SCAN Health Plan, Commonwealth Care Alliance Back New PACE Model

The Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE) model has certainly drawn increased interest during the COVID-19 pandemic, a frequently repeated fact that’s both generally true and also relatively ambiguous. Now, there are organizations and faces behind that “interest” in the home- and community-based care model. At the end of February, SCAN Health Plan […]

Paramedics Shift Roles to Home Care Providers in New Pilot Program

Several ambulance companies in Massachusetts are shifting their long-standing roles as first responders to emergencies, to home care service providers through a new pilot program, The Boston Globe reports. The concept behind the pilot is to to expand the paramedic’s role to a provider who not only responds to emergencies, but also helps prevent them […]