DispatchHealth, AdventHealth join forces for in-home care in Kansas City and several Florida cities
By
Diane Eastabrook
May 20, 2021
In-home medical provider Dispatch Health is teaming up with AdventHealth, one of the nation’s largest faith-based health systems, to offer expanded home-based care to residents in the Kansas City metro...
Continue audio-only telehealth, American Medical Association urges CMS
By
Diane Eastabrook
Apr 06, 2021
On Monday, the American Medical Association (AMA) asked the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to continue paying for audio-only telehealth visits beyond the COVID-19 public health emergency...
DispatchHealth expands its reach in Florida
By
Diane Eastabrook
Sep 03, 2021
One of the nation’s largest health systems is bringing medical care into patients’ homes through a new partnership with DispatchHealth.
OSU Wexner Medical Center extends its reach further into in-home medical care
By
Diane Eastabrook
Jun 02, 2021
For the second time in a week, The Ohio State University (OSU) Wexner Medical Center announced another expansion into in-home medical care.
Legislation to boost home infusion receives kudos
By
Diane Eastabrook
Aug 11, 2021
The National Home Infusion Association (NHIA) is praising bipartisan legislation that would ensure that Medicare patients continue gaining access to home infusion therapies that require the use of an infusion...
AHA to all healthcare professionals: Get vaccinated against COVID-19
By
Diane Eastabrook
Jul 23, 2021
The American Hospital Association is urging its members and all healthcare professionals to receive the COVID-19 vaccine.
Study finds consistent home health staffing reduces hospital readmission for dementia patients
By
Diane Eastabrook
Jun 29, 2021
Consistency in home health nurses can go a long way in reducing hospital readmissions for dementia patients, according to a study by New York University’s Meyers College of Nursing.
Senator delays confirmation of CMS administrator over Biden’s refusal to extend Texas Medicaid waiver
By
Diane Eastabrook
Apr 22, 2021
Texas’s senior senator is holding up the confirmation of Chiquita-Brooks-LaSure as Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS) administrator over the Biden administration’s decision to rescind the state’s...
Biden rescinds Medicaid waiver benefiting 300,000 receiving home care
By
Diane Eastabrook
Apr 20, 2021
The Biden administration’s decision to rescind a Medicaid waiver for Texas is raising concerns among the 300,000 Texans who receive Medicaid-funded care in their homes.
Intermountain Healthcare expands hospital-at-home to COVID-19 patients
By
Diane Eastabrook
Aug 10, 2021
Intermountain Healthcare, a leader in hospital-at-home, is expanding its hospital-at-home program to patients with COVID-19. The expansion is part of the Utah-based hospital system’s effort to provide...