A diverse group of healthcare companies is teaming up to change the way healthcare is delivered. Moving Health Home (MHH) launched this week with a list of policy initiatives aimed at expanding access...
Minnesota home care workers to receive a 15% raise
By
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,...
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...
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...
NYC agency offers compelling approach to attracting, retaining home healthcare workers
By
Joe Jancsurak
Feb 08, 2021
The home care field is suffering from a workforce crisis that the pandemic has merely exacerbated. One home agency in New York City may offer an answer, according to a report in The Detroit News.
Home dialysis growth spurt continues with expanded technology and service
By
Diane Eastabrook
May 11, 2021
The growing trend to move dialysis into the home received two big boosts on Monday.
Home care and hospice still in the dark about federal vaccine mandate
By
Diane Eastabrook
Sep 30, 2021
Frustration is mounting for home care and hospice agencies as they wait for the Biden administration to offer clues about how the federal COVID-19 vaccine mandate will be implemented.
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.
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.
Mandate overreach? Rhode Island offers cautionary tale
By
Liza Berger
Sep 03, 2021
It seems to me that we could use a standardized healthcare policy regarding mandates right about now.