Home care providers, do physicians see your value? Think again
By
Dave Hochanadel
Sep 01, 2021
Home-based senior care providers face a significant problem when it comes to differentiation in the eyes of referring physicians.
HCAOA partnership pushes vaccinations
By
Diane Eastabrook
Sep 01, 2021
Another major home care organization, the Home Care Association of America (HCAOA), is partnering with the National Minority Health Association (NMHA) to provide cash incentives for workers who get the...
Peer-to-Peer: Interim Healthcare of the Upstate, continues to expand continuum of care
By
Diane Eastabrook
Aug 23, 2021
When veteran healthcare executive Charles McDonough landed the CEO post at Interim Healthcare of the Upstate last fall, it was the best of times and worst of times to get into the home healthcare space.
LHC Group CEO: Congress will pass Choose Home by year’s end
By
Diane Eastabrook
Aug 06, 2021
The Choose Home Care Act will be part of the congressional reconciliation package by the end of the year.
Amedisys CEO predicts sequestration could help solve labor shortage
By
Diane Eastabrook
Aug 06, 2021
Amedisys is betting the end of government stimulus from the pandemic will help solve the dearth of home care and hospice workers by early next year.
M and A activity is hot, with private equity, large home care firms driving deals, finance leaders say
By
Diane Eastabrook
Aug 05, 2021
Demographics, a global pandemic and potential changes in tax laws are the tailwinds driving strong merger and acquisition (M&A) activity in home care and hospice for the foreseeable future. That was the...
NAHC calls on members to press Congress on Choose Home bill
By
Diane Eastabrook
Aug 03, 2021
The National Association for Home Care and Hospice (NAHC) is issuing an urgent call to action, imploring members to lobby lawmakers on the recently introduced Choose Home legislation.
Florida regulators double the number of approvals for hospice programs
By
Diane Eastabrook
Jun 24, 2021
Eight new hospice programs could be coming to Florida. That is twice as many as state regulators proposed earlier this year.
Telehealth supports hospice and palliative care providers, patients and caregivers
By
Robert Crook, M.D.
Terri Maxwell, Ph.D.
Jun 22, 2021
Rather than viewing telehealth as a compromise on palliative and hospice care for the seriously ill, clinicians should see this as an option that is safer as it reduces exposure. Many individuals also...
‘You are never alone’: Longtime RN writes book to help people cope with death
By
Emma Baumgartel
Jun 21, 2021
If you were to ask most people if they are frightened of death, most would say yes. But in her book, parish nurse and grief group facilitator Beverly Wilkins, who lives in Ontario, Canada, makes a case...