Free Webinar Date: Wednesday May 23, 2018 Time: 1-2 PM Central Every hospice is required to conduct Interdisciplinary Group (IDG) meetings on each patient every fourteen days. In theory, these meetings are for the care team to review the holistic plan of care of the patient to ensure the patient and family needs are being met. […]
The current chief technology officer for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) will soon leave his post in Washington D.C. to join Lafayette, Louisiana-based LHC Group (Nasdaq: LHCG) and fill a newly created position dedicated to innovation. HHS CTO Bruce Greenstein will become LHC Group’s first chief innovation and technology officer in June, […]
California-based Honor has raised another $50 million is a Series C funding, bringing the home care startup’s total funding to $115 million. The funding comes as the company has pivoted its business, from operating as a private duty home care provider to becoming a technology and operations partner for a growing network of in-home care […]
Hospice has been a popular target on the mergers-and-acquisitions front, but the industry faces a demographic challenge when it comes to minority patients. The sector is plagued by very low utilization rates for minority patients, and the numbers appear only to be getting worse. About 87% of hospice patients are white, according to the most recent […]
Several home care providers are facing lawsuits from the Department of Labor (DOL) for allegedly failing to pay workers overtime or minimum hourly wages, according to Bloomberg BNA. The lawsuits come just a few years after the in-home care industry was hit with a new regulation that ensured workers were protected by minimum and overtime wages. […]
Great Lakes Caring, National Home Health Care and Jordan Health Services have named a new chief financial officer for their freshly merged enterprise. Eric Slusser is taking over as CFO of the newly combined company, it announced Monday, less than a week after Michigan-based Great Lakes Caring, Connecticut-based National Home Health Care and Texas-based Jordan […]
Start your week with our must-read news—see what caught our eye around the web, and keep reading to see our top stories from last week. The unemployment rate in the United States recently reached just 3.9%—a tight labor market. In April, the share of new health care jobs also reached a new high, with 24,400 […]
For almost two years, Intermountain Healthcare—a Utah-based health system that boasts 22 hospitals, more than 180 clinics and its own health insurance plan—has been searching for the perfect home care partner to help it proactively keep elderly patients well and away from its own facilities. It found that partner more than 1,400 miles away. Earlier […]
The market values of some of the biggest home health companies ticked in April, thanks in part to positive earnings results at the start of the year. The Home Health Index, managed by Stoneridge Partners, has long tracked the market value of three of the largest home health companies. Previously, three companies comprised the index: […]
Free Webinar Date: Wednesday May 23, 2018 Time: 1-2 PM Central Every hospice is required to conduct Interdisciplinary Group (IDG) meetings on each patient every fourteen days. In theory, these meetings are for the care team to review the holistic plan of care of the patient to ensure the patient and family needs are being met. […]
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