Howard County, PA, physician pays $600K fine for Medicare fraud … Tech company partners with hospitals to provide secure telehealth … Health systems embrace virtual streaming … Traditions Health...
Should home healthcare be a new focus for Medicare Advantage?
By
Jeff Fox
Apr 20, 2021
Home-based services are not a common, or even widely accepted, part of most Medicare Advantage plans. However, there have been some signs that the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) have begun...
Geriatrician calls for move to value-based care model for home care
By
Diane Eastabrook
Apr 19, 2021
Medicare and private insurers must quickly transition to a value-based-care payment model to meet the needs of an aging population, the head of Geriatric Medicine at the University of Virginia (UVA) told...
Home Care briefs for Monday, April 19
By
Diane Eastabrook
Apr 19, 2021
Telehealth could threaten small, primary care practices … FCC opens application process for telehealth … Center for Medicare Advocacy: home healthcare coverage falling short
Draft bill contains $2.5 billion for affordable senior housing; HUD announces millions in COVID relief...
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Apr 16, 2021
A draft bill in the House of Representatives includes LeadingAge’s request for $2.5 billion for new affordable senior housing.
Home Care briefs for Thursday, April 15
By
Diane Eastabrook
Apr 15, 2021
PACE provider InnovAge appoints CIO … Vantage Hospice expands into palliative care … Study supports value-added approach to telehealth … Comedian John Oliver lampoons long-term elder care
Study: Hospital-at-Home model gaining momentum
By
Diane Eastabrook
Apr 13, 2021
Payment reforms, technology and government support are combining to drive strong momentum for the hospital-at-home (HaH) model.
Home Care briefs for Monday, April 12
By
Diane Eastabrook
Apr 12, 2021
VP Kamala Harris speaks at weekend care summit … Former director of CMS Innovation Center launches new healthcare company … Moving Health Home coalition expanding with seven additional organizations...
Report calls for expansion of PACE as one solution to long-term care crisis
By
Diane Eastabrook
Apr 09, 2021
Home-based care and Programs of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE) got a big boost Thursday from one of the nation’s leading think tanks on aging
Public-private collaboration key to securing long-term care financing for middle-income Americans
By
Amy Novotney
Apr 09, 2021
Recent studies have found that more than half of middle-income seniors will not be able to afford the care they need, and 15% of baby boomers will incur more than $250,000 in long-term care costs. If anything,...