Home Care Workers to Join Forces with Fast Food Employees for Higher Wages
As home care workers continue to voice their support for minimum wage increases, they are also continuing to align with those outside the industry to attract attention to their cause. Home care workers...
View ArticleStudy: Majority of Seniors With Dementia Lack Diagnosis
More than half of elderly Americans with dementia are not evaluated for cognitive symptoms by a medical provider, a new study finds. As many as 1.8 million Americans over the age of 70 with dementia...
View ArticleCMS Proposes New Rule To Drive ACO Participation
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) proposed a new rule Monday that aims to boost Accountable Care Organization (ACO) success by improving incentives to participate. The changes...
View ArticleSouthern States’ Elderly Have Greater Instances of Disability, Study Finds
Where one lives in the United States affects how long and how healthfully one lives, a new report finds. Between 2008 and 2012 there were 40.7 million people aged 65 and over in the United States,...
View ArticleHealth Care Spending Growth Continues to Slow
U.S. health spending grew more slowly last year that at any time in the last 53 years, according to new data from the Office of the Actuary (OACT) at the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services...
View Article4 Considerations to Make When Going Mobile in Home Health
As an increasing number of home health agencies undergo upgrades to meet the demands of today’s digital health care landscape, providers must select the networks and mobile devices that will best fit...
View ArticleEnsign Expands Hospice, Home Care Footprint Through New Acquisitions
The Ensign Group, Inc. (Nasdaq:ENSG) is making moves in the hospice and home care space through two recent acquisitions in Texas and Arizona, the company announced Monday. The Ensign Group is the...
View ArticleExtendicare to Acquire Revera’s Home Health Business in $83 Million Deal
Extendicare Inc. recently entered into a definitive agreement to acquire the Revera Home Health business from Revera Inc. for $83 million in cash, before working capital adjustments, Extendicare has...
View ArticleBipartisan Legislation Supports Competitive Bidding Reform
Recently introduced bipartisan legislation would require bidders to obtain a bid bond within the Medicare competitive bidding program for durable medical equipment, prosthetics, orthotics and supplies...
View ArticleGentiva Shareholders Approve Merger With Kindred
Kindred Healthcare, Inc. (NYSE: KND) is nearing the completion of its $1.8 billion merger with Gentiva Health Services, Inc. (NASDAQ: GTIV). Gentiva recently announced the company’s stockholders have...
View ArticleMiami Home Health Fraudster Sentenced to 106 Months in Prison
The owner and operator of a Miami home health care agency was sentenced Monday to 106 months in prison for his participation in a $30 million Medicare fraud scheme, according to FBI reports. Ramon...
View ArticleObama Budget Proposes Home Health Copays to Cut Medicare Costs
A home health copay, as seen in the Obama Administration’s 2016 budget proposal, would reduce Medicare spending by $830 million through 2025. The 2016 budget proposal, released Monday, contains home...
View ArticleFake Doctor Gets 17 Years For Home Health Fraud
An elaborate scheme that involved posing as a medical doctor is netting one Florida woman a nearly $8.5 million fine and 17-year jail sentence, federal officials recently announced. Alejandra Collazo,...
View ArticleSupreme Court Home Health Ruling Spurs Collective Bargaining Changes
Last year’s Supreme Court ruling in a home health case is being cited by Gov. Bruce Rauner (R) as the legal justification for a move that would potentially weaken union organizing in Illinois. Rauner...
View ArticleCMS Tightens Home Health Add-On Payments
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is alerting home health providers that their billing departments should be aware of new requirements to improve the enforcement of existing...
View ArticleCable Giant Makes Major Play into Home Health
Cox Communications and Cleveland Clinic announced a strategic alliance Thursday to bring health care to the home through telehealth and other innovations. The venture into home health by the...
View ArticleHospitals Have Changed Their Tune on Home Health Partnerships, LHC Chief Says
As hospitals begin to feel some impact from readmission penalties, partnerships with home health agencies are being embraced with unprecedented enthusiasm, said leaders of home health, hospice and...
View ArticleRetirees Rank Home Care No. 1 Way to Meet Long-Term Needs
The vast majority of retirees 50 and older say their top preference for receiving long-term care is in their own home, driving demand for these services, according to a new Merrill Lynch retirement...
View ArticleHome Health Fraudster Loses House, Gets 7-Year Sentence
A Massachusetts home nursing agency owner was recently sentenced to 92 months in prison for fraudulently billing millions of dollars of services to Medicare and then laundering the proceeds. Michael...
View ArticleOhioHealth Earns Patient Buy-In for Telehealth, Reduces Rehospitalizations
Home health providers are leveraging technology to decrease rehospitalizations and otherwise improve patient outcomes and worker safety, but they might have to overcome pushback from patients who are...
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