Home health care agencies are staring down the prospect of a $350 million Medicare payment cut in 2016, so they could be forgiven for seeing the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) as an enemy. But it’s not quite so simple, according to Tracey Moorhead, CEO and president of the Visiting Nurse Associations of […]
A lawsuit alleging that home care aides weren’t appropriately paid for 24-hour service can move forward, and a union contract doesn’t require that complaints outlined in the case be brought before an arbitrator, a New York judge ruled this week. The class action lawsuit, filed on behalf of several thousand workers employed through the Chinese-American […]
Home health agencies face a challenging Medicare reimbursement environment, but that has not slowed down merger and acquisition activity. Transactions in fact have increased significantly after a sluggish start to the year, and the high volume is expected to continue in 2016, industry professionals said during a recent webinar. “Several years ago, we predicted that home […]
Leeza Gibbons gained fame as a host for TV programs such as Entertainment Tonight and for her daytime talk show Leeza—but she also is a staunch ally for family caregivers and a high-profile activist in the fight against Alzheimer’s. She also is the spokesperson for in-home care provider Senior Helpers. And, last February, Gibbons added […]
Home care workers and their supporters attended Monday’s White House Conference on Aging to further the goals of the Fight For 15 movement. Many supporters even wore red “Home Care Fight for 15” T-shirts during a panel on caregiving in America. The Fight For 15 movement has gained steam among home care workers, whose campaigns […]
As hospitals begin to feel some impact from readmission penalties, partnerships with home health agencies are being embraced with unprecedented enthusiasm, said leaders of home health, hospice and comprehensive post-acute health care services provider LHC Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: LHCG), during a conference call Thursday. Hospitals’ attention to partnerships with home health agencies is shifting in a “big […]
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