The Biden administration has made mention of home-based care regularly and intentionally during its tenure in the White House. It did so again Wednesday, this time through 50-plus directives for government agencies, many of which were home care-related. Though still just directives, the sitting president making this sweeping of an executive order focused on senior […]
Nearly 100,000 registered nurses left the field during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to an analysis conducted by the National Council of State Boards of Nursing (NCSBN). Worse yet, the analysis suggested that nearly 800,000 more nurses could leave the field by 2027. For home health providers already short on staffing, that could mean significant headwinds […]
Education is emerging as a key tool for home-based care providers as they try to recruit and retain staff. When utilized correctly, quality education is a resource that can help providers keep up with market demand. Always Best Care learned education’s importance firsthand through its own struggles. “We did an in-depth study in house,” Sheila […]
Travis Messina, co-founder of Contessa Health, is no longer the CEO of the company, he announced on his LinkedIn. He had served in the role for eight years. Contessa Health is one of the foremost at-home, high-acuity care enablers in the country. In 2021, Amedisys Inc. (Nasdaq: AMED) acquired the company for $250 million. Since […]
When Amedisys Inc. (Nasdaq: AMED) participated in the connectRN’s $76 million funding round at the end of 2021, it was because it believed in what the company was doing. But, more broadly, it was a reaction to the contemporary staffing situation in home health care. The connectRN platform was originally built to find nurses and […]
As staffing remains a top issue for home-based care providers, leaders are finding themselves having to utilize workers in a way that will allow the stretching of resources. At The Pennant Group Inc. (Nasdaq: PNTG), utilizing technology has been key for that. “Using technology effectively would be at the top of my list,” Pennant COO […]
AccentCare has a new Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) initiative. Behind it is a belief that home-based care providers should be as transparent as possible with current and future caregivers about the makeup of the company’s workforce. “When you share your workforce data transparently, you’re owning where you’re at in the space — not only […]
For the first time ever, two of the largest associations representing the home-based care industry have joined together on a call to action regarding the workforce shortage. On Monday, the National Association for Home Care & Hospice (NAHC) and the Home Care Association of America (HCAOA) released a report that details the needs of the […]
Despite the many headwinds home-based care agencies are facing, staffing generally takes the cake as the top one. Providers looking to make up ground in that area are zeroing in on compensation, culture and professional development. These are the key takeaways from a recent webinar from SimiTree, which discussed the best strategies for retaining staff […]
For the second time this year, Waud Capital Partners is making an investment in a home-based-care adjacent platform. On Thursday, the Chicago-based middle-market private equity firm announced it is launching Fusion Health, a new platform that will provide clinical staffing services to health care facilities, health plans and providers, including of the home health care […]
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