Monday Briefing: Tom Price Confirmed as Secretary of HHS

In the wee hours of Friday morning, after an all night session, the Senate confirmed Rep. Tom Price M.D (R-GA) as the secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). Several industry organizations like the Partnership for Quality Home Healthcare and the American Health Care Association (AHCA)/ National Center for Assisted Living (NCAL) are […]

New Initiative to Tackle Caregiver Crisis, Influence Public Policy

A nonprofit organization focused on supporting the direct care workforce as well as the home care industry has launched a new campaign in hopes of influencing policy to help solve the growing shortage of health care workers. New York City-based Paraprofessional Healthcare Institute (PHI) launched its “60 Caregiver Issues” campaign this week to bring awareness to […]

Business Briefs: Amedisys Closes on New Acquisition

Amedisys Finalizes Acquisition of Home Staff Amedisys, Inc. (Nasdaq: AMED) subsidiary Associated Home Care has closed its acquisition of personal care provider Home Staff, LLC. Under the terms of the agreement, Associated Home Care acquired substantially all of the assets of Home Staff from Fallon Health and VNA Care Network, according to a press release. Always […]

Why Trinity is Shifting To 24/7 Patient Monitoring

Home health providers are quickly realizing they need to invest in tech when it comes to remote monitoring, or else they run the risk of being left behind. One home health provider has seen the industry shifting and is rolling out a remote care management platform for all patients. Trinity Health At Home, the home health care services […]

Amedisys Launches Heart Program To Lower Readmissions, Empower Patients

One of the biggest publicly traded home health care providers is expanding a pilot program targeting heart failure patients company-wide after finding initial success in a pilot program. The announcement comes at the start of American Heart Month. Baton Rouge, Louisiana-based Amedisys Inc. (Nasdaq: AMED) is rolling out the Amedisys Heart Failure program company wide this month […]

MA Beneficiaries Use Less Home Care Than Fee-For-Service

The trend of home health agencies expanding their patient share to Medicare Advantage (MA) patients is on the rise, but overall, MA beneficiaries are using less home health compared with seniors on traditional fee-for-service (FFS) Medicare. Home health utilization is a large source of Medicare costs, but, up until this point, it was unknown if Medicare […]

Illinois Home Care Workers Say Goodbye To Overtime Pay

In a the long-standing fight over whether home care workers in Illinois will be able to receive overtime care, the governor has once again ruled against workers. Home care workers in Illinois will no longer be allowed to receive overtime pay, after Governor Bruce Rauner vetoed Senate Bill 261 on Friday, January 27. The bill would […]

Business Briefs: Acquisition Activity Heats Up in Texas

Jordan Health Services Acquires Transition Management Company Home health and hospice provider Jordan Health Services has acquired Dallas-based CareCycle Solutions to provide personal care, case management, skilled nursing, pediatric and hospice services throughout Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, and Louisiana, Freestone County Times reports. CareCycle’s mission is to reduce preventable hospitalizations by managing their transition through various […]

These Are The Best States For Retirement

When it comes to deciding where to retire, retirees look at many different factors including affordability, quality of life and health care. The majority of people want to age in place, so the cost of homemaker services was another aspect that contributed to the overall rankings for each state, according to WalletHub’s Best & Worst […]

CEO: LHC Has Capacity To Double In Size

Following the announcement of a scaled-back pipeline in summer 2016, the third largest home health and hospice provider in the country, LHC Group Inc. (Nasdaq: LHCG), now has again put its acquisition pipeline at the $1 billion mark originally revealed in March 2016. “We’ll be over $1 billion in our 2017 pipeline,” LHC Group Chairman and […]