Hospital visits are a significant problem in all areas of senior housing, and just one trip to the emergency room can make it more likely that older adults will have to move out of their homes and into housing with higher acuity care. Partnerships that bring healthcare to independent living and affordable housing settings can […]
Trinity Health Appoints New CEO of Trinity Home Health Services Trinity Health, one of the nation’s largest non-profit health systems serving nearly 2.8 million people annually through its home health and hospice programs, has named Erin Denholm its new CEO of Trinity Home Health Services, a division of Trinity Health that mostly operates in the […]
Cox Communications, the third-largest U.S. cable company that provides digital video, Internet, telephone and home security services to nearly 6 million residences and businesses, has expanded in the home health sector after acquiring Trapollo, a national provider of managed services that enables home health agencies, healthcare providers and insurers to deploy telehealth and remote health monitoring […]
A high-tech apartment unit makes it possible to receive a physical exam without ever leaving home, NPR’s Morning Edition reported Monday. Researchers at the University of Texas at Arlington (UTA) are experimenting with a live-in laboratory with health tracking technology built into furniture, appliances and floors to provide real-time information that can prevent falls in seniors […]
Home health agencies are among the least likely to easily integrate data with an accountable care organization (ACO), according to a survey by eHealth Initiative, a non-profit organization that researches, educate and advocates for better quality and efficiency in health care through information and technology. In the third annual survey, 39% of the 69 ACOs […]
This week, readers caught up on the latest news on free home health referrals and were keen on updates following the extension of minimum wage and overtime protections to home care workers. Here are the top headlines from this week and some notable stories from around the web that caught our eye here at HHCN. Most […]
Amid a turbulent few months for the stock market, The Stoneridge Partners Home Health Index (HH Index), which measures the performance of three major publicly traded home health companies, found the home health market has been doing just fine. The September 1 update from Stoneridge revealed two of the three measured stocks—all listed on the NASDAQ—for […]
Only a few weeks ago, home health care workers won a huge victory in a federal appeals court that made them eligible for the same minimum wage and overtime protections that nearly all workers are guaranteed. Since then, industry leaders have called for a review of the decision by the Supreme Court. Home care workers face […]
Last week, a franchisee of home health care company BrightStar Care was in court fighting a “discriminatory” law over a provision of Seattle’s new minimum wage law, which would increase the city’s rate to $15 per hour. The law classifies franchise businesses in the same category as businesses with more than 500 employees and requires them […]
Sentara Healthcare Announces CEO Stepping Down Sentara Healthcare, a not-for-profit health care system in Virginia and North Carolina, announced CEO David L. Bernd will be stepping down to retire after 21 years of leading the company. Howard P. Kern, who has served as president and chief operating officer, will assume the role of CEO in […]
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