State vaccine mandates continue to vex home care agencies
By
Diane Eastabrook
Oct 07, 2021
COVID-19 vaccine mandates in two states are giving home care agencies massive headaches.
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.
Key congressional committee members back palliative care demonstration model
By
Diane Eastabrook
Sep 24, 2021
The prospect of a palliative care demonstration model got a big boost this week from members of the House Ways and Means Committee.
Legal challenges sow confusion on COVID-19 vaccine mandates
By
Diane Eastabrook
Sep 16, 2021
Legal challenges are adding to the complexity surrounding state and federal COVID-19 vaccine mandates for home care and home healthcare agencies.
Home care advocates press Congress on Choose Home, Build Back Better
By
Diane Eastabrook
Sep 15, 2021
Home care advocates and a union representing home care workers are turning up the heat on Congress to pass legislation that would expand the home care industry and boost wages for its workers.
Vaccine mandate brings relief to home care agencies but raises questions
By
Diane Eastabrook
Sep 13, 2021
President Biden’s vaccine mandate for workers at healthcare agencies receiving Medicare and Medicaid was the kind of good news Louisiana home care agencies needed.
Warts and all, value-based purchasing may be coming to a home health agency near you
By
Diane Eastabrook
Sep 09, 2021
In the past six years Phoenix-based Banner Health has seen a marked improvement in outcomes and patient satisfaction for clients receiving home healthcare services.
Long-term care providers race against the clock as Congress tackles $3.5T budget
By
Diane Eastabrook
Sep 02, 2021
LeadingAge is pulling out all of the stops in a bid to get Congress to approve billions of dollars for senior services and caregiver support.
Half of Americans polled favor workplace vaccine mandates as states ratchet up requirements
By
Diane Eastabrook
Aug 30, 2021
More than half of American workers favor COVID-19 vaccine mandates in the workplace, according to a new Associated Press-NORC poll.
State vaccine mandates expected to send some home healthcare workers for the doors
By
Diane Eastabrook
Aug 20, 2021
As angry healthcare workers descended on Maine’s state house all week protesting a looming state COVID-19 vaccine mandate, Care & Comfort President and CEO Mike Stair worried about the toll the rule...