Connecticut home care workers to resume talks today with state over pay, benefits
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Diane Eastabrook
Jun 23, 2021
Negotiations with the state of Connecticut are set to resume Wednesday for 10,000 home care workers demanding better pay, healthcare and a pathway to retirement.
Home Care briefs for Tuesday, June 22
By
Diane Eastabrook
Jun 22, 2021
Encompass Health names CEO of Home Health and Hospice business … National HealthCare acquires Caris Healthcare … Pennant Group lands First Call … VNA Home Health Services collaborating with SmartHeart...
New CMS effort to vaccinate homebound seniors receives a thumbs-up from home care providers
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Diane Eastabrook
Jun 10, 2021
Home care, hospice and other home-and-community-based service providers are applauding the latest move by the Biden administration to increase COVID-19 vaccinations among homebound seniors.
In effort to boost COVID-19 vaccinations to homebound, CMS to pay $35 more per dose
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Diane Eastabrook
Jun 09, 2021
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announced Wednesday an additional payment for administering in-home COVID-19 vaccinations to Medicare beneficiaries having difficulty leaving their...
LHC Group says buying binge will continue through the remainder of the year
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Diane Eastabrook
Jun 04, 2021
In just over two weeks home health giant LHC Group has spent $135 million on three hospice acquisitions, but its recent shopping habit is far from over.
SEIU launches cross-country blitz to promote home care workers in American Jobs Plan
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Diane Eastabrook
Jun 04, 2021
The Service Employees International Union (SEIU) said Thursday it will host in-person and virtual town hall meetings in 20 states over the next six weeks to promote jobs and investment in the nation’s...
Poll finds Americans favor investment in home- and-community-based services in Biden’s infrastructure...
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Diane Eastabrook
May 14, 2021
Investment in home-and-community-based care for seniors and people with disabilities is helping drive support for President Joseph Biden’s American Jobs Plan.
New report calls for a coordinated plan between government and agencies to vaccinate homebound
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Diane Eastabrook
May 04, 2021
Leading healthcare nonprofits say the U.S. is falling short vaccinating homebound seniors and people with disabilities against COVID-19. In a report released Monda
Two Senate leaders call on Congress to support expanded home- and community based-services
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Diane Eastabrook
May 04, 2021
Increased funding for home and community based services (HCBS) received a big boost Monday from Senate Finance Committee Chair Ron Wyden (D-OR) and Senate Special Committee on Aging Chair Bob Casey (D-PA).
After slow start, M and A activity set to take off for home health: advisory report
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Diane Eastabrook
Apr 21, 2021
In the first quarter of this year, home healthcare, hospice and home care companies took a break from a buying binge.