HarmonyCares to use $200M investment ‘to significantly upgrade’ home care technology, CEO says
By
Adam Healy
Jul 11, 2024
HarmonyCares recently raised $200 million of capital to leverage new technology to produce better outcomes for patients and clinicians.
Hybrid-virtual home care model improves outcomes for veterans who live in remote locations
By
Adam Healy
May 23, 2024
An experimental virtual home care model achieved positive outcomes for community-dwelling veterans who live far from VA facilities.
Consumers prefer home care, but nursing homes may better accommodate care coordination, socioeconomic...
By
Adam Healy
May 01, 2024
Not surprisingly, consumers overwhelmingly prefer home-based care to facility-based care. Difficulties coordinating caregivers or preexisting socioeconomic challenges, however, can lead some people to...
Remote access technologies expose home care firms to cybersecurity vulnerabilities, experts say
By
Adam Healy
Apr 23, 2024
To make sure data do not fall into the wrong hands, providers need to stay current on the latest cybersecurity practices.
Eve, new artificial companion, provides homebound seniors engagement, friendship
By
Foster Stubbs
Apr 04, 2024
Eve sells a device that has the appearance of a traditional rotary phone and serves as a companion for the elderly or other homebound people.
Long-term care rates up 1 to 10 percent: survey
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Mar 13, 2024
Year-over-year rate increases in long-term care ranged from 1% to 10% across setting types, according to the results of Genworth’s Cost of Care Survey 2023, published Tuesday.
APRNs, home health / personal care aides top healthcare careers in 2024
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Feb 28, 2024
Advanced practice registered nurses and home health and personal care aides lead the list of top healthcare careers in 2024, according to a study from digital healthcare platform Tebra.
Electronic visit verification will become industry standard in near future, expert predicts
By
Adam Healy
Feb 07, 2024
Electronic visit verification, or EVV, will become industry standard soon, a marketplace executive predicts.
Federal government boosts support of HCBS, releases worker registry guidance
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Dec 13, 2023
When the American Rescue Plan Act was passed in 2021, home- and community-based services were estimated to receive $12 billion. Now, $37 billion is now being used for HCBS across the country in all 50...
New insurance rider aims to be solution for LTSS funding
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Nov 30, 2023
Transamerica Corp. has introduced a flexible long-term care insurance rider, the Cedar Rapids, IA-based holding company announced Monday. The rider is meant to provide an extra layer of savings when the...