For home health agencies, successful wound management is paramount to overall business success. Because wounds are pervasive among home health patients, effective wound management can lead to a healthier bottom line, whether benefiting from higher reimbursements under the Patient-Driven Groupings Model (PDGM), more referrals or the avoidance of litigation. Here is a step-by-step look at […]
This article is sponsored by Maxwell Healthcare Associates. In this VOICES interview, Home Health Care News sits down with MHA CEO and co-founder Jennifer Maxwell to learn why M&A has been on the rise in home health care, predictions for home health M&A in 2021 and why training helps solve staffing challenges. Home Health Care […]
As with many illnesses, good nutrition plays an important role to speed recovery from COVID-19. Smart food choices help to provide the proper anti-inflammatory nutrients needed to support essential bodily processes, improve immunity, and protect against loss of energy and diminished muscular strength. Both macro- and micronutrients are key drivers for a healthy immune response, […]
This article is sponsored by Simione Healthcare Consultants. In this VOICES interview, Home Health Care News sits down with Simione Healthcare Consultants Managing Director Julia Maroney to learn the road that clinicians take to become business managers, starting with education, training and mentoring — and how Simione can help them get there. Home Health Care […]
With COVID-19 increasing capacity challenges in hospitals while also making patients wary of entering, U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) continues to expand its hospital-at-home waiver program, designed to give hospitals regulatory flexibilities to treat certain patients within their own homes. Health systems and hospitals are driving this process, but they do benefit […]
Competency training for home health staff matters — but with in-home care professionals addressing so many urgent challenges in 2021, that training might not always be at the top of a home health organization’s priority list. Even when it is, executing it during the pandemic presents additional barriers. It’s no wonder then that so many […]
When the coronavirus became a global pandemic in March of 2020, Congress responded with the CARES Act, one of several major pieces of legislation designed to bring COVID-19 relief to employers across the nation. Included in the act was the Employee Retention Credit (ERC), a fully refundable tax credit employers can use to help keep […]
This article is sponsored by WellSky. In this Voices interview, Home Health Care News sits down with WellSky CEO Bill Miller to learn the full implications of the company’s acquisition of CarePort, how care coordination technology helps home-based care providers succeed in the battle for the home and why “interoperability” is more than just a […]
This article is sponsored by PointClickCare. In this VOICES interview, Home Health Care News sits down with PointClickCare EVP and General Manager Mark Tomzak to learn how he learned to build the best remote culture, how the definition of “appropriate care setting” changed in 2020 and why the home-based care industry sits at the center […]
For an in-home care provider, the benefits of joining a national franchisor are vast, particularly in the age of COVID-19. Among the infrastructure advantages are marketing benefits, as a national franchisor is in an ‘always-on’ position building the brand while a local home care agency focuses on delivering care and eliminates the work that a […]
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