There’s another new regulation in the future for home health care that some in the industry are calling doomsday: copayments. Copayments for home health care, which were eliminated from Medicare several decades ago, have been reintroduced into the health care reform dialogue and could make a full come back, with some proposals placing implementation as […]
As more private equity moves into a Medicare program designed to help American seniors age in place, worries are mounting among critics who believe the work should be left exclusively to non-profits using government funds, The New York Times reported. The program in question is the Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE), a federal […]
Following the death of founder of Baton Rouge, Louisiana-based Amedisys Inc. (Nasdaq: AMED) last week, the company is helping its staff and patients get through another set of challenges in the aftermath of Louisiana’s biggest natural disaster since Hurricane Katrina. Torrential rain and devastating flooding in the state have killed at least 13 people and affected 40,000 homes. […]
This week, the nation was gripped by a torrential rain and devastating flooding that claimed more than dozen lives in Louisiana, including the founder and former CEO of Amedisys Inc (Nasdaq: AMED). We kept readers up to date on industry happenings, including a new home health insurer venture that ties payments to quality outcomes and […]
A quick intervention tool that aims to reduce hospital readmissions among home care patients has found some initial success in a recent pilot study approved by Harvard Medical School. Hospital readmissions are one of the costliest expenses across the health care system, and home care can play a big role in reducing avoidable readmissions. The […]
Buoyed by a growing demographic of Americans who want to age in place, home care companies are among the fastest-growing companies in the country, according to a recent ranking of the top 5,000 fastest-growing private companies. In the most recent Inc. Magazine’s Inc. 5000 list, 13 home care companies made the cut. It’s no surprise these companies snagged […]
The home health care industry is in the midst of major changes that are largely being brought about through activism from individual home health care workers. Home care workers, who only were granted eligibility for overtime and minimum wage benefits recently, are helping influence a new wave of legislation for higher wages. In an election year, these […]
For Americans looking for the perfect place to retire, a number of considerations factor into what makes a city retirement-friendly. From affordability and health care options, to quality of life and activity levels, these metrics all help determine which are the best—and worst—cities to retire in the United States. As most Americans want to age […]
Home health care workers have been granted federal overtime and minimum wage protections since last year, but one Midwest state has recently brought these workers under state protections with a new law, as well. Illinois Governor Bruce Rauner recently signed into law The Illinois Domestic Workers Bill of Rights, giving state minimum wage and basic […]
The body of the founder and former CEO of one of the nation’s largest home health care companies was recovered Tuesday in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, where devastating and unprecedented flooding has claimed nearly a dozen lives. William “Bill” Borne, 58, died of accidental drowning, several news outlets have reported. His body was discovered near Mallard […]
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