Health care costs continue to rise across the spectrum, but the largest change in growth of expenditures was for public care and services for seniors, including home care, new data shows. The data is part of the U.S. News & World Report Health Care Index, which tracks movements in health care expenditures, medical costs, insurance […]
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In case you missed it, here are the most popular stories grabbing Home Health Care News readers’ attention this week: Massive New iPad for Seniors Program to Support Aging at Home — Apple and IBM are launching a program to put iPads with health care applications in the hands of millions of seniors, as part of a […]
In case you missed it, here are the most popular stories grabbing Home Health Care News readers’ attention this week: Amedisys Pushes Forward with Big Changes, Mulls New Name—In a first quarter earnings call, executives at the major home health and hospice provider highlighted a number of shifts the company will embark on to improve […]
An Internet scam that has been targeting everyone from ordinary online users to local police departments has now set its sights on the home health care sector. Ransomware is one of the latest cybersecurity threats used by hackers to gain access to a person’s or organization’s sensitive data, in return charging victims a price to […]
As one of the fastest-growing sectors in the United States, home health care is teeming with activity — from acquisitions and partnerships to new leadership appointments and promotions. Here’s the latest news buzzing around the industry: Linda Rhodes Joins Care Angel as Chief Caregiving Officer Care Angel has announced that Dr. Linda Rhodes, former Secretary […]
More than 50% of Americans 65 and older receive in-home health care from a medically trained person prior to death, according to a recently released Employee Benefit Research Institute (EBRI) study. The data comes from the Health and Retirement Study, a large national survey. Investigators looked at recurring and non-recurring health care costs for people involved […]
Amedisys, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMED) is currently in the process of notifying federal and state agencies as well as 6,909 individuals who may have had their personal information subject to a data breach. Earlier this month, the Baton Rouge, La.-based home health and hospice provider reported the results of an extensive risk management process to locate approximately […]
As one of the fastest-growing sectors in the United States, home health care is teeming with business activity. Here are some of the industry’s latest investments, acquisitions and partnerships: Remote Monitoring Company Partners With Arcadia Home Care & Staffing Healthsense, Inc., a provider of aging services technology, announced recently its partnership with Arcadia Home Care […]
When it comes to quality reporting, health care providers, including home health agencies, are performing better on process measures than clinical outcomes, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) said in a report released this week. The 2015 National Impact Assessment of the CMS Quality Measures Report assesses the quality of care delivered across […]
Home health agencies are outperforming the post-acute sector as a whole in preventing patient rehospitalizations, according to data released Wednesday by the Alliance for Home Health Quality and Innovation. The numbers suggest that home health providers are taking steps to protect and expand their referral streams from hospitals, Alliance Executive Director Teresa Lee tells Home Health […]
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