Caregivers in New York’s self-directed Medicaid home care program have filed for a union election to be represented by 1199SEIU United Healthcare Workers East. If the workers vote to unionize, 190,000 caregivers who provide home care through New York’s Consumer-Directed Personal Assistance Program (CDPAP) would join the union. “Being a CDPAP caregiver can be […]
Category: Medicaid
Last week, several large, publicly traded home-based care providers took the stage at the 2026 Jefferies Healthcare Services and Technology Conference, offering a back-to-back look at how the industry’s biggest operators are thinking about growth heading into 2027. Aveanna Healthcare Holdings Inc. (Nasdaq: AVAH), Addus HomeCare Corp. (Nasdaq: ADUS) and the Pennant Group Inc. (Nasdaq: […]
For families of aging adults, staying informed about a loved one’s day-to-day care can be an uphill battle. Omatochi founder and CEO Deka Dike developed a family-facing app designed to bridge that divide, giving relatives direct visibility into the daily routines, meals and medication adherence of low-income seniors. The technology-enabled home care provider is now […]
Following a Medicaid rate increase in California, Aveanna Healthcare (Nasdaq: AVAH) leaders predict hundreds of families will move children out of children’s hospitals and into home-based pediatric care and reverse years of caregiver shortages. Aveanna execs aim to raise caregiver wages ahead of the new rate, then ramp up recruiting in January to meet ramping […]
On Wednesday, a Brooklyn federal court sentenced the owner of adult day and home health companies to 76 months in prison for leading a multiyear Medicaid fraud and illegal kickback scheme that fraudulently billed the program about $64 million. The owner, Zakia Khan, pleaded guilty in 2025 to conspiring to defraud Medicaid and pay healthcare […]
The National Alliance for Care at Home’s (the Alliance) new chief government affairs officer, Denis Fleming Jr., sees an unprecedented upswell of bipartisan support among lawmakers for home-based care — an environment he describes as the “greatest opportunity” yet for providers. At the same time, Fleming is closely watching rising threats to access to care, […]
24 Hour Home Care plans to lay off 738 employees, according to a California Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) filing. The layoffs are scheduled to take effect on Sept. 15, according to the filing. 24 Hour Home Care said the layoffs were the result of Health Net’s planned discontinuation of Personal Care and Homemaker […]
I’m coming to you live from HHCN’s FUTURE conference, where I’m having the pleasure of connecting with HHCN+ members, readers, and a slew of industry experts and leaders. I’m currently tucked away at an out-of-the way table to bring you a few key insights from the event. I’m still processing my thoughts and the information […]
Medicare Advantage, Medicaid managed care and federally facilitated ACA Marketplace health plans deny between 12% and 18% of standard prior authorization requests — denials that can act as a burden to home health providers. Prior authorization denial rates varied widely among the largest insurers in 2025, according to a recent study by KFF. “Health insurers […]
The home-based care industry is shifting fast, with major leadership changes, new technologies changing the operational game and a significantly different regulatory landscape, including a federal-level fraud crackdown. Those are big, sometimes abstract forces. But what matters most is how provider leaders show up in an organization’s day-to-day operations: the referral documents someone has to […]
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