Home care providers declare 2021 ‘year of healthcare at home’ while they acknowledge acute workforce...
By
Liza Berger
May 21, 2021
Leaders of two key home care associations voiced their excitement Thursday regarding the growing legislative and regulatory momentum in the direction of home care.
VNA to sell home health, hospice operations to Amedisys
By
Liza Berger
May 11, 2021
Citing the need for for outside investors to sustain its business, Visiting Nurse Association (VNA), a 125-year-old nonprofit that serves the Omaha, NE, and Council Bluffs, IA, communities today disclosed...
Humana 2021 1Q profits expand as company accelerates home health strategy
By
Liza Berger
Apr 29, 2021
The Medicare Advantage (MA) program helped boost Humana’s profits to $6.39 diluted earnings per share in the first quarter of 2021 compared to the previous year’s diluted earnings per share of $3.56.
Home care wheelers and dealers, start your engines!
By
Liza Berger
Apr 23, 2021
The lackluster days of M&A activity in home care appear to be a distant memory.
April 29 webinar to focus on no-pay RAPS
Apr 14, 2021
McKnight’s Home Care will hold a FREE webinar on April 29 on the subject of the landmark Request for Anticipated Payment (RAP) regulations.
A new crisis for home care: employee burnout
By
Liza Berger
Mar 26, 2021
Ah. The COVID-19 vaccine is here. It seems to be working. So after all those months of hardship, duty, stress and fatigue, home care providers can rest easy, right? Think again.
Telehealth: The new frontier
By
Liza Berger
Mar 19, 2021
Crises have the unique power to both unearth long-simmering problems and unmask raw potential. I think it’s fair to say that the COVID-19 pandemic (an indisputable crisis) has managed to do both.
Two large health plans forge unique agreements with firms in home care space
By
Joe Jancsurak
Liza Berger
Mar 05, 2021
Two major health plans this week disclosed partnerships to provide more services to patients at home. Ready, an on-demand healthcare service, said Wednesday that it now offers at-home healthcare services...
Legal expert: MA growth to spur uptick in home health financial activity in 2021
By
Liza Berger
Jan 29, 2021
The coming year promises to be robust in terms of financial deals in the home health space, according to a lawyer who focuses his practice on advising long-term care firms, and their investors and lenders,...
Home care associations target workers’ COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy
By
Liza Berger
Jan 26, 2021
As the pandemic continues to inflict damage on staffing levels, the home care and home health field is turning to the topic of vaccine hesitancy among workers.