After Senate leaders reportedly reach deal to avert Medicare cuts, providers urge lawmakers to cross...
By
Joe Jancsurak
Mar 25, 2021
Home care providers Wednesday urged the Senate to pass an extension of the moratorium on 2% cuts. That came after Senate leaders reportedly reached an agreement on Tuesday to extend through 2021 an extension...
New York home care providers say not so fast on legislation that would raise workers’ wages
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Joe Jancsurak
Mar 22, 2021
New state Senate legislation that would raise home care workers’ wages does not provide sufficient funding for employers to cover that increase, the Home Care Association of New York told McKnight’s...
Weekly, at-home COVID-19 testing would stem pandemic, study finds
By
Joe Jancsurak
Mar 15, 2021
Without any at-home COVID-19 testing, 11.6 million infections and 119,000 related deaths would occur or a 60-day period, with $10.1 billion in overall costs (inpatient and lost-productivity costs combined)....
At-home care emerges as new approach to handle oxygen therapy for COVID-19 patients
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Joe Jancsurak
Mar 15, 2021
More health systems are turning to oxygen in the home to help patients with COVID-19, according to a news report.
With increasing demand comes growing pains for home health, healthcare consultant writes
By
Joe Jancsurak
Mar 12, 2021
Seth Joseph, the managing director of Summit Health, a boutique strategy consultancy, wrote in Forbes this week that home health is dealing with several challenges as the field grows.
When it comes to vaccines, many family caregivers feel forgotten
By
Joe Jancsurak
Mar 09, 2021
While paid home caregivers have been prioritized for the COVID-19 vaccine, family caregivers — many of whom are too young to qualify so far — have not. That puts them in a difficult position of having...
Noticeably absent from COVID-19 bill: support for seniors and caregivers, association leaders say
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Joe Jancsurak
Mar 04, 2021
The COVID-19 relief bill passed by the House of Representatives and now before the Senate is seriously lacking support for seniors and care providers, association leaders say.
NAHC clears up confusion on face-to-face encounters, other questions stemming from COVID-19 statute
By
Joe Jancsurak
Mar 03, 2021
The National Association for Home Care & Hospice reports that it has received clarification from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services regarding some discrepancies between Medicare regulations...
Pandemic has bolstered LTSS, advocacy firm finds
By
Joe Jancsurak
Mar 02, 2021
The COVID-19 pandemic has pushed state policymakers to make their Medicaid programs more flexible, analysts from Manatt Health, with funding from The SCAN Foundation, reveal in a recently published resource...
Virginia lawmakers pass bill giving home care workers sick leave
By
Joe Jancsurak
Mar 02, 2021
Virginia lawmakers voted 54-44 on Friday to approve a bill for providing home care workers with paid sick leave, which had been a divisive issue even among Democrats who control the Senate in the state.