CCRCs partner to offer home healthcare to independent living residents
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Apr 08, 2024
Two continuing care retirement communities in western New York have partnered to provide a home healthcare option for the communities’ independent living residents.
Deepening consumer home care preference presents long-term challenge for facility-based providers: survey
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Apr 11, 2022
The pandemic accelerated a shift in consumer preference toward home care, presenting a longer-lasting challenge for senior living communities and other facility-based providers in regaining consumer confidence,...
ProMedica sells home health, hospice business to Gentiva for $710 million
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Mar 03, 2023
Toledo, OH-based ProMedica entered a definitive agreement this week to sell the company’s Heartland brand home health and hospice care business to Atlanta-based Gentiva for $710 million.
Growing trend: Doctors and nurses deliver COVID-19 vaccines to homebound seniors
By
Joe Jancsurak
Mar 18, 2021
Medical centers and other health organizations have begun sending doctors and nurses to apartment buildings and private homes to vaccinate homebound seniors, according to a Kaiser Health News report.
Pilot programs could steer Medicare Advantage business to home healthcare companies
By
Diane Eastabrook
Aug 04, 2021
As Medicare Advantage (MA) plans grow in popularity, home healthcare agencies need to start forming alliances with private payers that offer those plans.
Lawmakers to press Biden to increase funding for HCBS as part of larger system reform
By
Diane Eastabrook
Mar 25, 2021
Some Democratic lawmakers are holding President Joseph Biden’s feet to the fire, demanding he fulfill a campaign promise to direct $450 billion to home- and community-based services (HCBS). This funding...
Rural COVID-19 vaccination campaign seeks help from home health agencies
By
Diane Eastabrook
Sep 27, 2021
The National Rural Health Association is calling on home healthcare agencies to help it mitigate COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy in rural America.
Senior Helpers’ latest buy could be incubator for new home care services
By
Diane Eastabrook
Sep 15, 2021
Senior Helpers’ acquisition Tuesday of Milwaukee franchisee Miller Home Care is designed to set it on an innovative path with its new parent Advocate Aurora Enterprises.
DOL targets home care for wage, employment rule violations: attorney
By
Liza Berger
Sep 23, 2021
When it comes to labor and wage matters, home care agencies are in for a bumpy ride. The Department of Labor under President Biden is cracking down on home care and home health agencies that violate the...
Senators introduce highly anticipated legislation expanding Medicare home health
By
Diane Eastabrook
Jul 29, 2021
Home health advocates are applauding bipartisan legislation introduced Thursday that would expand care into the home.