Webinar to tackle claims management as way to protect home care revenue
Jul 12, 2021
Claims management may not be the first idea to come to mind in terms of a critical investment for home care, but it may be a key answer to flagging revenues.
A new sheriff in town, to home care’s dismay
By
Liza Berger
Sep 24, 2021
In terms of pay and employment issues, the current president has not exactly been a friend of the program.
An acute interest in home care
By
Liza Berger
Jul 09, 2021
The tea leaves seem to be suggesting that acute home care services may eventually overtake the traditional service model.
Encompass may spin off home health division, analyst predicts
By
Liza Berger
Jun 30, 2021
Home health giant Encompass Health Corp. may be on its way to a spin-off of its home health and hospice division. That is according to Jeffries analyst Brian Tanquilut.
Legal expert: MA growth to spur uptick in home health financial activity in 2021
By
Liza Berger
Jan 29, 2021
The coming year promises to be robust in terms of financial deals in the home health space, according to a lawyer who focuses his practice on advising long-term care firms, and their investors and lenders,...
HHS to disburse $25.5B in COVID-19 relief funding
By
Liza Berger
Sep 10, 2021
Home care providers soon may be able to take advantage of a new round of COVID-19 relief funding. The Department of Health and Human Services disclosed Friday that $25.5 billion will be available on Sept....
The COVID-19 turn of the screw
By
Liza Berger
Aug 27, 2021
This move toward mandates no doubt is a bitter pill for providers to swallow.
Major home care organization calls for vaccine mandate
By
Liza Berger
Aug 23, 2021
The National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization Monday urged mandatory vaccinations among healthcare staff in all settings.
A new crisis for home care: employee burnout
By
Liza Berger
Mar 26, 2021
Ah. The COVID-19 vaccine is here. It seems to be working. So after all those months of hardship, duty, stress and fatigue, home care providers can rest easy, right? Think again.
Humana 2021 1Q profits expand as company accelerates home health strategy
By
Liza Berger
Apr 29, 2021
The Medicare Advantage (MA) program helped boost Humana’s profits to $6.39 diluted earnings per share in the first quarter of 2021 compared to the previous year’s diluted earnings per share of $3.56.