On Wednesday, a Brooklyn federal court sentenced the owner of adult day and home health companies to 76 months in prison for leading a multiyear Medicaid fraud and illegal kickback scheme that fraudulently billed the program about $64 million. The owner, Zakia Khan, pleaded guilty in 2025 to conspiring to defraud Medicaid and pay healthcare […]
Arsen Ustayev, founder and CEO of CareChoice, has shaped his strategy around hospital referral trends and differences in state Medicaid policies. The executive, who previously founded and ran adult day care facility SarahCare, which still operates in Pennsylvania, has scaled back on certain services because of a lack of hospital system referrals – which an […]
Empath Health has fully integrated with hospice provider Trustbridge after a two-year affiliation and alignment period and is now prioritizing the expansion of its dementia care offerings. The two-year integration process allowed both organizations to confirm their values, clinical philosophy and commitment to non-profit, community-based care, Tarrah Lowry, chief operating officer at Empath Health, told […]
The national median hourly rate for private duty nursing delivered in the home is $90. That’s according to the latest Cost of Care Survey from CareScout, a wholly owned subsidiary of Genworth Financial that helps people find providers and navigate the long-term care landscape. The company on Monday released the findings, which were drawn from […]
Private equity firm Waud Capital Partners has acquired MedTec Healthcare, a provider of in-home care and adult day services. The deal, announced Monday, is part of Waud Capital’s strategy to build a home-based services platform through a newly announced holding company, Altocare. MedTec will continue to operate under its existing brand and leadership. “Our prior […]
As home-based care continues to be the preferred care delivery method, it follows that companies delivering these services, as well as vendors in the space, would see growth as a result. With this in mind, it’s no surprise a number of companies working in the home health, home care, senior care and health care technology […]
For home care providers, data-based operations are becoming key to long-term success. Now more than ever, home care leaders are being asked to quantify what their organizations bring to the table. “[Referral sources and payers] are saying, ‘You need to be able to quantify what you do in order for you and us to be […]
In the last year, home- and community-based service offerings either stayed relatively flat or dipped among most of the largest nonprofit senior living providers. While senior living providers remain generally committed to these services, they have been tough to manage due to various factors, namely staffing woes. That and other takeaways are according to the […]
Last year, adult day centers across the U.S. were attempting to safely reopen after COVID-19 forced them to shut their doors. Now, up and running again, the sector still faces challenges while trying to solidify a more prominent role in the senior care space. “In general, two-thirds of states had some sort of temporary restrictions […]
