Home health discharge rates improve but hospitalizations increase over five-year period: MedPAC report
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Diane Eastabrook
Jul 21, 2021
Home healthcare providers did a better job releasing patients into the community, but at the same time, slightly more patients were admitted to hospitals from home healthcare
Medicare Advantage benefits that help seniors age in place may be underutilized
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Diane Eastabrook
Apr 28, 2021
While more Medicare Advantage (MA) plans are offering supplemental benefits to help seniors age in place, many beneficiaries aren’t using them.
A lack of data is sinking the care economy: PHI
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Diane Eastabrook
Jul 19, 2021
Among the consequences of the pandemic are a gaping hole in data available on the direct care industry, according to Robert Espinoza, vice president of policy for the advocacy group PHI. It must be plugged,...
Rainbow Health launches new tool to help deliver care to patients at home
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Diane Eastabrook
May 24, 2021
Houston, TX-based Rainbow Health has launched a new solution aimed at simplifying the clinical logistics for home healthcare.
New CMS effort to vaccinate homebound seniors receives a thumbs-up from home care providers
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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.
The secret to becoming a master home care agency? Rely less on private pay, recruit well, expert says
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Diane Eastabrook
Oct 05, 2021
Diversified payer streams, low turnover, better training and top-notch recruitment are what separate the so-called men from the boys in the home care industry.
Senators, caregivers demand Congress support HCBS funding
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Diane Eastabrook
Jun 18, 2021
In the politically divided U.S. Capitol Thursday, senators on both sides of the aisle called for support of home-and-community-based services (HCBS) benefiting seniors and those suffering from cognitive...
Lawmakers to press Biden to increase funding for HCBS as part of larger system reform
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Diane Eastabrook
Mar 25, 2021
Some Democratic lawmakers are holding President Joseph Biden’s feet to the fire, demanding he fulfill a campaign promise to direct $450 billion to home- and community-based services (HCBS). This funding...
Empire Blue Cross Blue Shield teams up with New York City to vaccinate seniors at home
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Diane Eastabrook
Mar 16, 2021
In New York City this week, public health care workers are fanning out to all five boroughs to give the Johnson and Johnson COVID-19 vaccination to about 1,200 seniors in their homes.
LHC Group’s profits jump in Q1 despite COVID-19 conditions, as firm plans to accelerate M and A activity
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Diane Eastabrook
May 06, 2021
Still battling the fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic, LHC Group, one of the largest home health companies in the United States, made a substantial profit in the first quarter, the company reported late...