Home Care Pulse acquires provider of online training for post-acute care … Seattle and union leaders coordinate vaccination site … Massachusetts Health Care features telehealth parity requirement
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,...
Home Care briefs for Monday, Jan. 25
By
Joe Jancsurak
Jan 25, 2021
Two plead guilty to $109M Medicare fraud scheme … Study: end-of-life care satisfaction greatest when older adults die at home … 7 payers expanding telehealth strategies
NHPCO letter to President-elect Biden outlines 2021 hospice policy priority recommendations
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Joe Jancsurak
Jan 20, 2021
In a recent letter sent to President Biden, National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization President and CEO Edo Banach highlighted more than 20 hospice and palliative care priorities that NHPCO, which...
One-third of seniors may buy tech to support coordinated care delivery: report
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Joe Jancsurak
Jan 12, 2021
Almost 33% of adults aged 65 or more years are considering purchasing cloud-based technology that supports coordinated care delivery, according to a new report from Parks Associates, “COVID-19: Impact...
CEO urges Congress to support senior care services
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Joe Jancsurak
Jan 07, 2021
In an open letter Tuesday congratulating members of the 117th Congress on the start of “a new and challenging legislative year,” Katie Smith Sloan, president and CEO of Leading Age and acting president...
Home care briefs for Thursday, Jan. 7
Jan 07, 2021
Amedisys and Option Care Health efforts could keep COVID-19 patients out of the hospitals … ArchCare to roll out a telehealth system to serve seniors at home … LHC Group earns national recognition...
Relief bill provisions complicate care for homebound patients
By
Joe Jancsurak
Jan 06, 2021
The $900 billion COVID-19 relief bill signed into law by President Trump Dec. 27 offers Medicare coverage for telemental health and rural hospitals and funding for broadband connectivity, but criticism...
Connected Home Living, People Power partner to advance telehealth at home
By
Joe Jancsurak
Jan 05, 2021
People Power, a developer of intelligent in-home connected services for the home healthcare industry, and Connected Home Living, a provider of telehealth and remote care monitoring, have announced a partnership...
Home care briefs for Monday, Jan. 4
Jan 04, 2021
WelbeHealth rebrands PACE programs under WelbeHealth name … UVMNH Home Health & Hospice names Adrianne Johnson Ross president and COO … Beware of negative test results from at-home COVID-19 test kits,...