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.
Learn about engagement technology and earn 1 CE credit
Jul 13, 2021
How effective is engagement technology in home care? A panel of experts from across the continuum of long-term care will discuss this topic during a McKnight’s webinar on Thursday, July 29, at 1 p.m....
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...
The two big C’s in home care
By
Liza Berger
Aug 06, 2021
Not surprisingly, two big issues dominated the first live home care conference in months: the Choose Home Care Act and the coronavirus.
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.
Choose Home bill draws swift rebuke from nursing home, assisted living providers
By
Liza Berger
Jul 30, 2021
While home care providers were thrilled by the introduction of the Choose Home Care Act of 2021 on Thursday, not all of healthcare was pleased.
OSHA’s carrot-and-stick COVID-19 safety rule
By
Liza Berger
Jun 11, 2021
The rule seems to provide a no-brainer course of action for home health. That is to encourage, implore and, if necessary, incentivize vaccinations among staff.
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.
Funding for home care infrastructure must come with new staffing concepts
By
Liza Berger
Jun 18, 2021
While money is a big part of the solution — in terms of wages and benefits and hiring — it is not the only answer to the massive home care workforce shortage.