Benefits, culture key to hiring and retaining workers, leaders say
By
Kimberly Marselas
May 17, 2022
Combining pay increases with innovative benefits and a culture that rewards loyalty is a key way to improve long-term care hiring and retention, six industry leaders said last week.
Providers rethink pre-employment drug tests as marijuana use becomes legal in more states
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Kimberly Marselas
Apr 01, 2022
With medical marijuana now legal in three-fourths of all states, some long-term care employers say that pre-employment testing is weeding out otherwise ideal job candidates.
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...
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.
Home health workers should receive first-round COVID-19 vaccines: NASEM
By
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,...
Home care briefs for Monday, Oct. 5
By
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...
Medicaid expansion filled unmet needs for home health, other long-term care: JAMA
By
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.
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.
Philadelphia’s Blue Cross launches network overlaying home healthcare and social services
By
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.
Providence expands into home care with acquisition of Simplura Health Group
By
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.