After slow start, M and A activity set to take off for home health: advisory report
In the first quarter of this year, home healthcare, hospice and home care companies took a break from a buying binge
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Hospital-at-home company has big plans as study findings help to support HAH model
“Home is the biggest four-letter word in healthcare right now,” Raphael Rakowski, co-founder and executive chairman of technology-enabled service company Medically Home, told McKnight’s Home Care Daily
Home Care briefs for Wednesday, April 21
Howard County, PA, physician pays $600K fine for Medicare fraud … Tech company partners with hospitals to provide secure telehealth … Health systems embrace virtual streaming … Traditions Health names new CEO
COVID-19 gives boost to hospital-at-home model: experts
If the COVID-19 pandemic has a silver lining, it is the success and expansion of the hospital-at-home model (HAH). That is the overwhelming consensus among speakers at the World Hospital At Home Congress this week.
Biden rescinds Medicaid waiver benefiting 300,000 receiving home care
The Biden administration’s decision to rescind a Medicaid waiver for Texas is raising concerns among the 300,000 Texans who receive Medicaid-funded care in their homes.
Study: Addressing social determinants of health in management of blood pressure improves outcomes for other conditions
A study about the ways to improve hypertension and diabetes among isolated patients in Kenya has very practical applications in the United States, the study’s author told McKnight’s Home Care Daily.
Home Care briefs for Tuesday, April 20
Some Oregon home care workers now eligible for retirement program … Second person charged with fixing wages for home healthcare workers … NHPCO declares April 18-24 National Hospice Volunteer Week
Geriatrician calls for move to value-based care model for home care
Medicare and private insurers must quickly transition to a value-based-care payment model to meet the needs of an aging population, the head of Geriatric Medicine at the University of Virginia (UVA) told McKnight’s Home Care D
Providers insist on higher Medicaid rates to recruit, pay home health workers
The Wisconsin Association for Home Care is demanding an increase in the state’s Medicaid rate for home-based skilled nursing.
Home healthcare workers serve as critical component in elderly telehealth visits, researcher says
Home healthcare workers can be an invaluable resource in telehealth visits with elderly patients, the author of a new study on telehealth barriers told McKnight’s Home Care Daily.
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