Addus HomeCare Corporation (Nasdaq: ADUS) has hired a new executive vice president and chief operating officer, effective January 16, 2017. The new hire, W. Bradley Bickham, has a robust background in the health care sector. Most recently he was the senior vice president and chief legal officer for one of the largest ambulatory surgery center […]
Visiting Nurse Health System Names New Board Chair Visiting Nurse Health System, Georgia’s largest nonprofit home health care provider, has named David A. Martin, RN, as board chair, effective Jan. 1, 2017. Martin has served on the Visiting Nurse board since 2011, including on their strategic planning, professional advisory, advancement and executive/finance committees. Martin is […]
Almost Family Completes Joint Venture With Community Health Systems Almost Family, Inc (Nasdaq: AFAM) has finalized a previously announced acquisition of a controlling interest in the entity holding the home health and hospice assets of Community Health Systems, Inc. (NYSE: CYH). The home health and hospice side of Community Health Systems operates 74 home health […]
One of the nation’s largest home health care providers has added another new executive to its team as the latest in a series of recent C-suite changes. Baton Rouge, Louisiana-based Amedisys Inc. (Nasdaq: AMED) has named Gary D. Willis as its new chief financial officer. He will join the company as CFO effective Jan. 3, 2017. […]
Kaiser Permanente Hire First Chief Community Health Officer Kaiser Permanente, a major health care system and non-profit health care plan, has named Bechara Choucair, MD, as chief community health officer and senior vice president of Community Health and Benefit for Kaiser Foundation Health Plan, Inc. and Kaiser Foundation Hospitals. In this new role, Dr. Choucair […]
Nationwide, home care workers protested on Tuesday, Nov. 28, to push for a $15 minimum wage, with many risking arrest. The planned “day of civil disobedience” was organized by the national organization Fight for $15, which lobbies for a $15 minimum wage and union rights, and is supported by workers from fast food, home care, […]
A rule to extend overtime protections to an estimated 4.2 million salaried workers will not go into effect as planned on Dec. 1, as a federal judge on Tuesday issued a preliminary injunction halting it. The judgment pauses a Department of Labor (DOL) rule that would have guaranteed overtime pay to salaried workers making $47,476 […]
In what has been described as a stunning set of results, America’s election decided a heck of a lot more than selecting the nation’s next president. It also brought forth a wave of minimum wage increases at the state level that will impact home care businesses and workers. Specifically, four states decided to raise minimum […]
A startup that recently entered the home care market with $3.1 million in funding has a new goal: to get competing home care agencies to share their caregivers. San Francisco-based Kindly Care has just launched Care Exchange, an online database from which home care agencies can recruit caregivers who also work at nearby agencies—but only if […]
Kindred Names Dr. Lynn Simon to Board of Directors Kindred Healthcare, Inc. (NYSE: KND) has appointed Dr. Lynn Simon to its board of directors, effective immediately. Since 2014, Simon has served as president, clinical services and chief quality officer for Community Health Systems, Inc. (NYSE: CYH), an operator of general acute hospitals in communities across […]
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