Hospitality Stars in Major NYC Provider’s Newest Initiative

A New York City-based senior care nonprofit is embarking on a company-wide bid to improve client satisfaction. The New Jewish Home is a nonprofit provider serving about 13,000 people in New York City and nearby counties each year through a full spectrum of senior care, including home health, skilled nursing facilities and assisted living. The organization announced last month that it’s rolling […]

Addus Eyes More Acquisitions, Beefs Up Credit Facility

Addus HomeCare (Nasdaq: ADUS) is prepping for growth and looking to buy. That was the general theme of a May 9 earnings call with analysts in which the Downers Grove, Illinois-based personal care company announced a first quarter net income of $4.3 million, an increase over its net income of $157,000 in the same quarter last year. The […]

Copayments Don’t Reduce Home Health Use, Brown University Study Finds

Having to shell out a Medicare copayment might not drive people away from home health. That’s according to the results of a new Brown University School of Public Health study that followed roughly 300,000 seniors who use Medicare Advantage. “We found no evidence that seniors reduced their use of home health care in response to the copayments,” […]

Addus Acquires New Mexico’s Options Home Care

Addus Homecare (Nasaq: ADUS) is buying a personal care services provider with a sizable footprint in New Mexico. Addus announced Thursday it signed a definitive agreement to purchase Options Home Care, a provider of personal care services in 20 counties in New Mexico and a wholly-owned subsidiary of HB Management Group. Options Home Care has […]

Home Care Group Pushes for ‘Home First’ Policies

A national home care partnership, which counts Addus HomeCare (Nasdaq: ADUS) and Bayada Home Health Care as members, is urging the Trump administration and Congress to improve and modernize the Medicaid program and expand access to home-based care and services. The Partnership for Medicaid Home-Based Care (PMHC) issued a statement Wednesday outlining its “Home First” recommendations, which would “ensure individuals are offered home–based care […]

Business Briefs: PreparedHealth Lands $4 Million in Investments

Investors Drop $4 Million on PreparedHealth  Some well-known investors have opened their wallets for a Chicago startup focused on social media and big data. PreparedHealth recently picked up $4 million from Chicago Ventures, Pritzker Group Venture Capital, Beverly Capital and Meridian Street Capital, reports Crain’s Chicago Business. PreparedHealth’s signature product is an app called enTouch, […]

Canyon Home Care Scoops Up Hospital Home Health Agency for $1.45 Million

A Washington-based hospital is trading its in-house home health care agency for a lump sum. Island Hospital in Anacortes, Washington, agreed last week to sell its home health care division to Utah-based Canyon Home Care & Hospice for $1.45 million, reports local news site goanacortes.com. Canyon runs 12 locations in Utah, Idaho, and Oregon. Island Hospital Home Health […]

Could Trump’s ‘Hire American’ Order Worsen Caregiver Shortage?

Throughout the first 100 days of Donald Trump’s presidency, there has been a lot of talk about border control and immigration. That may not be good news for the many home health agencies across the country that have found it difficult to recruit good caregivers. One solution to that problem has been tapping into the immigrant labor […]

Mayo Clinic Health System Continues to Shrink Home Health Footprint

The Mayo Clinic Health System is shuttering its home health care services in two Minnesota markets. Mayo Clinic Health System plans to phase out its home health care services in Albert Lea and Red Wing, Minnesota, by June 30, the Rochester, Minnesota-based nonprofit research and health provider announced last Friday in a press release. The organization will transition care […]

Payment Incentives for Home Health Care Workers Pay Off

Home health agencies that offer an incentive payment appear more likely to be profitable. That’s according to the fourth biannual National State of the Industry (SOI) Report for Home Health and Hospice by Fazzi Associates, a Massachusetts-based home care consulting firm. The 2016-2017 report surveyed 751 home health agencies on operations and best practices and […]