LHC Group announces agreement to purchase hospice and palliative care providers in Arizona … FirstHealth Home Care earns ACHC accreditation for telehealth program … ComForCare employee recognized as...
Home Health Final Rule contains ‘significant change’ for agencies, expert warns
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Joe Jancsurak
Nov 05, 2020
The 2020 Home Health Final Rule has a “significant change” that home healthcare agencies “should be paying close attention,” according to Aaron Tripp, vice president for reimbursements and financing...
Home care briefs for Thursday, Nov. 5
Nov 05, 2020
ACHC teams with HRS to launch Distinction in Telehealth … Physical Rehabilitation Network announces joint venture with Rehab4Life … LHC Group adds managed care veteran Dale Mackel as CFO
7 ways PACE centers have responded to COVID-19
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Joe Jancsurak
Oct 30, 2020
A new report from Altarum, the National PACE Association and Fallon Health details how Programs of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE) have stayed effective at keeping nursing home-eligible enrollees...
Home care briefs for Friday, Oct. 30
Oct 30, 2020
Survey: Pandemic sends telehealth usage rates soaring, but many users aren’t paying attention … Research project to analyze effectiveness of telehealth in treating substance abuse and mental health...
COVID-19 should bring change to healthcare for Medicare beneficiaries: report
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Joe Jancsurak
Oct 26, 2020
In a new set of recommendations published Friday by the Commonwealth Fund, a private healthcare-focused foundation, researchers at Oregon Health & Science University and Duke University argue for three...
Home care briefs for Monday, Oct. 26
Oct 26, 2020
Report points to growing demand for home and community-based services . . . Partnership to deliver comprehensive virtual care to seniors at home . . . Rehabilitation providers team up for telehealth research...
2-pronged approach could extend Medicaid telephonic or audio-only coverage after pandemic: expert
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Joe Jancsurak
Oct 22, 2020
States could take a two-pronged approach to extend Medicaid telephonic or audio-only coverage beyond the pandemic, according to Jacqueline Marks, a manager with the Manatt Health division of the Manatt,...
3 big regulatory issues facing home care agencies: NAHC
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Joe Jancsurak
Oct 21, 2020
Home healthcare agencies face three major regulatory issues right now, according to Mary Carr, vice president of regulatory affairs at the National Association for Home Care & Hospice:
Home care briefs for Tuesday, Oct. 20
Oct 20, 2020
Always Compassionate Home Care launches in-home flu-vaccine service with plans to add COVID-19 and rapid flu testing … CVS announces plans to hire 15,000 full-time and part-time workers … Coalition...