Maryland home health aide sentenced to prison for Medicaid fraud … Cornyn pushes Senate to reject CMS nominee … Access Care expands nationwide … Voice tech firm Constant Companion expands
Home Care briefs for Monday, May 3
By
Diane Eastabrook
May 03, 2021
Homebound seniors still having trouble accessing COVID-19 vaccine … Owner of New Hampshire home care company indicted for Medicaid fraud … CMS cites 5% increase in health insurance enrollment
Falls may be an Alzheimer’s precursor, study finds
By
Alicia Lasek
Oct 15, 2020
Alzheimer’s brain changes may be the culprit when an older person with no known cognitive decline has a fall, according to a new study. These falls tend to occur about five years before memory loss and...
Go West? California providers reimagine caregiver roles, propose guest worker program to fix caregiver...
By
Diane Eastabrook
Jun 17, 2021
California — the state that has led the nation on everything from environment standards to labor rights — now may be blazing a trail on the caregiver crisis.
Help for home health? Due date approaching for repayment of COVID-19 loans
By
Diane Eastabrook
Mar 23, 2021
Some home healthcare providers soon may be in for a rude awakening. Bills for Medicare Accelerated and Advanced Payments to the federal government come due in a few weeks.
CareFinders may be pursuing major private-equity deal
By
Joe Jancsurak
Mar 10, 2021
CareFindersTotal Care, a home care company headquartered in Hasbrouck, NJ, is looking for a growth investment deal, according to a PE Hub news report.
GAO report calls for greater enforcement of OSHA’s COVID-19 standards
By
Joe Jancsurak
Jan 29, 2021
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) may be paying closer attention to home care businesses following a governmental COVID-19 report released Thursday.
Some diabetics confront racial barriers to home health, study finds
By
Diane Eastabrook
Apr 06, 2021
Hispanic and Native American patients with diabetes are discharged far less to home health from hospitals compared with White patients, according to a recent study.
Care economy totals $648B, with seniors at home helping to drive growth, report finds
By
Liza Berger
Jul 15, 2021
The size of the care economy is bigger than the U.S. pharmaceutical industry, and larger than the U.S. hotel, car manufacturing and social networking industries combined.
Winning the tug-of-war with home health staff development
By
Don Spiers
Mar 18, 2021
It’s a huge advantage for home health to have more patients and wider access to a variety of referral streams. But we have seen some difficulties related to that shift too.