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.
Purchase of VNA may kick off nonprofit home care buying spree for Amedisys
By
Diane Eastabrook
May 12, 2021
Visiting Nurse Association (VNA) may be the first of many nonprofit home healthcare and hospice companies Amedisys acquires.
Two major kidney care providers join forces in equipment-sharing deal
By
Diane Eastabrook
Mar 24, 2021
he nation’s two largest kidney care providers are teaming up to expand in-home dialysis services across the U.S.
CMS proposes 1.7%, or $310M, payment rate update to home health agencies in 2022
By
Liza Berger
Jun 28, 2021
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services is recommending an estimated 1.7% increase to home health agencies in calendar year (CY) 2022, the agency disclosed late Monday in its voluminous 387-page proposed...
Fox Rehabilitation aims to expand in-home geriatric therapy model
By
Diane Eastabrook
Jun 08, 2021
Veteran physical therapist Tim Fox started the rehabilitation business that bears his name 22 years ago in Cherry Hill, NJ. He said he had grown frustrated with the limited treatment he was providing home...
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...
New healthcare firm aims to offer holistic primary care services to seniors
By
Joe Jancsurak
Feb 19, 2021
A new healthcare company, ArchWell Health, plans to provide holistic primary healthcare services to Medicare-eligible seniors in medically underserved neighborhoods across the United States. The formation...
Another advocate for home care emerges
By
Liza Berger
Mar 05, 2021
If home care is looking for some more muscle in Washington, it received some help on Wednesday.
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.
Home healthcare agencies can reap big benefits from telehealth
By
Diane Eastabrook
Aug 18, 2021
A mix of telehealth and personal visits can yield better results for patients than strictly in-person visits, according to a technology leader at Dallas-based home healthcare firm AccentCare.