With more than 600 U.S. locations and global sales of more than $615 million, Visiting Angels is frequently ranked as one of the biggest and best home care franchises to buy nationwide. While traditional media advertising — such as television and radio — has been essential in helping the Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania-based agency rise through […]
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While palliative care is often considered a hospital-based extension of hospice, one health system is using it to fill the gaps in its home-based service offerings. Sentara Healthcare is partnering with Turn-Key Health to make it happen. The new advanced illness services program uses predictive analytics to identify and enroll patients with a higher risk […]
Within the at-home care industry, the winter holidays and weeks that follow are typically the busiest times of the year for providers. Although summers tend to be more of a mixed bag in terms of business, providers can still make moves to reinforce their operations and prepare for the upcoming busy season. Generally, most providers […]
Home care — the types of services regularly delivered in a senior’s home over the course of months and years, rather than days or weeks — has steadily risen to newfound prominence of late. Today, in fact, it’s now seen as the “tip of the spear” for the entire U.S. health care system, according to […]
When CEO Randy Klein took over Hometeam about a year ago, he was tasked with leading the private equity-backed home care company into a new era. The New York-based startup had recently switched from its direct-to-consumer business model to one based on partnering with other agencies and insurers. It also moved from a payment structure […]
If there’s one thing home health care providers can agree on when it comes to the Patient-Driven Groupings Model (PDGM), it’s that the new model is shrouded in uncertainty. Despite attempting to predict expected reimbursement changes and adapting operations accordingly, agencies won’t know exactly how PDGM will affect them until well after its Jan. 1 […]
As the home care industry continues to seek out ways to evolve and deliver better care to older adults, providers may soon find themselves operating in a largely untapped arena — real estate. That’s according to senior care expert Bill Thomas, one of the masterminds behind the Green House model of smaller senior living properties […]
Falls remain one of the major causes of fatal injury and hospital admissions among older adults. One large home care company is tackling the issue by developing — and selling — its own fall-detection technology. The company is Irving, California-based Cerna Home Care, a provider of non-medical home care and nursing services with more than […]
Despite objections from the home care industry, legislation that would allow caregivers in one state to poach clients appears to be moving forward after getting support from the governor. “We strongly believe the health, safety, and comfort of our elderly or persons with disabilities should not be disrupted by an employer limiting their employees with […]
The in-home care industry continues to navigate the widespread challenges of high turnover and burnout rates among caregivers. Verbal and physical abuse caregivers experience on the job is compounding these issues. Indeed, home care workers frequently experience some form of abuse by clients and their families when delivering care in the home, a recent survey […]