Nevada Personal Care Association sounds alarm bell as home care oversight bill moves closer to passage
By
Diane Eastabrook
May 21, 2021
On Wednesday, Nevada moved a step closer to creating a home care standards board that the Personal Care Association of Nevada (PCAN) fears could put undue burden on the state’s home care industry.
A lack of data is sinking the care economy: PHI
By
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,...
DOL revises who qualifies for leave under Families First Coronavirus Response Act
By
Lois A. Bowers
Sep 14, 2020
Senior living and other long-term care employers will need to re-examine whether they must provide paid sick leave and expanded family and medical leave to certain employees under the Families First Coronavirus...
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.
MA hospice carve-in model failing beneficiaries, NHPCO charges
By
Diane Eastabrook
Oct 04, 2021
The National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization is blasting the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services for continuing a two-year Medicare Advantage hospice carve-in demonstration that NHPCO considers...
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
CMS issues guidance to states on how to use enhanced Medicaid HCBS funding from stimulus package
By
Liza Berger
May 14, 2021
States can only use enhanced Medicaid funds from the recently passed $1.9 trillion economic stimulus package to strengthen their home- and community-based services, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid...
NAHC calls on members to press Congress on Choose Home bill
By
Diane Eastabrook
Aug 03, 2021
The National Association for Home Care and Hospice (NAHC) is issuing an urgent call to action, imploring members to lobby lawmakers on the recently introduced Choose Home legislation.
Go West? California providers reimagine caregiver roles, propose guest worker program to fix caregiver...
By
Diane Eastabrook
Jun 17, 2021
California — the state that has led the nation on everything from environment standards to labor rights — now may be blazing a trail on the caregiver crisis.
Surge in COVID-19 sparks more in-home testing, calls for mandatory vaccinations
By
Diane Eastabrook
Jul 28, 2021
Healthcare providers stepped up efforts Tuesday to gain an upper hand on the COVID-19 virus, offering in-home vaccinations and more calls for mandatory shots for all healthcare workers.