California Medicare Advantage plan launches in-home COVID-19 vaccination program
By
Diane Eastabrook
Apr 27, 2021
On Monday, paramedics and emergency medical technicians (EMTs) began fanning out across Los Angeles County, vaccinating homebound seniors.
Federal government partners with Uber, Lyft to encourage vaccinations
By
Diane Eastabrook
May 14, 2021
Ride-share companies Uber and Lyft are part of the latest effort to get the COVID-19 vaccine into the arms of more people, including homebound seniors.
Home healthcare industry already prepared for COVID-19 booster
By
Diane Eastabrook
Aug 19, 2021
Some home healthcare providers already had the ball rolling on preparations for COVID-19 booster vaccinations — even before the Biden administration announced Wednesday afternoon they would be offered.
In-home booster preparations underway at some home care agencies
By
Diane Eastabrook
Sep 24, 2021
Even before another federal agency’s panel approved booster shots for seniors, the wheels were in motion at some home care companies to get COVID-19 boosters into the arms of their clients.
Volunteer agencies use $2.85M in federal funds to fill in gaps in home care
By
Diane Eastabrook
Sep 14, 2021
Home care and home healthcare agencies could indirectly benefit from a $2.85 million federal grant to 33 volunteer agencies that help struggling caregivers and seniors.
LeadingAge unveils blueprint to restructure senior care economy
By
Diane Eastabrook
Apr 02, 2021
Long-term care advocacy organization LeadingAge laid out a comprehensive Blueprint for a Better Aging Infrastructure Thursday, one day after President Biden announced his $400 billion dollar plan to support...
Peer-to-Peer: How ConcertoCare has tapped technology, analytics and PACE to upend home healthcare
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Diane Eastabrook
May 17, 2021
In January, ConcertoCare a tech-enabled, risk-based home healthcare provider, named Julian Harris, M.D., to lead the company into a post-COVID-19 landscape.
The Mentor Network urges home- and community-based services community to ratchet up the lobbying effort
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Diane Eastabrook
May 25, 2021
The Mentor Network, one of the nation’s leading providers of health and human services, sees a trend toward expanded home-and-community-based services (HCBS).
LeadingAge members turn the heat up on Congress to pass $400B care infrastructure plan
By
Diane Eastabrook
May 20, 2021
Nonprofit senior care providers demand Congress “reverse outdated Medicaid policies from the 1960s” to rebuild the nation’s senior service sector.
White House pulls out all the stops to promote care economy plan
By
Diane Eastabrook
Aug 13, 2021
On Thursday, the White House initiated a full court press for its $3.5 trillion budget blueprint that would provide billions of dollars for home- and community-based services, higher caregiver wages and...