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.
Atrium Health and Wake Forest Baptist Health combine to become region’s largest Medicaid provider
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Kimberly Marselas
Oct 13, 2020
Atrium Health and Wake Forest Baptist Health have merged.
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.
Intense rehab and transitional care providers have done well amid pandemic
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Kimberly Marselas
Mar 23, 2021
Most of long-term care has found itself hobbled by low occupancy and consumers’ sustained fears during the pandemic, but one group has generally fared much better than the others: Providers focusing...
Home care briefs for Monday, Oct. 5
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Kimberly Marselas
Oct 04, 2020
Application period opens today for next $20M in provider relief … Major insurers emphasizing access to home healthcare benefits as they push new Medicare Advantage options … OTs’ expertise could...
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,...