On Wednesday, a slew of bipartisan lawmakers reintroduced a bill that would overhaul the prior authorization process for seniors enrolled in Medicare Advantage (MA) plans and cutting through some of the red tape facing home health providers. The Improving Seniors’ Timely Access to Care Act would amend part of the Social Security Act and establish […]
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The Trump administration has pledged mass deportations and has implemented an aggressive strategy to carry out this plan. At a time when home-based care providers are already struggling with a staffing crisis, mass deportation could spell trouble for providers and create roadblocks for seniors in need of care services. Home-based care executives, already concerned about […]
Help at Home announced its acquisition of Home Care Now of Central Florida. This acquisition follows the company’s purchase of Caregiver Services Inc. and expands its presence in Florida. Help at Home now operates in every county in Florida. “We welcome Home Care Now of Central Florida teams, caregivers, payers and partners to Help at […]
Axle Health, a home health care technology company, has secured $10 million in Series A funding. Venture firms F-Prime, Y Combinator, Pear VC and Lightbank led the round. Axle plans to use the funds to enhance Axle’s AI-powered scheduling and routing algorithms, develop generative AI solutions for patient engagement and expand its engineering and operations […]
Home health providers are turning to dementia screenings as a standard part of health assessments – and are discovering meaningful clinical and operational benefits. In-home dementia screenings facilitate earlier diagnoses and personalized care pathways, industry experts told Home Health Care News, and also identify potential candidates for additional in-home services. While detecting dementia early can […]
HCAP Partners announced Tuesday that it successfully exited its investment in Arosa. The private equity firm helped the in-home care company expand from a regional provider in four states to 38 locations across 13 states, including a new location in Kansas City to serve Kansas and Missouri residents. “HCAP backed Arosa at its pivotal moment […]
The leadership team at Aveanna Healthcare Holdings Inc. (Nasdaq: AVAH) is clear-eyed about what the company’s priorities are for the rest of 2025. During a recent appearance at the Bank of America Securities Health Care Conference, Aveanna Healthcare CEO Jeff Shaner laid out a number of the company’s key strategic initiatives, including the company’s plans […]
As rates of institutionalization have decreased, a growing majority of patients with dementia choose to live and receive care at home, according to a new study. Rates of home health care use among people with Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias are higher than those without, according to the study, published today in JAMA Network Open. […]
The National Alliance for Care at Home (the Alliance), Aetna Medicaid, a CVS Health (NYSE: CVS) company, and MissionCare Collective announced a partnership designed to improve retention and expand home health worker capacity. Initially launching in Illinois, Louisiana and North Carolina, the pilot program includes collaboration and data-sharing between the organizations and the implementation of […]
Sprinter Health, an on-demand mobile health company that partners with home-based care agencies and health plans, has raised $55 million in a Series B financing round led by General Catalyst. The round, which included participation from Andreessen Horowitz Bio+ Health and other existing investors, brings Sprinter’s total raise to over $125 million. San Francisco-based Sprinter […]
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