually delivered by using a variety of electronic methods like GPS, location-based triangulation, biometric information, a stationary "fixed object," or FOB in the recipient's home, electronic signature capture or telephony.

EVV became a national requirement for Medicaid-reimbursed personal care services and home health care through the 21st Century Cures Act, enacted on December 13, 2016, intended to increase health care innovation. The Cures Act relies, in part, on savings generated through reductions in fraud, waste and abuse from EVV.

To be compliant with the Cures Act, personal care services are required to be verified using EVV technology by January 1, 2019, and home health services by January 1, 2023. After these dates, reimbursements will decrease according to a predefined percentage that continues to increase over a five-year period. Recently, a bill was introduced in the Senate that could delay the deadlines. It does not, however, seek to eliminate the EVV requirement. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services also recently released much-anticipated guidance that, while clarifying certain points, did not lift any requirement to deploy EVV.

These recent developments, along with discussions on fraud, waste and abuse, implications for self-direction, applications in behavioral health, among other topics relevant to states, managed care organizations and providers make up the eVVolution Summit agenda.

"This is an important conversation that we thought needed to occur. There wasn't really an existing forum to foster it, so we created one," said Tellus CEO Brad Levine. "Given the overwhelmingly positive response we've received and the larger than expected attendance turning out this week, we know it's going to be a valuable experience with good discussion and very tangible takeaways that will drive good, and necessary, change."

A similar event has already been scheduled for May 1-3, 2019. For the full lineup of this year's sessions, or more information about the EVV Summit, visit https://4tellus.com/evvsummit/.

About Tellus
Tellus is a leading provider of mobile care delivery, Electronic Visit Verification (eVV) and claims processing technology designed especially for the Home Health and Long-Term Care markets. Tellus is proud to be the provider of choice among a variety of states, managed care organizations and provider agencies. The company's comprehensive, cloud-based solutions work to simplify, streamline and quickly and easily verify care delivery tasks and process claim data right at the point of care. That means agencies, caregivers and patients can focus their time and attention on what matters most — improved patient care with better outcomes, greater efficiency and cost reduction.

Tellus is a privately owned company headquartered in Deerfield Beach, Florida. For more information about Tellus, visit http://4tellus.com/, or call 954-719-0004, ext. 2014.

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HMA report highlights Tellus eVV solutions that provide advanced efficiency and independence

Deerfield Beach, FL -- (ReleaseWire) -- 05/15/2018 -- Health Management Associates, a leading independent national research and consulting firm in the healthcare industry, has released a special report that defines the need for ahead-of-the-curve systems that go beyond legal requirements to address the needs and preferences of the populations they serve.

The report finds that Tellus, LLC, a leading provider of Electronic Visit Verification (EVV) solutions, has taken significant steps to build an EVV 2020 platform that goes well beyond the short-term requirements. An EVV 2020 system, according to HMA, ensures smooth implementation, addresses service delivery concerns and helps states, managed care organizations and providers support a system that promotes independence and high-quality service while reducing the potential for fraud and abuse.

EVV became a national requirement for Medicaid-reimbursed personal care services and home health care through the 21st Century Cures Act, enacted on December 13, 2016, intended to increase health care innovation. The Cures Act relies, in part, on savings generated through reductions in fraud, waste and abuse from EVV, which uses technology to verify care is delivered.

"We asked HMA to look at what defines effective EVV 2020 systems and found that Tellus eVV goes far beyond the 21st Century Cures Act to meet customer needs while increasing the efficiency of provider agencies," said Tellus CEO Brad Levine. "We can help states implement the Cures Act simply and effectively because our advanced technologies support changing home and community-based care needs."

HMA found that Tellus eVV provides states and health plans the information required to identify caregivers and agencies that may be operating outside the scope of Medicaid rules and protocols. The technology sends almost instant information upon completion of services to begin the automated claims process and includes fraud prevention features like digital signatures and other biometrics.

"Legacy EVV systems are often inefficient and limited in function and flexibility, but Tellus anticipated the need for innovative features that allow individuals greater choice in how, when and where services are provided," said HMA Principal Juan Montanez. "The result is person-centered care combined with centralized information that improves efficiency and coordination of care."

For more information, download the complete report at https://4tellus.com/download-hma-report/.

Tellus is also sponsoring an EVV Summit later in May, opening a national conversation that's the first of its kind since the passing of the 21st Century Cures Act. HMA will present on the paper at the event. For more information about the EVV Summit, visit https://4tellus.com/evvsummit/.

