Home care’s future looks bright — and daunting — as workforce challenges loom large
By
Joe Jancsurak
Nov 19, 2020
With the number of Medicare beneficiaries expected to increase from 54 million to more than 80 million by 2030, according to the Medicare Payment Advisory Committee, and with the public expressing a preference...
Expanding into separately billable services aids patients, agencies
By
Joe Jancsurak
Nov 16, 2020
It is worth the time and effort it takes for nurses, therapists and staffs to learn new documenting and processing procedures so they can submit claims for services that often are provided without charge...
Telehealth program focuses on COVID-positive patients discharged from hospitals
By
Joe Jancsurak
Nov 13, 2020
COVID-positive patients at some Texas hospitals now can be treated and monitored at home throughout their recoveries as part of a program through Dallas-based TheraCare Home Health, part of the Cantex...
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...
Pennant sees ‘impressive’ results for home health, hospice in third quarter
By
Joe Jancsurak
Nov 12, 2020
The Pennant Group’s Cornerstone home health and hospice segment showed “impressive” results in the third quarter, Pennant CEO Daniel Walker announced Tuesday in advance of a Wednesday earnings call.
End-of-life informal care costs could exceed formal costs: study
By
Joe Jancsurak
Nov 09, 2020
The findings of a new study demonstrate a need for close collaborative care plans involving home health agencies and their patients’ informal caregivers, the researchers say.
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...
Charges filed against 3 in $1.5 million home health aide scam
By
Joe Jancsurak
Nov 03, 2020
Three people were charged last week after allegedly bilking two home health clients out of $1.5 million, according to the Ocean County Prosecutor’s Office in Toms River, NJ.
Bill would bolster telehealth services
By
Joe Jancsurak
Oct 30, 2020
A bipartisan contingent of lawmakers has introduced the Home Health Emergency Access to Telehealth (HEAT) Act, a bill that would provide Medicare reimbursements for audio and video telehealth services...
HHS updates Provider Relief Fund reporting requirements
By
Danielle Brown
Oct 27, 2020
The federal government is no longer limiting providers’ use of Provider Relief Funds for covering lost revenue due to the coronavirus, according to an updated memo issued late last week.