Aging service organizations, labor groups blast infrastructure compromise that leaves out care economy
By
Diane Eastabrook
Jun 14, 2021
Labor unions, aging services organizations and at least one U.S. senator have turned up the heat on Congress to fund the care economy, which President Biden proposed in his infrastructure plan
Six new senior-focused clinics coming to Atlanta, courtesy of Humana’s CenterWell brand
By
Diane Eastabrook
Jun 14, 2021
Humana’s fast-growing CenterWell brand announced last week it will be opening six new senior-focused primary care centers in the Atlanta area through the end of next year. This is in addition to the...
New CMS effort to vaccinate homebound seniors receives a thumbs-up from home care providers
By
Diane Eastabrook
Jun 10, 2021
Home care, hospice and other home-and-community-based service providers are applauding the latest move by the Biden administration to increase COVID-19 vaccinations among homebound seniors.
In effort to boost COVID-19 vaccinations to homebound, CMS to pay $35 more per dose
By
Diane Eastabrook
Jun 09, 2021
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announced Wednesday an additional payment for administering in-home COVID-19 vaccinations to Medicare beneficiaries having difficulty leaving their...
Digital health firm Duos nets $6 million investment to pair seniors with personal assistants
By
Diane Eastabrook
Jun 09, 2021
Duos, a digital health firm providing personal assistants to seniors, announced a $6 million capital infusion on Tuesday from healthcare investor Redesign Health.
Fox Rehabilitation aims to expand in-home geriatric therapy model
By
Diane Eastabrook
Jun 08, 2021
Veteran physical therapist Tim Fox started the rehabilitation business that bears his name 22 years ago in Cherry Hill, NJ. He said he had grown frustrated with the limited treatment he was providing home...
Home Care briefs for Friday, June 4
By
Diane Eastabrook
Jun 04, 2021
New CMS director talks about Medicare expansion in interview … New study says most adults lack knowledge of palliative care … Vynca acquires virtual palliative care provider … Coalition of leading...
Home Care briefs for Thursday, June 3
By
Diane Eastabrook
Jun 03, 2021
LHC Group to purchase Charleston, SC-based Heart of Hospice … Humana’s CenterWell expands its value-based care model to original Medicare beneficiaries … OIG orders Jacksonville, FL, home health...
LeadingAge blasts Republicans for trying to derail plan with $2B for seniors housing
By
Diane Eastabrook
Jun 01, 2021
Efforts by congressional Republicans to strip senior housing from President Joseph Biden’s American Jobs Plan are drawing outrage from LeadingAge, which represents 5,000 nonprofit seniors service providers.
Bipartisan bill would make audio-only telehealth visits permanent for Medicare enrollees
By
Diane Eastabrook
May 27, 2021
New legislation providing audio-only telehealth visits for Medicare enrollees hit the House of Representatives earlier this week.