New York home care firm requires COVID-19 vaccinations for new hires
By
Diane Eastabrook
Aug 25, 2021
On Monday, Glenn Lane came to a decision that made him a possible outlier in the home care industry. The founder and CEO of Mamaroneck, NY-based Westchester Family Care mandated COVID-19 vaccinations as...
Major home care organization calls for vaccine mandate
By
Liza Berger
Aug 23, 2021
The National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization Monday urged mandatory vaccinations among healthcare staff in all settings.
Peer-to-Peer: Interim Healthcare of the Upstate, continues to expand continuum of care
By
Diane Eastabrook
Aug 23, 2021
When veteran healthcare executive Charles McDonough landed the CEO post at Interim Healthcare of the Upstate last fall, it was the best of times and worst of times to get into the home healthcare space.
COVID-19 boosters could be in the arms of healthcare workers and seniors by early fall
By
Diane Eastabrook
Aug 17, 2021
Healthcare workers and older Americans would be among the first to receive COVID-19 boosters as early as fall, according to National Institutes of Health (NIH) Director Francis Collins, M.D.
COVID-19’s lesson about the importance of self-directed care
By
Greg Strobel
Aug 12, 2021
While it’s hard to find a silver lining in the COVID-19 pandemic, one can be found in the home healthcare industry, where the COVID-19 crisis reinforced the critical need for flexible and affordable...
LHC Group CEO: Congress will pass Choose Home by year’s end
By
Diane Eastabrook
Aug 06, 2021
The Choose Home Care Act will be part of the congressional reconciliation package by the end of the year.
Kentucky Medicaid recipients get a $100 gift card with in-home vaccinations
By
Diane Eastabrook
Jul 27, 2021
A Kentucky managed care program is using $100 gift cards to entice Medicaid recipients into getting the COVID-19 vaccine. WellCare Kentucky is providing the in-home shots in an effort to stem the spread...
Peer-to-Peer: Westchester Family Care founder discusses why he is not ready to institute a COVID-19 vaccine...
By
Diane Eastabrook
Jul 22, 2021
Four years after Glenn Lane launched Mamaroneck, NY-based Westchester Family Care, the inconceivable happened: a global pandemic struck.
White House calls out critics of door-to-door vaccine efforts
By
Diane Eastabrook
Jul 13, 2021
The Biden administration has come out swinging against governors and other state officials who have criticized the administration’s proposed door-to-door campaign to get Americans vaccinated.
Connecticut healthcare workers face termination if they don’t get fingerprinted
By
Diane Eastabrook
Jul 07, 2021
All Connecticut healthcare workers hired during the pandemic — including those at home health agencies — must get fingerprinted by July 20 or be terminated. T