Pittsburgh home healthcare agency to pay $1.6M for failing to pay overtime
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Joe Jancsurak
Mar 08, 2021
Christian Home Healthcare, a Pittsburgh home healthcare agency, is required to pay more than $1.6 million in back wages and damages. The agency, named for its owner, India Christian, misclassified and...
Home Care briefs for Monday, March 8
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Joe Jancsurak
Mar 08, 2021
Senate passes $1.9T stimulus package … Homebound seniors left behind as Florida expands vaccinations … Iraq War veteran continues serving community as a home care business owner … People with...
Two large health plans forge unique agreements with firms in home care space
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Joe Jancsurak
Liza Berger
Mar 05, 2021
Two major health plans this week disclosed partnerships to provide more services to patients at home. Ready, an on-demand healthcare service, said Wednesday that it now offers at-home healthcare services...
Home Care briefs for Friday, March 5
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Joe Jancsurak
Mar 05, 2021
DispatchHealth raises $200M in Series D financing, bringing total raised to $417M … PHI policy head calls for workforce interventions in direct care … Editorial: Nominee Becerra would support labor...
Noticeably absent from COVID-19 bill: support for seniors and caregivers, association leaders say
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Joe Jancsurak
Mar 04, 2021
The COVID-19 relief bill passed by the House of Representatives and now before the Senate is seriously lacking support for seniors and care providers, association leaders say.
Encompass Health, Right at Home announce preferred provider relationship
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Joe Jancsurak
Mar 04, 2021
Two serious players in the home care market teamed up recently. Encompass Health, provider of inpatient rehabilitation services, home health and hospice, and Right at Home, provider of in-home care and...
Durable medical equipment provider charged in $10M healthcare fraud scheme
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Joe Jancsurak
Mar 04, 2021
A Perfect Fit for You, a Morehead City, NC, maker of durable medical equipment — including powered wheelchairs, powered air flotation beds, osteogenesis stimulator, pneumatic compressor, orthotic braces...
Home Care briefs for Thursday, March 4
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Joe Jancsurak
Mar 04, 2021
Lawmaker wants CMS to make Medicare telehealth waivers permanent … ObvioHealth and RedHill Biopharma launch first in kind remote COVID-19 therapy trial … Zeel discloses 5,000 in-home COVID-19 PCR...
Study: Nurse practitioners drive growth in home care workforce
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Joe Jancsurak
Mar 03, 2021
Nurse practitioners provided more home care visits than Medicare physicians to traditional Medicare beneficiaries from 2012 to 2016, a study in the HealthAffairs journal revealed.
NAHC clears up confusion on face-to-face encounters, other questions stemming from COVID-19 statute
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Joe Jancsurak
Mar 03, 2021
The National Association for Home Care & Hospice reports that it has received clarification from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services regarding some discrepancies between Medicare regulations...