Home health clients feeling physical, mental health effects of pandemic
By
Joe Jancsurak
Dec 08, 2020
The long-term physical and mental health effects experienced during the pandemic by older adults who, along with their family caregivers, typically would be served by home healthcare agencies, are a growing...
AMA coalition to help doctors use telehealth for mental health services
By
Joe Jancsurak
Oct 15, 2020
The American Medical Association has launched its Behavioral Health Integration collaborative for using telehealth to integrate mental and behavioral health services into primary care.
New OSHA COVID-19 inspection and whistleblower program targets home healthcare, among other providers
By
Joe Jancsurak
Mar 16, 2021
Home healthcare services are part of a long list of businesses under scrutiny by the new Occupational Safety and Health Administration program.
Amedisys’ home health volume increases by 5% for Q4 2020 as profits soar by 63%
By
Joe Jancsurak
Feb 26, 2021
Speaking like a proud captain of a ship, Amedisys Inc., Chairman and CEO Paul Kusserow said Thursday that his team successfully “turned PDGM (Patient-Driven Groupings Model) headwinds into tailwinds”...
Number of MA beneficiaries receiving supplemental benefits for the chronically ill triples in one year,...
By
Joe Jancsurak
Feb 09, 2021
The number of Medicare Advantage beneficiaries receiving Special Supplemental Benefits for the Chronically Ill (SSBCI) has skyrocketed — from 1 million in 2020 to 3 million in 2021— according to a...
Home care aides can adopt neurosurgeon’s mental fitness tips for patients
By
Joe Jancsurak
Jan 14, 2021
Humans’ ability to process, understand and apply knowledge “can actually get sharper, can get better as you get older,” CNN chief medical correspondent Sanjay Gupta, M.D., said during an interview...
New year brings boost to wages for some home healthcare workers
By
Joe Jancsurak
Jan 14, 2021
New York state’s newly amended Home Health Care Worker Wage Parity Law establishes additional wages and/or supplemental benefits for home healthcare aides who perform Medicaid-reimbursed work within...
Home healthcare plays major part in LHC Group’s Q3 growth
By
Joe Jancsurak
Nov 06, 2020
The LHC Group saw a 4.7% organic increase in home health admissions in the third quarter of 2020 compared with the same period in 2019, the company said Thursday. Third-quarter gains in home health admissions...
Telehealth projects to receive $72 million in grants
By
Joe Jancsurak
Oct 13, 2020
The United States Department of Agriculture’s latest round of Distance Learning and Telemedicine grants, totaling $72 million, will go to 116 programs in 40 states, Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands....
Study: COVID-19-related ‘cocooning’ worsens well-being of seniors
By
Joe Jancsurak
Jan 27, 2021
Cocooning, the practice of staying home and avoiding social interaction, is a natural reaction to the COVID-19 pandemic. Unfortunately, it may be detrimental to the physical and mental health of seniors...