LHC Group announces agreement to purchase hospice and palliative care providers in Arizona … FirstHealth Home Care earns ACHC accreditation for telehealth program … ComForCare employee recognized as...
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Dec 13, 2016
Assisted living workforce shortage linked to tough job, low pay … Telehealth program allows remote rehab… Maintenance worker enters not guilty plea in Oxycodone theft case… Bristol-Myers...
2018 Technology Supplement
Jun 12, 2018
2018 IT Supplement updated 062518 Inside: Here’s where the data breaches can be found Focus more efforts on telehealth, feds are told Can robots serve as trustworthy companions? Newcomer Orangeworm...
DEA: Extend COVID telehealth prescribing rules – for now
By
John O'Connor
May 05, 2023
With the end of the public health emergency for the outbreak rapidly approaching, the Drug Enforcement Administration has submitted plans to continue prescription flexibilities for telemedicine that were...
More news for Friday, April 24
Apr 24, 2020
Ensuring safety, education key in mitigating stress during pandemic, expert says … Food combinations may affect dementia risk, researchers suggest … Hearing loss ‘profoundly alters’ brain...
New partnership expands telehealth for LTC-ACO patients
By
Aaron Dorman
Jun 27, 2023
Benefits provider LTC ACO announced a “deepening collaboration” with Third Eye Health to provide virtual urgent care to patients, the two companies announced Monday.
People in the news, Nov. 3
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Nov 03, 2020
Appointments and promotions at Cadence Living, Friendship Health, Integral Senior Living, LeadingAge Florida, LeadingResponse, Life Care Centers of America, The Pennant Group, SCAN Group and TeleHealth...
COVID-19 tied to significant increase in outpatient healthcare
Feb 13, 2024
The greatest increase in utilization was seen for veterans aged 85 years and older (6.1 visits) versus those aged 20 to 44 years (4.8 visits).
California PACE bill in peril
By
Diane Eastabrook
Sep 23, 2021
Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) may veto a bill passed by the California state Legislature that would make permanent flexibilities for Programs of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly.
Home care briefs for Tuesday, Oct. 20
Oct 20, 2020
Always Compassionate Home Care launches in-home flu-vaccine service with plans to add COVID-19 and rapid flu testing … CVS announces plans to hire 15,000 full-time and part-time workers … Coalition...