Many home care providers may continue mask-wearing requirement despite new CDC guidance
By
Diane Eastabrook
May 17, 2021
Home care workers might be wearing masks a while longer, even though the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) gave fully vaccinated Americans the green light to stop wearing them indoors.
‘It’s pretty clear that 2021 is the year of healthcare at home’
By
Liza Berger
May 21, 2021
If the construction industry could talk, it might say that home care has chutzpah.
Workers at home health agencies receiving Medicare, Medicaid must get vaccinated: CMS
By
Diane Eastabrook
Sep 09, 2021
President Biden on Thursday applied excessively more pressure on employees at home health agencies to receive COVID-19 vaccinations. Home health workers at agencies receiving Medicaid and Medicare funding...
Home care workers sue employer for lowering wages to achieve cheaper overtime
By
Joe Jancsurak
Feb 12, 2021
Home care workers at Red Lion Home Care in Wynnewood, PA, claim that the home care agency cut their hourly rates during the weeks they worked overtime in order to shrink their time-and-a-half rates. This...
Peer-to-Peer: Executive Care emerges stronger from pandemic
By
Diane Eastabrook
May 03, 2021
Executive Care CEO Lenny Verkhoglaz knows something about resilience.
After slow start, M and A activity set to take off for home health: advisory report
By
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.
Bickford, Kendal continue senior living expansion into home care
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jun 04, 2021
Two senior living providers announced expansions into home care on Thursday.
Home care providers praise 10% increase in FMAP in stimulus package
By
Diane Eastabrook
Mar 10, 2021
A “win-win” is how LeadingAge describes the proposed 10% increase in funding to Medicaid for home- and community-based services (HCBS). The increase was part of the $1.9 trillion stimulus package...
Humana promotes Diamond to CFO; Encompass taps Carlisle as CFO of home health, hospice business
By
Diane Eastabrook
Jun 29, 2021
Both Humana and Encompass Health disclosed major changes at the top of their home care businesses Monday.
Addus HomeCare grows revenues in first quarter but disappoints Wall Street
By
Diane Eastabrook
May 04, 2021
Addus HomeCare’s first quarter earnings, which were released on Monday, missed the mark set by Wall Street and investors.