Home Care Conference: A Discussion with Mertz Taggart

This article is brought to you by Mertz Taggart. The article is based on an interview that took place during a live Q&A session with Cory Mertz and Bruce Vanderlaan, Managing Directors at Mertz Taggart, and Jeff Wiberg, CEO of Family Resource Home Care. The panel took place at the Home Care Conference in Chicago […]

How to Use Remote Patient Monitoring to Manage Vulnerable Medicaid Populations

Medicaid patients of all ages in remote regions — both urban and rural — present a unique challenge to home-based care providers. This is particularly true for those elderly patients with high-risk chronic conditions or behavioral health needs. According to Medicare Advantage (MA) figures, the challenge of caring for elderly patients with special needs is […]

3 Tips for Rethinking Referral Sources in 2022

This article is an excerpt from a newly released white paper from Home Health Care News and PlayMaker Health. A link to download the paper is at the end of this article. The COVID-19 pandemic resulted in a lot of unknowns for care services providers in 2021, especially for sales teams in home-based care that […]

FUTURE Talks: A Panel Discussion with AlayaCare

This article is sponsored by AlayaCare. The panel took place during a live Q&A session with James Graff, Director of Quality and Value of Elara Caring, and Jennifer Gentzlinger, COO of Premier Home Health Care, moderated by Brady Murphy, Partner & Chief Revenue Officer of AlayaCare at the HHCN FUTURE event in Chicago held on […]

How Home-Based Care Agencies Are Boosting Staff Applications by 72%

Two new reports have contextualized the home-base care industry’s staffing crisis, and the numbers are staggering. — From PHI and the Health Workforce Research Center on Long-Term Care: Of the 13.7 million workers who, during the first three months of the pandemic, were displaced from occupations with similar entry-level requirements to direct care, only 9.1 […]

Growth Post-Pandemic: How Home-Based Care can Diversify

Like providers in all health care settings, the COVID-19 pandemic has not been kind to home-based care professionals. Yet the pandemic is also unlocking major growth opportunities for home-based care agencies in the form of revenue diversification. That’s because in dealing with the pandemic’s myriad challenges, home-based care providers found more partnership, acquisition and growth […]

FUTURE Talks: A Panel Discussion with Forcura

This article is brought to you by Forcura. The article is based on a live Q&A session with Forcura Founder & CEO Craig Mandeville, and Medalogix President & CEO Elliott Wood at the HHCN FUTURE event in Chicago held on September 30, 2021. The interview has been edited for clarity.     Home Health Care News: We’re […]

FUTURE Talks: An Interview with nVoq

This article is brought to you by nVoq. This interview took place during a live Q&A session with nVoq’s Senior Director of Post-Acute Sales, Jason Banks, at the HHCN FUTURE event in Chicago held on September 30, 2021. The interview has been edited for clarity. Home Health Care News: Jason, earlier today we talked about […]

Hiring is Your Competitive Advantage –– And Improves Home Health Outcomes

The home-based care sector is no stranger to labor shortages and high turnover. This is due in part to the challenges of today’s job market, but partially self-imposed: Employers need to improve their hiring practices. As the home care industry grows, building a strong, stable staff will be paramount to providing quality care. Today’s senior […]