The Strategies At-Home Care Providers Use To Attract, Retain The Next Generation Of Workers 

As demand for caregivers grows with the aging population, home-based care providers are increasingly relying on millennial and Generation Z employees. Expanding workforces is critical for an industry beset by workforce shortages – but if providers fail to update their approaches to recruitment and retention, they risk losing valuable employees. To attract and retain millennial […]

Alliance Appoints New Leaders, HarmonyCares Expands Its C-Suite

Alliance appoints new leadership positions The National Alliance for Care at Home (the Alliance) has announced the addition of two new leadership roles to its advocacy team. The organization appointed Hillary Loeffler its vice president of policy and regulatory affairs. She comes to the Alliance from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), where […]

Best Buy Spends $109M To Restructure Health Division Amid Slow At-Home Care Adoption

Best Buy (NYSE: BBY) reported significant restructuring costs in Q1 as it overhauled its health care business, which is experiencing slower-than-expected performance in its home-based care division.  The company spent $109 million in restructuring charges during the first quarter, largely tied to the restructuring initiative in its Best Buy Health business, according to the company’s […]

How Home-Based Care Providers Navigate Complex ALS Patient Care Landscape 

In-home care can be the most preferred option for patients with progressive diseases such as amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) – but significant costs associated with treatment and funding issues can be barriers to caring for these patients. Home health providers can provide critical in-home services for this patient population while protecting their bottom line, however, […]

Home-Based Care Organizations Warn HHS Actions Would ‘Undermine’ Older Americans Act

Home-based care organizations have come together to express their support for the Older Americans Act (OAA) and to warn Congress that disrupting the OAA could leave older adults without access to in-home care. On May 22, over 50 health care providers and advocacy organizations, including Addus Homecare, the National Alliance for Caregiving and LeadingAge, sent […]

Lawmakers Reintroduce Bipartisan Bill To Update ‘Outdated’ Medicare Advantage Prior Authorizations

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 […]

Trump Immigration Policies Threaten ‘Major’ Home-Based Care Worker Shortages, Leaders Advocate Action

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 […]