SCL Health System and its joint venture partner Univita Health recently announced the acquisition of Denver-based All Care Home Health LLC for an undisclosed amount. All Care is a home health care company that provides skilled nursing, physical and occupational therapy, and social work services in the Denver metro area. The acquisition marks an execution […]
A Vermont Senator is sponsoring a bill that would require the state’s Agency of Human Services to pay for telemonitoring for certain Medicaid beneficiaries starting this July. Remote monitoring can yield significant savings by reducing hospital admissions and readmissions, Peter Cobb, director of the Vermont Assembly of Home Health and Hospice agencies, told the Vermont Digger, […]
Trading Places, a periodic series of reports on NBC Nightly News that looks into how the network’s journalists are caring for their own families, recently profiled anchor Brian Williams’ mother and father-in-law, both of whom are aging in place. Patricia and Hudson Stoddard, who are 83 and 91 years old, respectively, have been married for […]
Massachusetts’ governor has proposed a nearly 11% increase to the state’s home care budget for fiscal year 2015—a boost of about $16.5 million, reports the Patriot Ledger. Gov. Deval Patrick’s funding proposal represents the largest investment his administration has made into the state’s Home Care Program, according to Al Norman, executive director of Mass Home […]
Home care workers in certain states and Illinois in particular could be impacted by an upcoming Supreme Court ruling on Harris vs. Quinn on whether public sector employees who don’t join or support union activities should still be required to pay union fees. The Supreme Court is currently debating the case, which stems from a […]
Home health spending outpaced that of skilled nursing facilities and continuing care retirement communities in 2012 due to changes in Medicare reimbursements, says the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). Healthcare spending for freestanding skilled nursing facilities and CCRCs increased slightly to $151 billion in 2012, representing a deceleration in spending growth from the previous year, according to the […]
Visiting Angels and Senior Helpers top the list of 10 best home care companies to work for in 2014, according to a survey of more than 1,500 caregivers. myCNAjobs.com has ranked the top 10 home care companies caregivers say they’d want to work for this year, with Home Care Assistance, Comfort Keepers, and Home Instead […]
The former chief executive officer of Louisville, Ky.-based HealthEssentials Solutions and co-founder of Kindred Healthcare Inc., has resolved allegations of Medicare fraud related to HealthEssentials reimbursement claims by agreeing to a $1 million settlement. The Justice Department accused Michael R. Barr, who along with W. Bruce Lunsford co-founded the post-acute care company that’s now known […]
The use of “telemedicine” is growing as a way to safely keep seniors in their homes, writes CNBC in a recent article profiling a Pennsylvania-based nonprofit’s usage of a remote monitoring system. Lutheran SeniorLife offers its clients the use of the MobileCare Monitor, a monitoring device that can alert community staff if a resident falls. […]
Visiting Angels and Senior Helpers have been named the most desired home care agencies for females and males to work for in 2014, respectively, according to myCNAjobs’ first quarter Caregiver Trend Report. The study ranks the top five home care companies where male and female caregivers want to work, compiled by surveying thousands of professional […]
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