Newly unveiled American Jobs Plan could lead to union organizing uptick
By
Diane Eastabrook
Apr 05, 2021
Brace yourselves, home care agency owners: President Biden’s $2 trillion American Jobs Plan could set the stage for an expansion of union organization in the home care industry — one of the nation’s...
Legal challenges sow confusion on COVID-19 vaccine mandates
By
Diane Eastabrook
Sep 16, 2021
Legal challenges are adding to the complexity surrounding state and federal COVID-19 vaccine mandates for home care and home healthcare agencies.
Mandate overreach? Rhode Island offers cautionary tale
By
Liza Berger
Sep 03, 2021
It seems to me that we could use a standardized healthcare policy regarding mandates right about now.
The new world of home health will center around hospital-at-home, SNF-at-home, experts say
By
Liza Berger
Aug 04, 2021
The pandemic has helped to give rise to innovative models such as hospital-at-home and skilled nursing facility (SNF)-at-home.
U.S. offers ‘untapped opportunity’ for more HCBS: Public policy expert
By
Liza Berger
Apr 12, 2021
The United States is well-equipped to provide more home- and community-based care (HCBS), a public policy expert recently told an audience of long-term care providers, including those in home care.
‘Private equity abuse’ in long-term care is target of new federal bill
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jun 13, 2024
Two Democratic senators from Massachusetts have introduced a bill they say is meant to “root out corporate greed and private equity abuse” in nursing homes, assisted living communities, home health...
Home care providers declare 2021 ‘year of healthcare at home’ while they acknowledge acute workforce...
By
Liza Berger
May 21, 2021
Leaders of two key home care associations voiced their excitement Thursday regarding the growing legislative and regulatory momentum in the direction of home care.
‘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.
Addus HomeCare looks to expand home healthcare as pandemic wanes
By
Diane Eastabrook
May 05, 2021
Addus HomeCare is joining the growing league of providers on the search for home healthcare agencies. During a call with analysts on Tuesday, the Frisco, TX-based company said it hoped to score a handful...
So, senior living isn’t healthcare after all?
By
John O'Connor
Jan 04, 2024
The senior living industry’s reinvention as a healthcare player just received a notable setback. In a court room, of all places. As McKnight’s Senior Living recently reported, a circuit court judge...