Heart failure training increases home care worker job satisfaction: Cornell study
By
Joe Jancsurak
Nov 12, 2020
Home care workers who have been trained in heart failure are more satisfied with their jobs and feel more prepared and confident working with heart failure patients, according to new cross-campus research...
Hospices lean on phone apps for patent/family support
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Joe Jancsurak
Oct 09, 2020
A rising number of hospice providers are turning to smartphone and tablet apps with digital-memory-sharing platforms to enhance bereavement services as they support patients, families and friends going...
Partnership to provide home-delivered meals to Medicare Advantage members
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Joe Jancsurak
Oct 23, 2020
InComm Payments, a global payments technology company, announced this week a new partnership with Mom’s Meals, a PurFoods company. InComm Payments will offer Medicare Advantage health plans the option...
DOL clarifies independent contractor status
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Joe Jancsurak
Jan 07, 2021
The U.S. Department of Labor has announced a final rule meant to clarify the standard for employee versus independent contractor status under the Fair Labor Standards Act.
CMS releases toolkit to speed state efforts to move to home-based services
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Joe Jancsurak
Nov 03, 2020
A toolkit from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, released Monday, is meant to help states accelerate the shift to more home- and community-based services for eligible Medicaid beneficiaries.
Hospice, home health agency and owners pay $1.8M to settle Medicare fraud claim
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Joe Jancsurak
Jan 20, 2021
Two Texas men and the hospice and related home health agency that they founded — Allstate Hospice and Verge Home Care — have paid $1,847,279.36 to resolve allegations that they submitted claims to...
Biden sets sights on 60M at-home COVID-19 tests by summer’s end
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Joe Jancsurak
Feb 08, 2021
The Biden administration plans to bring more than 60 million at-home COVID-19 tests to the U.S. market by the end of the summer, according to White House adviser Tim Manning, who talked about it at a briefing...
Home healthcare professional sentenced, ordered to pay $94K in multi-million dollar fraud case
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Joe Jancsurak
Dec 14, 2020
A home healthcare industry employee involved in a multi-million dollar fraud case was sentenced Wednesday by a federal judge to four years of probation, including six months of home detention, and was...
With new model, CMS opens up home care opportunities for MCOs serving dual eligibles
By
Joe Jancsurak
Dec 21, 2020
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ new model for 2021 enables Medicaid managed care organizations to allow in-home aides to promote flu vaccines, manage medical appointments and receive training...
Home care briefs for Wednesday, Dec. 16
Dec 16, 2020
Medical transport firm teams up with Lyft to help home health aides get to vulnerable clients … Clinical Home Health announces expansion … Three new research articles on COVID-19 and aging released...