About Tellus
Tellus is a leading provider of mobile care delivery, Electronic Visit Verification (eVV) and claims processing technology designed especially for the Home Health and Long-Term Care markets. Tellus is proud to be the provider of choice among a variety of states, managed care organizations and provider agencies. The company's comprehensive, cloud-based solutions work to simplify, streamline and quickly and easily verify care delivery tasks and process claim data right at the point of care. That means agencies, caregivers and patients can focus their time and attention on what matters most — improved patient care with better outcomes, greater efficiency and cost reduction.

Tellus is a privately owned company headquartered in Deerfield Beach, Florida. For more information about Tellus, visit http://4tellus.com/, or call 954-719-0004, ext. 2014.

About HMA
Health Management Associates is a leading independent national research and consulting firm in the healthcare industry. Founded in 1985, today we are more than 200 consultants strong and still growing. We help clients stay ahead of the curve in publicly funded healthcare by providing technical assistance, resources, decision support and expertise. Our consultants have an intimate understanding of the challenges and constraints our clients face, and we work across disciplines and geographical areas to put their knowledge to work for every client. Our areas of expertise include Long-term Services and Supports, Government Programs, Healthcare Delivery Development and Redesign, managed Care, Data Analytics, Healthcare IT Advisory Services, Behavioral Health, Clinical Services, Community Strategies, Correctional Health and Investment Services.

For additional information about HMA, visit https://healthmanagement.com.

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New features and functionality promote greater freedom and mobility for consumers and caregivers

Deerfield Beach, FL -- (ReleaseWire) -- 05/03/2018 -- Premier Financial Management Services, a fiscal agent serving the self-directed care market has, after an exhaustive selection process, chosen Tellus, LLC, a leading provider of Electronic Visit Verification (EVV) solutions to develop EVV functionality that enables consumers, their family members and caregivers to manage care delivery that fits their lifestyles.

Premier FMS chose to partner with Tellus to identify and develop business rules, workflows and data efficiencies that support the self-directed service delivery model and address the concerns of disability advocacy organizations regarding care delivery and independence.

EVV became a national requirement for Medicaid-reimbursed personal care services and home health care through the 21st Century Cures Act, enacted on December 13, 2016. The Cures Act, intended to increase health care innovation, relies, in part, on savings resulting from reductions in fraud, waste and abuse in the home health industry through EVV. The Congressional Budget Office estimates the EVV provision will save $290 million dollars in federal spending over ten years.

EVV also impacts the self-directed care market, comprised of individuals, or their representatives, who have decision-making authority to manage their own care. In the self-directed care model, individuals determine how, when and by whom their care needs are met. Tellus and Premier FMS expect to create a solution that considers concerns that EVV could impose limitations on independent living and decision-making.

"We're very excited for this new partnership with Tellus to combine their expertise in EVV with our experience as a fiscal agent focused on self-direction. We want to be pro-active in developing business rules that support self-direction," said Premier FMS Division Director Kimberly Rux. "Ultimately, our goal is to empower people to continue managing their care the way they are accustomed."

"As we continue to expand, we're excited to work with nationwide leaders in self-directed care like Premier FMS. Premier shares our goal of ensuring that beneficiaries continue to receive the services they need in a way that works for them," Tellus CEO Brad Levine said. "We want to make sure that EVV never impacts anyone's ability to be independent and fully participate in their communities."

Tellus was chosen to present its self-directed capabilities during an EVV Showcase at the Applied Self-Direction Workshop: Choice in Action on Monday, May 7, 2018, at the Westin Lombard Yorktown Center in Lombard, Illinois.

Tellus and Premier are both sponsoring an EVV Summit later in May, opening a national conversation that's the first of its kind since the passing of the 21st Century Cures Act. For more information about the EVV Summit, visit https://4tellus.com/evvsummit/.

About Tellus
Tellus is a leading provider of mobile care delivery, Electronic Visit Verification (eVV) and claims processing technology designed especially for the Home Health and Long-Term Care markets. Tellus is proud to be the provider of choice among a variety of states, managed care organizations and provider agencies. The company's comprehensive, cloud-based solutions work to simplify, streamline and quickly and easily verify care delivery tasks and process claim data right at the point of care. That means agencies, caregivers and patients can focus their time and attention on what matters most — improved patient care with better outcomes, greater efficiency and cost reduction.

Tellus is a privately owned company headquartered in Deerfield Beach, Florida. For more information about Tellus, visit http://4tellus.com/, or call 954-719-0004, ext. 2014.

About Premier Financial Management Services
Premier Financial Management Services provides F/EA, Fiscal Intermediary, Veteran and Agency with Choice Programs service to the Intellectual/Developmental, Physically Disabled and Frail Elderly populations throughout the country. Premier was founded to serve people with disabilities and was built upon a set of Core Values that acts as a guiding light in every endeavor.

Premier is headquartered in Los Angeles, CA. For more information about Premier FMS, please contact us at 855-224-5810 or visit our website at http://www.premier-fms.com.

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