A magic wand-like device for home care under development through a multi-university project could help doctors monitor their patients between visits from afar. The prototype bears the name “Wanda” and is part of a $10-million, five-year grant from the National Science Foundation to Dartmouth College, Johns Hopkins University, the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, the University […]
More than one-third of adults over the age of 65 receiving home health care has some form of cognitive impairment, but the number of caregivers qualified to properly serve this subset of patients doesn’t meet the demand, prompting a researcher at the New York University College of Nursing to develop a program aimed at narrowing […]
Private pay home health provider Lifematters has acquired Care Options, a care management, home health care and support services provider, the companies announced Thursday. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Washington, D.C.-based Lifematters expects the deal to improve and expand aging-in-place service options in Maryland, Washington, D.C. and Northern Virginia, according to a […]
Following a 2015 that boasted increases in revenue and growth in admissions, national home health and hospice provider LHC Group Inc. (Nasdaq: LHCG) announced what it’s calling an “unprecedented pipeline” in the year ahead. Lafayette, Louisiana-based LHC Group is actively discussing 20 potential acquisitions in 2016 that could produce approximately $1 billion in revenue, the […]
The U.S. Supreme Court has not yet indicated how it plans to deal with pending matters following the death of Justice Antonin Scalia, but whether the high court reviews a challenge to the Department of Labor’s wage and overtime rules for home care workers might depend more on an interpretation of a previous ruling. In […]
Kindred Healthcare Inc. (NYSE: KND) has reported a year marked by consolidation and significant revenue growth following the fourth quarter of 2015, particularly in its home health division—news that caused Kindred’s share prices to jump about 20% on Friday. During 2015, Kindred at Home, the company’s home health and hospice arm, consolidated its home health […]
This week on Home Health Care News, readers tuned in to learn what the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is doing to crack down on fraud. They also discovered how value-based purchasing and new quality measures are ushering in a new era in the home health industry, and read about a new partnership […]
A New Jersey couple has avoided jail time for their involvement in a plan to bill Medicaid millions for home health care services administered by unlicensed aides or not completed at all. Nelson and Sonia Mesa, of Elizabeth, New Jersey, were sentenced to three years of probation last week, and Sonia Mesa additionally received four […]
Between two recently introduced ways of rating home health agencies, those looking for home health care might find conflicting results. Take Brookdale Senior Living, for example. Four of its home health agencies in Florida, North Carolina, Ohio and Rhode Island earned a top score of five stars based on data they submitted related to quality of patient […]
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is making strides to crack down on home health fraud through data use and more site visits, the agency announced Monday. Recently released data could help CMS pinpoint more locations where it won’t certify new home health agencies in the future based on utilization patterns. CMS has […]
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