Maryland aide sentenced for $270K in healthcare fraud … Nearly 1 in 2 healthcare workers say COVID-19 has harmed their mental health … Private equity firm buys Valeo Home Health and Hospice … Johnson...
Biden’s day 1 pandemic plan promising for HCBS, home care leader says
By
Joe Jancsurak
Jan 25, 2021
Home care providers were pleased to learn that the new administration’s pandemic preparedness plan offers a nod to home care for older adults.
HHS announces more time for Provider Relief Fund reporting
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Joe Jancsurak
Jan 19, 2021
Healthcare providers, including home care agencies, with more than $10,000 in Provider Relief Fund payments have more time than previously announced for reporting how they used the aid, the Department...
Home care aides can adopt neurosurgeon’s mental fitness tips for patients
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Joe Jancsurak
Jan 14, 2021
Humans’ ability to process, understand and apply knowledge “can actually get sharper, can get better as you get older,” CNN chief medical correspondent Sanjay Gupta, M.D., said during an interview...
New year brings boost to wages for some home healthcare workers
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Joe Jancsurak
Jan 14, 2021
New York state’s newly amended Home Health Care Worker Wage Parity Law establishes additional wages and/or supplemental benefits for home healthcare aides who perform Medicaid-reimbursed work within...
State rolls out first-ever home care coverage for undocumented seniors
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Joe Jancsurak
Jan 08, 2021
Home care services are among the benefits for which people aged 65 or more years who are undocumented immigrants or who have been legal permanent residents, also known as green card holders, for less than...
Relief bill provisions complicate care for homebound patients
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Joe Jancsurak
Jan 06, 2021
The $900 billion COVID-19 relief bill signed into law by President Trump Dec. 27 offers Medicare coverage for telemental health and rural hospitals and funding for broadband connectivity, but criticism...
Home health clients feeling physical, mental health effects of pandemic
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Joe Jancsurak
Dec 08, 2020
The long-term physical and mental health effects experienced during the pandemic by older adults who, along with their family caregivers, typically would be served by home healthcare agencies, are a growing...
COVID-19 linked to ‘substantial cost increases’ in home care: survey
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Joe Jancsurak
Dec 03, 2020
The COVID-19 pandemic has contributed to substantial cost increases for home care services, according to the results of Genworth’s 2020 Cost of Care Survey, announced Wednesday.
Home healthcare plays major part in LHC Group’s Q3 growth
By
Joe Jancsurak
Nov 06, 2020
The LHC Group saw a 4.7% organic increase in home health admissions in the third quarter of 2020 compared with the same period in 2019, the company said Thursday. Third-quarter gains in home health admissions...