It’s National Nurses Week (May 6-12), a time to give a nod to nurses everywhere.
Mergers and acquisitions receive more scrutiny from buyers, experts say
By
Diane Eastabrook
Sep 02, 2021
It may be a seller’s market in the home care and hospice industry, but buyers are scrutinizing potential deals more closely.
Purchase of VNA may kick off nonprofit home care buying spree for Amedisys
By
Diane Eastabrook
May 12, 2021
Visiting Nurse Association (VNA) may be the first of many nonprofit home healthcare and hospice companies Amedisys acquires.
The new test case for vaccine mandates? New York home care workers may show the way
By
Diane Eastabrook
Sep 28, 2021
New York soon may become the bellwether on how unvaccinated home care workers will respond to COVID-19 vaccine mandates.
Help for home health? Due date approaching for repayment of COVID-19 loans
By
Diane Eastabrook
Mar 23, 2021
Some home healthcare providers soon may be in for a rude awakening. Bills for Medicare Accelerated and Advanced Payments to the federal government come due in a few weeks.
Labor expert: Creativity, more than money, could attract workers to home care
By
Diane Eastabrook
Jun 22, 2021
Home care agencies need to get creative and stand out from the crowd if they want to attract workers, according to Mark McInerney, director of Maine’s Center for Workforce Research and Information.
Study: Pandemic increased the number of homebound, isolated seniors
By
Diane Eastabrook
Aug 25, 2021
The COVID-19 pandemic may have led to more older adults living at home and heightened their risk of infection from COVID-19, according to a new JAMA Internal Medicine study.
Connecticut healthcare workers face termination if they don’t get fingerprinted
By
Diane Eastabrook
Jul 07, 2021
All Connecticut healthcare workers hired during the pandemic — including those at home health agencies — must get fingerprinted by July 20 or be terminated. T
Johns Hopkins doc: COVID-19 to remain public health threat for at least three more months
By
Diane Eastabrook
Apr 01, 2021
The COVID-19 pandemic will continue to be a public health threat for at least three months, according to the chair of Johns Hopkins University’s Emergency Medical Department.
Pandemic’s impact on home healthcare could last longer than expected
By
Diane Eastabrook
Aug 18, 2021
As the number of COVID-19 hospitalizations is increasing nationwide, a new study finds home healthcare agencies could feel repercussions from the pandemic longer than they might have expected.