Congress likely to scale back HCBS funding as part of budget compromise
By
Diane Eastabrook
Sep 29, 2021
Home- and community-based services are in the crosshairs as top Democrats look to pare down their ambitious healthcare proposals in the massive $3.5 trillion proposed budget.
Vaccine mandates affecting home health workers likely to spur more legal challenges
By
Diane Eastabrook
Sep 21, 2021
The federal COVID-19 vaccine mandate affecting home healthcare workers is likely to draw a number of legal challenges, especially when it comes to medical and religious exemptions.
Biden administration official calls for more coordinated approach to home- and community-based services
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Diane Eastabrook
May 06, 2021
A whole government approach is needed to bring home- and community-based services (HCBS) equitably to seniors and the disabled, a top adviser to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services said Wednesday.
Home care providers virtually hit Capitol Hill to push telehealth, Medicaid increase, higher wages
By
Diane Eastabrook
Apr 23, 2021
Wednesday was a day for the record books at LeadingAge. In a virtual march on Washington, 440 association members, representing 5,000 nonprofit aging service providers, swarmed Capitol Hill to lobby for...
New York home care firm requires COVID-19 vaccinations for new hires
By
Diane Eastabrook
Aug 25, 2021
On Monday, Glenn Lane came to a decision that made him a possible outlier in the home care industry. The founder and CEO of Mamaroneck, NY-based Westchester Family Care mandated COVID-19 vaccinations as...
Aging service organizations, labor groups blast infrastructure compromise that leaves out care economy
By
Diane Eastabrook
Jun 14, 2021
Labor unions, aging services organizations and at least one U.S. senator have turned up the heat on Congress to fund the care economy, which President Biden proposed in his infrastructure plan
The secret to becoming a master home care agency? Rely less on private pay, recruit well, expert says
By
Diane Eastabrook
Oct 05, 2021
Diversified payer streams, low turnover, better training and top-notch recruitment are what separate the so-called men from the boys in the home care industry.
New CMS effort to vaccinate homebound seniors receives a thumbs-up from home care providers
By
Diane Eastabrook
Jun 10, 2021
Home care, hospice and other home-and-community-based service providers are applauding the latest move by the Biden administration to increase COVID-19 vaccinations among homebound seniors.
Lawmakers to press Biden to increase funding for HCBS as part of larger system reform
By
Diane Eastabrook
Mar 25, 2021
Some Democratic lawmakers are holding President Joseph Biden’s feet to the fire, demanding he fulfill a campaign promise to direct $450 billion to home- and community-based services (HCBS). This funding...
LeadingAge to Congress: Don’t let seniors down
By
Diane Eastabrook
Aug 11, 2021
Aging services organization LeadingAge is urging the Senate to turn its attention to the care economy now that it has passed the $1 trillion infrastructure package.