Addus HomeCare Adds Two to Board of Directors Addus HomeCare (Nasdaq: ADUS) has named Susan T. Weaver, M.D., and Darin J. Gordon to its board of directors. Weaver serves at the CEO of C3Healthcare Rx, a health care services company, and formerly served as the chief medical officer at Blue Cross and Blue Shield of […]
The average Medicaid reimbursement rates for home health and personal care providers ticked up slightly last year, newly released data show. Home health agencies received $93.93 per home health visit on average in 2015, up from $92.69 the year before, according to information compiled by the Kaiser Family Foundation. In states that paid registered nurses […]
Chief Information Officer at Amedisys Inc. (Nasdaq: AMED) Martin B. Howard will leave the company, effective October 31, 2016. Amedisys, the nation’s second largest home health care provider, noted the departure was mutually agreed upon by both parties. “We are grateful to Marty for his contributions to Amedisys, and thank him for lending his considerable talents,” […]
While the home health industry cheered after learning the Pre-Claim Review Demonstration from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) would be delayed ahead of start dates in four other states, the program is still likely to roll out—and is still in effect in Illinois. “This is just a delay. It does not mean […]
ResCare Hires Kindred Executive as President, CEO ResCare, a home health care provider based in Louisville and the nation’s largest private provider of services to people with disabilities, has named Jon Rousseau as its new president and CEO, replacing CEO Ralph Gronefiled, Jr., who is retiring. Rousseau is moving from Kindred Healthcare (NYSE: KND), one […]
It’s no secret that staffing presents a huge challenge for home care providers, with agencies across the country routinely seeing sky-high turnover rates. As of 2015, the median caregiver turnover rate was upward of 60%, according to survey data from Home Care Pulse. “This is crazy high,” Georjean Sweis, director of operations for Visiting Angels/Living […]
Amedisys Hires New Chief Clinical Officer One of the nation’s largest home health care providers, Baton Rouge, Louisiana-based Amedisys Inc. (Nasdaq: AMED), has hired Susan Sender, RN, as chief clinical officer and senior vice president. In her new role, Sender will oversee clinical practice and quality, set and maintain clinical operations standards and develop and […]
Nonprofit In-Home Health Provider Acquired by Meals on Wheels Distributor of over 3,000 meals to homebound seniors and people with disabilities, Meals on Wheels Central Texas, has acquired Austin, Texas-based, Helping the Aging, Needy and Disabled (HAND), a nonprofit in-home health care services provider. HAND provides personal care to nearly 400 low-income older adults and […]
Recent changes in federal overtime laws that impact home health care workers and other domestic workers have led to a boom in collective action lawsuits throughout the industry. However, home care workers in New York won’t be able to to sue for overtime pay through a class action lawsuit, a recent judge in the state […]
Hometeam Hires Ashish Prashar as Director of Communications and Policy Hometeam, a New York-based in-home care services provider well-known for its technology platform, hired Ashish Prashar as its new director of communications and policy. In his new role, Prashar will report directly to Hometeam’s CEO and Founder Josh Bruno. He will take over the day-to-day […]
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