Study: More seniors could live longer at home with the right equipment
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Joe Jancsurak
Mar 24, 2021
Many elderly Americans lack the basic self-care equipment that could enable them to live at home longer, a study by University of California San Francisco researchers found.
Telehealth pilot programs gain traction
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Joe Jancsurak
Oct 09, 2020
Wake Forest Baptist Health’s pilot program launched with Scanwell will equip at-risk patients with an mHealth platform to test for antibodies associated with the coronavirus while at home. Approximately...
10 defendants arrested in connection with Brooklyn home health fraud scheme
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Joe Jancsurak
Dec 18, 2020
Ten defendants were arrested on Wednesday and will appear in Manhattan federal court for their roles in an alleged scheme “to swindle the managed healthcare system by billing for no-show cases,” said...
Encompass Health’s 2020 4Q profits rise as home health revenue drops
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Joe Jancsurak
Feb 01, 2021
A 2.5% bump in fourth-quarter net operating revenues helped boost profits for Encompass Health Corp., one of the country’s largest home health providers, to $86 million in the quarter from $67.6 million...
Minnesota home care workers to receive a 15% raise
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Joe Jancsurak
Jan 20, 2021
More than 20,000 Minnesota home care workers who are members of the Service Employees International Union will, over the next two weeks, vote on a tentative contract that increases base pay by $2 an hour,...
70 percent of long-term care claims begin with home care
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Joe Jancsurak
Nov 11, 2020
Seventy percent of 2019 long-term care insurance policy claimants received initial benefit payments for care at home, according to the American Association for Long-Term Care Insurance. That 70% represents...
Indiana aims to improve access to home care for aging Hoosiers
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Joe Jancsurak
Jan 26, 2021
Indiana officials looking forward to making changes to the state’s managed care system say they want to speed up the eligibility process for home-based care and build up the necessary workforce. While...
New at-home, rapid COVID-19 test service offers another ‘critical resource,’ group says
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Joe Jancsurak
Jan 25, 2021
Ready, an on-demand healthcare service, disclosed on Friday its in-home rapid COVID-19 testing, which provides results in 15 minutes or less. How it works? The company sends a healthcare professional,...
Home care briefs for Wednesday, Jan. 20
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Joe Jancsurak
Jan 20, 2021
Vermont medical center to offer COVID-19 home care … Home-based remote patient monitoring kit enables care providers to track vital signs and receive deterioration alerts …Pennant Group adds Arizona...
Virginia’s home care workers at risk without Medicaid rate increase, lawmakers and providers say
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Joe Jancsurak
Jan 27, 2021
A minimum wage hike might sound like a great step for home care. But unless Medicaid reimbursement rises as well, it puts home care agencies in a difficult position. That is what two Virginia state lawmakers...