Avalere report finds CareCentrix post-acute care model lowers total cost of care
By
Joe Jancsurak
Mar 09, 2021
In an analysis released today, Avalere, a healthcare research and consulting firm, found that the CareCentrix model of technology-enabled and coordinated post-acute care results in lower hospital readmission...
Medicare Advantage at age 60?
By
Joe Jancsurak
Oct 07, 2020
As health insurers expand their Medicare Advantage health plan offerings to seniors with new regulations allowing for added benefits, these plans could become an even greater draw for seniors should a...
Telehealth: The new frontier
By
Liza Berger
Mar 19, 2021
Crises have the unique power to both unearth long-simmering problems and unmask raw potential. I think it’s fair to say that the COVID-19 pandemic (an indisputable crisis) has managed to do both.
Habla espanol? Learning a new language has powerful benefits for seniors, author contends
By
Caroline Szachnowski
Aug 23, 2021
It’s well known that challenging the brain in older age helps stave off memory loss. Learning a new language is one such way, said Dave Clark, author of the new book “Spanish for Seniors.”
Lone Star State’s home care workers overcome winter storm to provide care
By
Joe Jancsurak
Feb 22, 2021
The unprecedented winter storm and power outages that hampered Texas last week presented challenges for home care workers. Locals news reports since have emerged of caregivers going out of their way to...
Home care briefs for Friday, Nov. 20
Nov 20, 2020
Interim Health Care and PHI execs honored as part of Next Avenue’s 2020 Influencers in Aging … Survey: 77% of Americans unfamiliar with plan to lower Medicare age … North Dakota home care providers...
Move to healthcare at home helps to empower patients, former CMS administrator says
By
Diane Eastabrook
Mar 24, 2021
Moving healthcare into the home is helping shift the balance of power from healthcare systems to patients, former Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Administrator Donald Berwick, M.D., said Monday....
Medicare Advantage outcomes top traditional Medicare: report
By
Joe Jancsurak
Jan 05, 2021
Medicare Advantage outperforms traditional Medicare when it comes to pneumonia and flu vaccines, diabetic eye exams, post-acute care and avoidable hospitalizations — all of which enable older adults...
Vitas revenues slip in 2021 1Q following pandemic hit to senior living referrals: execs
By
Liza Berger
Apr 29, 2021
COVID-19’s impact on the hospice business played a role in lower 2021 first quarter revenues for Vitas Healthcare Corp., the hospice division of Chemed, which also owns Roto-Rooter, a plumbing and drain...
Home Care briefs for Wednesday, March 24
By
Joe Jancsurak
Mar 24, 2021
Changes to oxygen fee schedule starting April 1 … Digital-health startup with in-home care capability raises $500M … Cannabis telemedicine service launches in Connecticut and Illinois … Democrats...