Headlines about retention challenges in home health and home care might create the impression that agencies are not great places to work. But at least a few standouts challenge this notion—including the home health companies that appear on this year’s Fortune rankings of the top 20 workplaces in health care. Dallas-based Encompass Home Health and […]
Home health care—an industry that knows staff turnover all too well—is adding jobs at a faster pace than any other health care employment setting, new data show. Over the past 12 months, home health care added 74,900 jobs for a growth rate of 5.8%, according to an analysis of U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics data by the Altarum Institute, […]
The home care industry is no stranger to high employee turnover rates. In Texas, nurses are being lured away from their jobs in home health and skilled nursing to join a different industry entirely: fast food. More and more, nurses are leaving their jobs to work at McDonald’s for higher pay, according to EverythingLubbock.com. “You can […]
Faced with mounting wage costs and the threat of high turnover, one home care provider is using feedback from monthly surveys to address some of the industry’s biggest pressures. More home care companies are turning to data, and private duty in-home care provider Seniorcorp is no exception, relying on monthly reports from resource management company […]
As the pressure rises on home health workers and and other health systems for a growing population of patients, one provider is piloting a program to fill the gaps not with caregivers, but with regular people. The program employs LifeCourse, a new project from Minnesota-based health care provider Allina Health LifeCourse is a late life […]
CareCentrix Extends Contract with Cigna CareCentrix, a company that provides support and coordination for patients and their families that need home health care services, has extended its contract with Cigna, a global health service company and CareCentrix’s longest standing client since 1996. The contract extension is for two years, and will continue to give Cigna’s […]
In an ever-changing health care landscape riddled with staffing shortages and new bundled payment programs, caregiver training becomes increasingly important—especially when it comes to the home health industry. Enter mmLearn.org, an organization started by senior living provider Morningside Ministries, a San Antonio, Texas-based not-for-profit offering independent living, assisted living, memory care and skilled nursing at four communities […]
Home care startup Honor—which grabbed headlines by raising $20 million from investors last year—will be directly employing its caregivers going forward, rather than working with them on an independent contractor basis. Under their new status, Honor’s in-home caregivers now will receive health insurance and benefits such as workers’ compensation and paid sick leave, as well […]
Home care agencies are cutting caregiver hours and rescheduling case loads in order to avoid paying overtime as mandated by the U.S. Department of Labor. The results are declining profits and increased caregiver turnover, according to survey findings from Home Care Pulse, a firm focused on research centered on satisfaction and quality assurance within the […]
As health care services transition to the digital age, one of the most essential elements of a successful home health agency is its ability to track, capture and share data that shows improving patient health outcomes. Data can prove savings and make a home health agency a valuable partner in the health system, says Marvin […]
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