A German gases, engineering and health care company has moved to purchase one of the largest in-home respiratory care providers in the United States. Lincare Holdings Inc., a subsidiary of German corporation The Linde Group, has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Brentwood, Tennessee-based American HomePatient from Highland Capital Management. Lincare, based in Clearwater, […]
Reducing medical expenditures and lowering hospital readmission rates are only part of the equation when it comes to one health network’s all-encompassing home care initiative. More than anything, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania-based Allegheny Health Network (AHN) is focused on maintaining control over the quality of care and services delivered once patients leave the hospital, made possible through […]
It’s no secret that new wage and overtime rules for home care workers have posed a business challenge to many agencies, but results from a recent survey translate that pain into hard numbers. Out of 444 providers surveyed last month by satisfaction management firm Home Care Pulse, 62% said that the new rules were having […]
One of the nation’s largest home health and hospice providers is looking ahead to some new beginnings in 2016. Amedisys Inc. (Nasdaq: AMED) has sold its corporate headquarters building on South Sherwood Forest Boulevard in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, for $20 million. The buyer, Franciscan Missionaries of Our Lady Health System, is also based in Baton Rouge. Meanwhile, Amedisys […]
Illinois must pay more than $13 million to cover the cost of health insurance for home health care workers, a judge ordered Wednesday. The move comes after SEIU Healthcare Illinois, a labor union representing home health care workers in the state, filed a temporary restraining order against Gov. Bruce Rauner and Comptroller Leslie Munger to […]
Federal overtime and minimum wage protections for home care workers officially took effect Tuesday, after a protracted and still ongoing legal battle between the Department of Labor and provider associations. The DOL has said it will not enforce the provisions for 30 days, but as the effective date arrived, some home care providers voiced sharp […]
Come meet the faces behind Home Health Care News at the 2015 National Association for Home Care & Hospice Meeting and Expo in Nashville! Members of the editorial and advertising teams will be at the Gaylord Opryland for the event, October 28-30, and would love to connect with readers, newsmakers, and anyone driving the industry […]
A Pennsylvania-based health system has secured Bayada to manage its home health division. It is yet another example of a health system looking to expand home health offerings—a trend that has been driven in part by Affordable Care Act programs that give hospitals an incentive to better manage patients across the care continuum. Bayada Home […]
ICD-10 is here for home health agencies in most states, whether they are ready or not. Approximately 69,000 new medical codes officially go into effect Oct. 1, replacing the roughly 14,000 codes currently available with ICD-9. The implementation of the new code set is meant as a way for providers to keep up with the […]
Home health providers may soon see the fate of a controversial rule impacting wages decided by the highest court in the country. In an 11th-hour move, home health associations have asked the U.S. Supreme Court to step in before federal minimum wage and overtime rules go into effect for home health workers. Last week, in […]
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