Recent Medicaid home health fraud developments have been centralized to three specific states in the last few weeks, according to The National Council on Medicaid Home Care (NCMHC). An affiliate of the National Association for Home Care & Hospice (NAHC), the National Council on Medicaid Home Care finds various home health fraud incidents occurring in […]
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Following similar actions of other state and federal agencies, home care agencies in Ohio may soon be able to see the criminal history of their employees via a fingerprinting database included in the state’s governor’s review plan, reports Cleveland.com. If passed, Governor John Kasich’s mid-biennium review plan would allow home care agencies within the state […]
The age 65 and older population is growing and they’re attracted to areas with good weather, tax benefits and proximity to services and supports like senior living communities, according to a recent analysis from NerdWallet. Using data from the U.S. Census Bureau, NerdWallet analyzed the 75 largest metros in the country, taking into account the […]
When it comes to meeting the current and future workforce needs for those providing senior care, the U.S. is largely unprepared, according to state-specific briefs issued by the Eldercare Workforce Alliance (EWA). Despite the growing need for eldercare and the rapid growth projections in the caregiver workforce, EWA asserts that are currently not enough healthcare […]
Addus Home Care (NASDAQ: ADUS) is ramping up its position in the home-based services market through the closing of an acquisition of substantially all of the assets of Coordinated Home Health Care, formerly owned by Transition Capital Partners. The acquisition includes 15 New Mexico-based offices and grows the company’s presence in the state, a goal […]
Home health care is among the fastest-growing jobs in the healthcare sector since 2012, according to new data research from CareerBuilder and Economic Modeling Specialists International (EMSI). No segment of the economy has withstood downturns and uncertainty better than home health care providers, general medical and surgical hospitals or offices of physicians, according to the […]
A new pilot program in Maine will feature ambulatory paramedics making house calls to assist individuals in nonemergency home visits starting November 1, Franklin Sun Journal reports. Ambulance service company NorthStar’s three-year pilot program, dubbed House Call, joins 11 other pilots across the state that aim to determine whether the program is effective in reducing health care […]
Kentucky Governor Steve Beshear and his administration have plans to push for mandatory, multi-state background checks for all long-term care workers, according to a local report. The rule would apply to Kentucky workers only, but would prevent workers from potentially running from criminal records held in other states due to the multi-state component of the […]
The state of Ohio will be ramping up on background checks for home health care workers as a result of a new $2.1 million federal grant. The Ohio Governor’s Office of Health Transformation (OHT) has announced the state will use the grant to improve criminal background checks for direct-care workers in home- and community-based settings, and […]
Compensation, lack of full-time hours and training are the largest barriers to recruiting and training direct-care workers in home and community-based programs, according to the findings of a new set of surveys of Michigan Medicaid-funded home and community-based service providers. The surveys, funded by a grant from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services provided […]
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