Medicaid expansion filled unmet needs for home health, other long-term care: JAMA
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Kimberly Marselas
Oct 01, 2020
Broader Medicaid eligibility was associated with a significant increase in the use of long-term care — both institutional and at-home services — according to a study in JAMA Network Open.
As private insurers pull back, this huge state says it will continue to fund telehealth visits equal...
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Kimberly Marselas
Sep 29, 2020
State-regulated health plans in Texas will continue to reimburse for telehealth services at the same rate as in-person care through the end of the year, but major insurers are prepared to reduce coverage...
Home care briefs for Wednesday, Sept. 30
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Kimberly Marselas
Sep 29, 2020
Not just bodily fluids: Review finds home healthcare workers also routinely exposed to violence, aggressive pets and second-hand smoke … Brookdale’s massive flu-shot effort to include vaccination sites...
Medicare Advantage plans banking on non-medical home care needs
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Kimberly Marselas
Sep 28, 2020
An exploding number of Medicare Advantage plans are working with home care providers to provide non-medical services ranging from therapeutic massage to grocery store transportation, according to benefit...
Providence expands into home care with acquisition of Simplura Health Group
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Kimberly Marselas
Sep 30, 2020
Providence Service Corp., a major medical transportation company, is moving into the home health sector with a planned, $575 million cash acquisition of Simplura Health Group.
Report: Supply of home health aides increases in 5 states, but patient transitions, hospitalizations...
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Kimberly Marselas
Sep 28, 2020
Five states have grown their supply of home health aides by 20% or more, with most of the nation holding steady even as demand increases, according to the 2020 Long-Term Services and Supports State Scorecard.
Home health workers should receive first-round COVID-19 vaccines: NASEM
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Kimberly Marselas
Oct 04, 2020
Frontline healthcare workers, including home care nurses, would be among the first to receive any approved COVID-19 vaccine, according to a final report released Friday by The National Academies of Sciences,...
Philadelphia’s Blue Cross launches network overlaying home healthcare and social services
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Kimberly Marselas
Sep 30, 2020
Independence Blue Cross is launching CommunityLink, a network of community-based organizations designed to break down barriers between social and clinical care.
Home healthcare outpaces skilled nursing in its post-COVID-19 rebound
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Kimberly Marselas
Sep 30, 2020
Though home healthcare rolls were devastated in the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, the industry has rebounded more quickly than its skilled nursing peers, according to a new analysis.