Walgreens steps up at-home COVID-19 testing capabilities
By
Joe Jancsurak
Mar 22, 2021
Walgreens has expanded its digital health platform, Walgreens Find Care, to include 11 new and four expanded collaborations with service providers.
Home Care briefs for Monday, March 22
By
Joe Jancsurak
Mar 22, 2021
Vaccine booking service now available for seniors in Illinois and Florida … Kentucky passes Senate Bill 61 and Senate Bill 74 to improve dementia care … California woman pleads guilty to Medicare kickback...
Youth caregivers for ill, disabled family members expand in U.S.
By
Joe Jancsurak
Mar 19, 2021
More than 3 million children and teens serve as caregivers to ill or disabled family members, according to Caregiving in the U.S. 2020, a national survey published by the National Alliance for Caregiving...
Home Care briefs for Friday, March 19
By
Joe Jancsurak
Mar 19, 2021
Senate confirms Xavier Becerra as HHS secretary … Biden administration to invest more than $12B to expand COVID-19 testing … Senators introduce bill extending moratorium on Medicare sequester cuts...
Amazon Care reportedly to launch telehealth offering in all 50 states
By
Joe Jancsurak
Mar 18, 2021
Amazon’s app-based healthcare service for employees, Amazon Care, soon will launch throughout the country, according to a Healthcare IT News report.
Growing trend: Doctors and nurses deliver COVID-19 vaccines to homebound seniors
By
Joe Jancsurak
Mar 18, 2021
Medical centers and other health organizations have begun sending doctors and nurses to apartment buildings and private homes to vaccinate homebound seniors, according to a Kaiser Health News report.
Home Care briefs for Thursday, March 18
By
Joe Jancsurak
Mar 18, 2021
McKnight’s Online Expo continues today … ArchCare partners with RideHealth to benefit PACE participants with a tech-based ride system … Vaica to offer a remote patient management kit for people...
Philadelphia home care agency pays $2.1M in back overtime
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Joe Jancsurak
Mar 17, 2021
Good Family Support Services Inc., a Philadelphia home health care agency, has paid more than $2.1 million to resolve allegations that it failed to provide overtime pay to 456 workers over two years, according...
CMS further delays start of Primary Care First-Seriously Ill Population model
By
Joe Jancsurak
Mar 17, 2021
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has disclosed another delay — but no definitive timeline — of its Primary Care First-Seriously Ill Population physician payment model, which the hospice...
Home Care briefs for Wednesday, March 17
By
Joe Jancsurak
Mar 17, 2021
McKnight’s two-day Online Expo starts today … Nascentia Health first to offer at-home COVID-19 vaccine shots in Central New York … Ochsner Health looks to streamline patient care via CarePort...