New OSHA COVID-19 inspection and whistleblower program targets home healthcare, among other providers
By
Joe Jancsurak
Mar 16, 2021
Home healthcare services are part of a long list of businesses under scrutiny by the new Occupational Safety and Health Administration program.
Amedisys’ home health volume increases by 5% for Q4 2020 as profits soar by 63%
By
Joe Jancsurak
Feb 26, 2021
Speaking like a proud captain of a ship, Amedisys Inc., Chairman and CEO Paul Kusserow said Thursday that his team successfully “turned PDGM (Patient-Driven Groupings Model) headwinds into tailwinds”...
Number of MA beneficiaries receiving supplemental benefits for the chronically ill triples in one year,...
By
Joe Jancsurak
Feb 09, 2021
The number of Medicare Advantage beneficiaries receiving Special Supplemental Benefits for the Chronically Ill (SSBCI) has skyrocketed — from 1 million in 2020 to 3 million in 2021— according to a...
Home care aides can adopt neurosurgeon’s mental fitness tips for patients
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Joe Jancsurak
Jan 14, 2021
Humans’ ability to process, understand and apply knowledge “can actually get sharper, can get better as you get older,” CNN chief medical correspondent Sanjay Gupta, M.D., said during an interview...
New year brings boost to wages for some home healthcare workers
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Joe Jancsurak
Jan 14, 2021
New York state’s newly amended Home Health Care Worker Wage Parity Law establishes additional wages and/or supplemental benefits for home healthcare aides who perform Medicaid-reimbursed work within...
Home healthcare plays major part in LHC Group’s Q3 growth
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Joe Jancsurak
Nov 06, 2020
The LHC Group saw a 4.7% organic increase in home health admissions in the third quarter of 2020 compared with the same period in 2019, the company said Thursday. Third-quarter gains in home health admissions...
Telehealth projects to receive $72 million in grants
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Joe Jancsurak
Oct 13, 2020
The United States Department of Agriculture’s latest round of Distance Learning and Telemedicine grants, totaling $72 million, will go to 116 programs in 40 states, Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands....
Home health workers should receive first-round COVID-19 vaccines: NASEM
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Kimberly Marselas
Oct 04, 2020
Frontline healthcare workers, including home care nurses, would be among the first to receive any approved COVID-19 vaccine, according to a final report released Friday by The National Academies of Sciences,...
Habitat for Humanity urges integration of at-home health, social programs during pandemic and beyond
By
Kimberly Marselas
Oct 01, 2020
Leaders from Habitat for Humanity and other housing and senior advocates are calling for approaches that better integrate health and social services delivered at home.
Report: Supply of home health aides increases in 5 states, but patient transitions, hospitalizations...
By
Kimberly Marselas
Sep 28, 2020
Five states have grown their supply of home health aides by 20% or more, with most of the nation holding steady even as demand increases, according to the 2020 Long-Term Services and Supports State Scorecard.