New healthcare firm aims to offer holistic primary care services to seniors
By
Joe Jancsurak
Feb 19, 2021
A new healthcare company, ArchWell Health, plans to provide holistic primary healthcare services to Medicare-eligible seniors in medically underserved neighborhoods across the United States. The formation...
Study: Many Medicare beneficiaries with planned discharges to HHAs don’t actually receive HHA care
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Joe Jancsurak
Mar 26, 2021
Some 4 out of 10 Medicare beneficiaries in rural areas with planned discharges to home hospital agencies (HHAs) didn’t actually receive that HHA care, according to a new study entitled “Post-acute...
Growing trend: Doctors and nurses deliver COVID-19 vaccines to homebound seniors
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Joe Jancsurak
Mar 18, 2021
Medical centers and other health organizations have begun sending doctors and nurses to apartment buildings and private homes to vaccinate homebound seniors, according to a Kaiser Health News report.
Addus CEO is bullish on Presbyterian Health Plan partnership
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Joe Jancsurak
Mar 11, 2021
Addus HomeCare Corp., a provider of home care services as well as hospice and home health, disclosed on Wednesday that it has entered a value-based post-acute care navigation agreement with Presbyterian...
Amwell joins coalition to advance home care public policy
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Joe Jancsurak
Mar 11, 2021
Amwell, a provider of telehealth services, said on Wednesday that it will become a founding member of Moving Health Home, a coalition working to advance care delivery by making the home a clinical site...
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.
Encompass Health, Right at Home announce preferred provider relationship
By
Joe Jancsurak
Mar 04, 2021
Two serious players in the home care market teamed up recently. Encompass Health, provider of inpatient rehabilitation services, home health and hospice, and Right at Home, provider of in-home care and...
Brookdale promotes liquidity position following HCA deal
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Joe Jancsurak
Mar 01, 2021
Following Wednesday’s announced divestment of most of its home health, hospice and therapy business to HCA Healthcare, Brookdale EVP and CFO Steven Swain said Thursday that the move will strengthen...
California’s ‘Master Plan for Aging’ offers strategies for attracting home caregivers
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Joe Jancsurak
Feb 19, 2021
California’s Department of Aging recently released a 10-year “Master Plan for Aging.” The blueprint aims to guide state and local governments, the private sector and charitable organizations toward...
Report on LTACs during COVID-19 shines a light on the role of home care
By
Joe Jancsurak
Feb 17, 2021
COVID-19 has in many ways changed the post-acute care landscape. Home care now is more often seen as a viable option, according to an ATI Advisory research paper, “Role of LTAC Hospitals in COVID-19...