Vaccine mandate brings relief to home care agencies but raises questions
By
Diane Eastabrook
Sep 13, 2021
President Biden’s vaccine mandate for workers at healthcare agencies receiving Medicare and Medicaid was the kind of good news Louisiana home care agencies needed.
Encompass Health: Home healthcare, hospice likely to bounce back from pandemic by later this year
By
Diane Eastabrook
May 12, 2021
Encompass Health is expecting home healthcare and hospice census to return to pre-pandemic levels by the second half of the year.
Louisiana’s home care agencies now battling two fronts: pandemic, hurricane damage
By
Diane Eastabrook
Aug 31, 2021
As Hurricane Ida left a path of destruction in her wake Monday morning, Louisiana Home Care Association CEO Warren Hebert was busy reaching out to members to assess damage.
Encompass Health expects separation of home health and hospice by year’s end
By
Diane Eastabrook
Jul 29, 2021
A full or partial separation of Encompass Health’s home health and hospice business from its rehabilitation hospitals is all but guaranteed by the end of this year.
Colorado cracks down on harassment of healthcare workers
By
Diane Eastabrook
May 24, 2021
Citing increased online harassment of healthcare workers during the pandemic, Colorado Governor Jared Polis (D) signed legislation last week making it illegal to post personal information about healthcare...
Intermountain and SCL merger brings expanded home health to six states
By
Diane Eastabrook
Sep 20, 2021
The mega merger of Intermountain Healthcare and SCL Health could bring expanded home health services to patients in a half dozen western states.
Encompass Home Health and Hospice CEO stepping down
By
Diane Eastabrook
Apr 05, 2021
Change is coming to the top of Encompass Health’s Home Health and Hospice division. One of the largest home health companies in the United States announced Friday that division CEO April Anthony will...
Volunteer agencies use $2.85M in federal funds to fill in gaps in home care
By
Diane Eastabrook
Sep 14, 2021
Home care and home healthcare agencies could indirectly benefit from a $2.85 million federal grant to 33 volunteer agencies that help struggling caregivers and seniors.
OSHA releases COVID-19 safety rule for healthcare settings; exempts fully vaccinated home health workers...
By
Diane Eastabrook
Jun 10, 2021
The Labor Department’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) Thursday rolled out a new emergency temporary standard protecting all healthcare workers against COVID-19, including those...
Home healthcare workers serve as critical component in elderly telehealth visits, researcher says
By
Diane Eastabrook
Apr 19, 2021
Home healthcare workers can be an invaluable resource in telehealth visits with elderly patients, the author of a new study on telehealth barriers told McKnight’s Home Care Daily.