Year-over-year health spending growth highest ‘by far’ for home healthcare
By
Lois A. Bowers
Aug 28, 2024
Year-over-year growth in national health spending in June was highest “by far” for home healthcare, at 20.9%, compared with other major healthcare categories, according to a brief issued late Tuesday...
Home care spending outpaces nursing home spending ‘by far’
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jul 19, 2024
Spending on healthcare goods and services grew by 8.3% between May 2023 and May 2024, according to the latest monthly Health Sector Economics brief from Altarum, released Thursday.
VA benefits available for Korean War veterans
By
Eric Leonard
Jul 27, 2021
many Korean War veterans and their caregivers who may be celebrating the relatively new Armistice Day are not aware of all the VA benefits they have earned.
Edenwald Senior Living, Wesley SecureCare take first step toward affiliation
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Aug 02, 2024
Edenwald Senior Living and Wesley SecureCare signed an agreement Wednesday to share services in the first step toward completing a planned affiliation.
Meet Lisa King, 2024 Hall of Honor inductee
By
Josh Henreckson
Aug 01, 2024
Lisa King, regional vice president at All Ways Caring HomeCare in Louisville, KY, is a Hall of Honor inductee in the 2024 McKnight’s Women of Distinction awards program.
Webinar to tackle claims management as way to protect home care revenue
Jul 12, 2021
Claims management may not be the first idea to come to mind in terms of a critical investment for home care, but it may be a key answer to flagging revenues.
Concerns grow that pandemic relief bill will accelerate ongoing shift to HCBS
By
Amy Novotney
Mar 01, 2021
The $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief package passed by the U.S. House of Representatives on Saturday includes billions of dollars in new funding for government long-term services and supports for frail...
Business briefs, May 24
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
May 24, 2024
Senate Aging Committee hears testimony regarding impact of Older Americans Act … NAHC, NHPCO to merge, Dombi to retire … Initial claims for unemployment drop by 215,000 week over week … Health systems,...
Survey: Pandemic could increase demand for more in-home care
By
Diane Eastabrook
May 27, 2021
The pandemic may have shined a light on the need for more in-home care for seniors living alone.
Mergers and acquisitions rebound in Q2 for home health, home care and hospice: research firm
By
Diane Eastabrook
Jul 16, 2021
After a slow start in the first quarter, mergers and acquisitions took off in the second quarter for the home care, home health and hospice industries.