Great Lakes Caring Targets Population Health With Fuller in C-Suite

Creating partnerships with local health care organizations and driving the value and benefits to home health is a top priority for industry veteran Brian Fuller, as he settles into his new role as chief strategy officer for Jackson, Michigan-based Great Lakes Caring Home Health and Hospice. His appointment was announced October 13 by the company. […]

Data-Driven Home Health Provider to Expand with Private Equity Backing

Team Select Home Care’s plans for growth just received a large push from a New York-based private investment firm, with an undisclosed investment. Established in 2008, Phoenix-based Team Select provides in-home post-acute health care services—including Medicare home health, mobile outpatient therapy, pediatric long-term care and CNA training—and has seven locations spread across Arizona, Colorado, Missouri […]

Senior Living Provider Heritage Communities Dives into Home Health

Heritage Communities, a senior housing provider based in Omaha, Nebraska, is grappling with a difficult problem—long waiting lists for prospective residents at some of its Heritage brand communities. With rising demand, the senior living provider is getting its feet wet with home health care. “In some of our communities, we have 10 or 15 people that are waiting […]

NY Upholds 13-Hour Pay Rule for In-Home Caregivers

The New York Department of Labor (DOL) has issued an emergency update to its minimum-wage regulations in which it stresses that home health care employers should pay workers for just 13 hours of any 24-hour shifts. Specifically, as outlined in the NY DOL’s regulations: “…This subdivision shall not be construed to require that the minimum wage […]

Access to Hospice Care Inadequate for Chronic Liver Disease Patients

Patients with chronic liver disease (CLD), such as non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, are receiving hospice care too late into their diagnosis, according to recent data published in the American Journal of Gastroenterology. Headed by lead researcher Natsu Fukui, MD, from the Inova Fairfax Hospital in Falls Church, Virginia, the study aimed to examine the characteristics […]

Brookdale COO to Exit, Company Projects Losses From Hurricane Damage

Brookdale Senior Living’s (NYSE: BKD) Labeed S. Diab will resign as the company’s chief operating officer effective October 28, according to a Monday press release. In addition to announcing the resignation, Brookdale is projecting lost revenue from the impact of Hurricanes Harvey and Irma, specifically to its home health business line in Florida. Diab joined Brookdale in November 2015 […]

Amedisys Launches New Clinical Program for COPD Care

Baton Rouge, Louisiana-based Amedisys, Inc. (Nasdaq: AMED) has launched its second nationwide clinical program, this time centered on chronic obstructive pulmonary disorder (COPD) care in the home setting. COPD is the third leading cause of death in the United States, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and a significant chunk of Amedisys’ patient […]

Home Health Tech Embraces BYOD

Everyone and their grandmother has a smartphone these days, and the in-home care sector is no different. Mobile technology like smartphones and tablets have quickly adapted to allow in-home caregivers to do their work on the go, from reducing documentation inefficiencies to putting care coordination right in the palm of their hands. In riding this wave, some […]

Why Culture is Driving Growth for One Home Care Provider

In an industry striving to meet increasing demand, one home care provider is ramping up its growth while developing a differentiated model based on its culture. Edina, Minnesota-based Lifesprk, a provider of short- and long-term post-acute services in the metropolitan Twin Cities area, is banking on its philosophy of whole person senior care and will continue […]

Movers & Shakers: VNS of Connecticut, MatrixCare

Olson Named New President, CEO of VNS of Connecticut Visiting Nurse Services (VNS) of Connecticut, a non-profit provider of skilled home health and hospice services, has named Ann M. Olson, RN, BSN, as its new president and CEO. She succeeds William F. Sullivan, Jr., who retired after three decades in the position. Olson will oversee the […]