Always Compassionate Home Care launches in-home flu-vaccine service with plans to add COVID-19 and rapid flu testing … CVS announces plans to hire 15,000 full-time and part-time workers … Coalition...
Report shows huge jumps in Medicare Advantage enrollment among minorities, dually eligible
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Joe Jancsurak
Oct 19, 2020
Minority enrollment in Medicare Advantage plans increased by 111% in 2019, with minority beneficiaries accounting for 31.5% of Medicare Advantage enrollees. Meanwhile, enrollment of dually eligible beneficiaries...
Drug-discount cards could reach Medicare recipients after election
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Joe Jancsurak
Oct 19, 2020
President Trump’s proposed plan to send 33 million Medicare beneficiaries cards that can be used to help pay for as much as $200 in prescription drug costs won’t be completed until after the election,...
Home health workers in Virginia could get hazard pay, governor says
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Joe Jancsurak
Oct 19, 2020
Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam announced last week that more than 43,000 of his state’s home healthcare workers are eligible to receive one-time, $1,500 hazard payments for working during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Home care briefs for Monday, Oct. 19
Oct 19, 2020
Impact of telehealth on healthcare delivery topic at virtual 2020 Self-Insurance Institute of America annual conference … Joint venture acquires Christus Santa Rosa Hospice in San Marcos, TX … Platform...
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has announced the addition of 11 new services to the Medicare telehealth services list, which now totals 144.
Home care remains likely post-acute care destination: report
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Joe Jancsurak
Oct 16, 2020
For people who received post-acute care instructions upon hospital discharge in the first quarter, skilled nursing facilities were the most likely referral destination, at 21.3%, followed very closely...
CMS commits to COVID-19 vaccine available for all
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Joe Jancsurak
Oct 16, 2020
Not only will the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services make sure that a COVID-19 vaccine be made available to older adults at no cost once a vaccine is approved; the agency also is working to guarantee...
Home care briefs for Friday, Oct. 16
Oct 16, 2020
Humana adds 9,500 retail pharmacy locations to preferred Medicare Part D network in the form of Kroger Health and its family of pharmacies … Stress-filled pandemic takes physical toll, causing insomnia,...
CMS ratings show Medicare Advantage quality on the rise
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Joe Jancsurak
Oct 15, 2020
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has awarded five-star quality ratings to 21Medicare Advantage-Part D plans and 28 contracts in total when Part D plans and cost contracts are included, for...