Retail giant Best Buy pounces on telehealth trend, offering smartphone for seniors
By
Diane Eastabrook
May 25, 2021
The retailer known for selling television sets and refrigerators is jumping headlong into telehealth.
Home Care briefs for Monday, May 24
By
Diane Eastabrook
May 24, 2021
North Carolina home health owner nets 14-year prison sentence and $13.4 million fine for Medicaid fraud … Study finds Mental health services via telehealth outpacing in-person services … Quarter...
Home Care briefs for Wednesday, June 9
By
Diane Eastabrook
Jun 09, 2021
The new frontier of seniors technology is about lifestyle, speaker says at summit … Telehealth usage continues to fall … HealthTalk launches on-demand telehealth with on-call clinicians … Hospice...
OIG audits telehealth home services, studies HHAs’ pandemic strategies
By
Joe Jancsurak
Jan 25, 2021
The Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General recently has disclosed it is conducting an audit of home health services that were provided as telehealth during COVID-19. In addition,...
Vermont lawmakers consider the long-term role of telehealth appointments
By
Joe Jancsurak
Feb 10, 2021
While remote visits with physicians may be more convenient, access issues may stand in the way of the new technology. This is according to healthcare workers and advocates who testified recently about...
Home Care briefs for Monday, Sept. 13
By
Diane Eastabrook
Sep 13, 2021
AMA urges Congress to continue telehealth access after COVID-19 public health emergency … Survey: providers need to better communicate telehealth access … COVID-positive household members increase...
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...
Home Care briefs for Monday, May 17
By
Diane Eastabrook
May 17, 2021
Survey: 88% of Americans want telehealth to continue … CareNiva launches new telehealth platform … Missouri Gov. Mike Parson (R) last week withdrew the state plan amendments to expand Medicaid,...
Home Care briefs for Thursday, Sept. 9
By
Diane Eastabrook
Sep 09, 2021
Bayada to pay $17 million to resolve kickback allegation … Some states are rolling back telehealth visits over state lines … AAHomecare part of alliance launching e-prescription business … CirrusMD...
Home Care briefs for Wednesday, Sept. 29
By
Diane Eastabrook
Sep 29, 2021
Sens. Casey, Collins introduce Guardianship Accountability Act to protect seniors, people with disabilities from abusive guardians… Monitoring blood pressure at home more acceptable for adults …...