Not surprisingly, two big issues dominated the first live home care conference in months: the Choose Home Care Act and the coronavirus.
Opportunities abound for home care agencies, Dombi tells McKnight’s in podcast
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Liza Berger
Jul 23, 2021
From new legislation to market changes, home care is in a position of growth it has never been in before.
Price tag of Better Care Better Jobs Act is closer to $150B, NAHC’s Dombi says
By
Liza Berger
Jul 20, 2021
While language in the Better Care Better Jobs Act did not mention a dollar amount, many expected it would inject around $400 billion into Medicaid home- and community-based services (HCBS). It turns out...
Care infrastructure ‘vital for our economic prosperity,’ Commerce Secretary Raimondo says
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Liza Berger
Jul 13, 2021
U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo on Monday voiced her support for the Better Care Better Jobs Act, legislation currently under consideration in Congress that would increase Medicaid funding for...
‘It’s pretty clear that 2021 is the year of healthcare at home’
By
Liza Berger
May 21, 2021
If the construction industry could talk, it might say that home care has chutzpah.
CMS issues guidance to states on how to use enhanced Medicaid HCBS funding from stimulus package
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Liza Berger
May 14, 2021
States can only use enhanced Medicaid funds from the recently passed $1.9 trillion economic stimulus package to strengthen their home- and community-based services, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid...
InnovAge grows members, centers in latest quarter as ModivCare weathers pandemic with personal care acquisition
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Liza Berger
May 14, 2021
InnovAge, a new publicly traded company that contracts with Medicare and Medicaid through the Program for All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE), experienced signs of pandemic recovery in the fiscal...
Long-term care should include more HCBS, panelists assert
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Liza Berger
Mar 12, 2021
The long-term care system in coming years should include an expansion of home- and community-based services (HCBS), policy, advocacy and consumer experts said during a virtual roundtable discussion Thursday...
Home care at a tipping point: Agency offers perspective on field’s tremendous growth
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Liza Berger
Feb 23, 2021
Many players in the home care market have thrived in the past year as the pandemic steered seniors to remain at home for long-term care services versus enter senior care facilities. HomeWell Care Services,...
In major move, HHS to expand Home Health Value-Based Purchasing Model
By
Liza Berger
Jan 11, 2021
The Department of Health and Human Services made a key announcement regarding home care on Friday: It approved the expansion of the Home Health Value-Based Purchasing Model, which began its first performance...