Relief bill provisions complicate care for homebound patients
By
Joe Jancsurak
Jan 06, 2021
The $900 billion COVID-19 relief bill signed into law by President Trump Dec. 27 offers Medicare coverage for telemental health and rural hospitals and funding for broadband connectivity, but criticism...
Home care briefs for Tuesday, Dec. 22
Dec 22, 2020
Amedisys welcomes new board member … Toledo area hospital provides in-home care for COVID-19 patients … Oregon and payers negotiate telehealth coverage through mid-2021 … Report recommends steps...
Home briefs for Thursday, Dec. 17
Dec 17, 2020
Rising telehealth usage prompts expansion of subscription program … Record investment in home care packages continues in the ‘Land Down Under’ … U.P. Home Health & Hospice raises money...
Former Uber Health head launches care management platform with $4.5M in funding
By
Joe Jancsurak
Dec 07, 2020
A new care management platform, backed by $4.5 million in seed funding, has the goal of enabling healthcare providers and payers to extend their services into patients’ homes.
Bill supports end-of-life options
By
Joe Jancsurak
Dec 04, 2020
Legislation introduced Wednesday would provide federal support for public awareness campaigns, the development of core end-of-life quality measures and the expansion of access to advance care planning...
Home care briefs for Wednesday, Dec. 2
Dec 02, 2020
‘Gossip bots’ one day may serve as personal caregiver assistants for older adults with dementia … Partnership to increase availability and adherence to pulmonary rehabilitation via a virtual program...
Home care briefs for Monday, Nov. 23
Nov 23, 2020
Simplura Health Group sold to Providence Service Corp. … Bluestream Health and LanguageLine Solutions partner to overcome language barriers in telehealth … Pandemic causes ‘economic disruption’...
Digital delivery becoming new norm for home health agencies: survey
By
Joe Jancsurak
Nov 16, 2020
More than half of the home health agency respondents to a recent survey said the biggest pandemic-related change to their business models has been converting to digital delivery of services, and that this...
Election may bring positive permanent changes for home care, NAHC president says
By
Joe Jancsurak
Nov 13, 2020
As the dust settles from the election, legislative gridlock likely will continue to be the norm, William A. Dombi, president of the National Association for Home Care & Hospice, said Thursday.
Home health less popular with older adults than with their caregivers
By
Joe Jancsurak
Nov 11, 2020
Individuals older than 65 expressed less interest in home health than their caregivers and younger people did in survey results released Wednesday by CareCentrix.