Biden rescinds Medicaid waiver benefiting 300,000 receiving home care
By
Diane Eastabrook
Apr 20, 2021
The Biden administration’s decision to rescind a Medicaid waiver for Texas is raising concerns among the 300,000 Texans who receive Medicaid-funded care in their homes.
Two home care companies, two strategies in fight for caregivers
By
Diane Eastabrook
Jul 19, 2021
Home care and home healthcare providers are emerging from the long war against the COVID-19 virus, only to be confronted with a different battle: the one for talent.
Tech company makes foray into home care
By
Diane Eastabrook
Jul 27, 2021
A Denver-based technology company is jumping into the personal care space. ModivCare, a tech-enabled healthcare services firm, announced Monday it’s acquiring personal care company CareFinders Total...
Honor Technology and Home Instead deal will provide scale, recruitment edge, CEOs say
By
Diane Eastabrook
Aug 11, 2021
It might sound like hyperbole, but Honor Technology CEO Seth Sternberg and Home Instead CEO Jeff Huber believe that in joining forces they are changing the world of senior care.
Home healthcare coalition calls on CMS to scrap PDGM behavioral adjustment
By
Diane Eastabrook
Sep 03, 2021
A coalition of home healthcare leaders called on the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Thursday to rescind the 4.36% behavioral assumption cut next year as part of the Patient-Driven Groupings...
Humana pushes further into home care with One Homecare Solutions deal
By
Diane Eastabrook
Jun 15, 2021
Humana extended its reach into home care on Monday, announcing it will acquire One Homecare Solutions from private equity group WayPoint Capital Partners.
Many home care providers may continue mask-wearing requirement despite new CDC guidance
By
Diane Eastabrook
May 17, 2021
Home care workers might be wearing masks a while longer, even though the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) gave fully vaccinated Americans the green light to stop wearing them indoors.
Mayo, Kaiser to invest $100M in hospital-at-home company Medically Home
By
Diane Eastabrook
May 13, 2021
The Mayo Clinic and Kaiser Permanente gave the hospital-at-home model a shot in the arm Wednesday.
Workers at home health agencies receiving Medicare, Medicaid must get vaccinated: CMS
By
Diane Eastabrook
Sep 09, 2021
President Biden on Thursday applied excessively more pressure on employees at home health agencies to receive COVID-19 vaccinations. Home health workers at agencies receiving Medicaid and Medicare funding...
Two major kidney care providers join forces in equipment-sharing deal
By
Diane Eastabrook
Mar 24, 2021
he nation’s two largest kidney care providers are teaming up to expand in-home dialysis services across the U.S.