Home care workers, although a top priority group for COVID-19 vaccines, continue to wonder and wait
By
Joe Jancsurak
Dec 21, 2020
As nursing home and assisted living community residents and employees remain poised to receive their COVID-19 vaccinations, home care providers are curious to find out when it will be their turn.
Mission Healthcare loses HCAP Partners, gains Vistria Group
By
Joe Jancsurak
Dec 18, 2020
HCAP Partners, a California-based private equity firm and nationally recognized impact investor, disclosed Thursday that it has exited its investment in Mission Healthcare, a home health and hospice services...
Home care providers, lawmaker hail FDA-approved COVID-19 at-home diagnostic test
By
Joe Jancsurak
Dec 16, 2020
The Food and Drug Administration’s approval of a new over-the-counter, at-home COVID-19 diagnostic test has won praise from the home care community and lawmakers.
Direct care workers speak candidly about COVID-19 in PHI story project
By
Joe Jancsurak
Dec 15, 2020
Erika Honan has adequate personal protective equipment but is concerned about getting someone sick. Zulma Torres does her best to be careful. What do these two people have in common? Both are home care...
Long-term care financing: Much work remains
By
Joe Jancsurak
Dec 11, 2020
From expanding Medicare Advantage plans, to better integrating the healthcare system, to developing government-assisted private insurance options to expand long-term care coverage for a rapidly aging middle-class...
Nursing home, home care workers rally support for Biden workforce plan
By
Amy Novotney
Dec 09, 2020
As President-elect Joe Biden prepares to take office next month, nursing home and home care workers with the Service Employees International Union and National Domestic Workers Alliance met with their...
Chains growing in importance in home health: research
By
Joe Jancsurak
Dec 08, 2020
Multi-agency chains are playing a growing role in the home health sector, with important implications, according to a study published Monday in Health Services Research.
State investigation cites lax employee training, policies
By
Joe Jancsurak
Dec 01, 2020
An Idaho Department of Health and Welfare audit of Boise-based A Caring Hand, conducted following a patient death, shows the agency lacked sufficient employee training policies and procedures.
California needs 200,000 more home care aides: study
By
Joe Jancsurak
Nov 25, 2020
The coronavirus pandemic has resulted in a shortage of 200,000 home care aides across California, according to a study authored by a University of California, San Francisco, researcher Joanne Spetz.
Adopt RAP changes for 2021, but don’t rush the OASIS, experts stress
By
Joe Jancsurak
Nov 20, 2020
Home health agencies struggling with cash flow shortages after Medicare reduced its upfront payment to 20% this year could see increased financial problems in 2021 when the upfront payment is eliminated.