With SCAN Health Plan and CareMore contracts, 24 Hour Home Care has been among the most active non-medical home care providers when it comes to 2019’s expanded Medicare Advantage (MA) benefits. Its early success working with MA players serves as a case study for industry peers looking to do the same in 2020 and beyond. […]
The Medicare Advantage (MA) expansions that the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced this year and in early 2018 open the door to creative applications of non-medical home care services designed to proactively improve individuals’ health. The pair of new rules, with the broader of the two taking effect in 2020, have led […]
Thrive is an HHCN series that explores the successes, struggles and strategies of home care owners and operators on the local level. At times, technology-driven home care startup Honor has faced criticism for the way it operates. First, its goal was to be an innovative, tech-savvy provider, which made the San Francisco-based company a competitor […]
At the beginning of May, Always Best Care Senior Services LLP — one of the largest home care franchise companies in the country — announced it had opened a new location in Pasadena, California. The opening came roughly a month after Always Best Care launched another new location in Pompano Beach, Florida, and roughly two […]
U.S. Senators Susan Collins (R-Maine) and Bob Casey (D-Pa.) plan to introduce new legislation to make assistive technology more accessible to seniors and people with disabilities. The goal is to make it easier for people to age in place. “Survey after survey indicates that seniors envision themselves living independently at home in their own community […]
About 76% of those 50 and older want to live in their homes as long as possible, according to a 2018 AARP survey. But the current U.S. housing industry isn’t set up for that to happen. As such, home modification among seniors is becoming increasingly popular — and of growing importance to home-based care providers […]
For decades, home care providers have been working to reduce hospitalizations, a challenging task that has gone largely unrewarded in the medical community. But finally, the industry is starting to recognize home care’s important — but difficult — role in the health continuum of care. “Home care agencies are going to be the big new […]
Global private equity firm Advent International has entered a definitive agreement to acquire AccentCare from its current PE-backer, Oak Hill Capital Partners. Financial terms were not disclosed. The acquisition is one of six home health PE deals announced so far this year, with fewer industry deals happening at a slower pace than in years past. […]
Recognizing the competitive value of home care providers, a growing number of employers in various industries have started offering caregiving benefits as a way to improve workers’ attendance, morale and performance. While programs vary, they often offer employees a set number of subsidized care days per year — preventing workers from taking time off when […]
At least five states are suing the Trump administration over a recently finalized rule they say would prevent home health workers paid by Medicaid from having their union dues automatically removed from their paychecks, according to Reuters. States involved in the lawsuit include California, Washington, Connecticut, Massachusetts and Oregon. The states claim the rule weakens […]