Interim HealthCare launches home-centered diabetes care
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Joe Jancsurak
Mar 31, 2021
Interim Healthcare, a large franchising company that offers home healthcare and staffing services, announced on Tuesday a HomeLife Enrichment offering focused on diabetes
Home Care briefs for Wednesday, March 31
By
Joe Jancsurak
Mar 31, 2021
WellSky debuts value-based analytics solution to help home health agencies leverage outcomes data … PACE programs keep seniors safer than nursing homes during COVID-19, program reports … AMD Global...
Atrium Health launches virtual home care, among other telehealth offerings
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Joe Jancsurak
Mar 30, 2021
Atrium Health, a major Charlotte, NC-based health system, announced on Monday that it now offers a complete array of virtual care capabilities, from primary care and specialty care to hospital care and...
Massachusetts home care company pays $1.25M for alleged Medicaid fraud
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Joe Jancsurak
Mar 30, 2021
Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey disclosed earlier this month that her office has reached a $1.25 million settlement with Lawrence, MA-based Lifod Home Health Care LLC and its owner, Kariuki...
Home Care briefs for Tuesday, March 30
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Joe Jancsurak
Mar 30, 2021
Florida Insurer CEO predicts more telehealth and home visits … Study: Preoperational functional status is key in determining home vs. nonhome patient discharge … Idaho program seeks volunteers...
Massachusetts frontline workers resist COVID-19 vaccines as push to make shots mandatory gathers momentum
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Joe Jancsurak
Mar 29, 2021
Thousands of first responders, frontline health workers and other public-facing employees in Massachusetts continue to pass on COVID-19 vaccinations, prompting a push for the state government and private...
Utah’s home care worker shortage continues
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Joe Jancsurak
Mar 29, 2021
As the race to get more Americans vaccinated continues and the nation anticipates a return to some level of normalcy, states such as Utah are having difficulty finding enough home care workers to keep...
Home Care briefs for Monday, March 29
By
Joe Jancsurak
Mar 29, 2021
Addus HomeCare names president and CEO … ISW Holdings launches TeleCare Home Health … Community health centers to receive $6B in HHS funding for vaccine programs
Study: Many Medicare beneficiaries with planned discharges to HHAs don’t actually receive HHA care
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Joe Jancsurak
Mar 26, 2021
Some 4 out of 10 Medicare beneficiaries in rural areas with planned discharges to home hospital agencies (HHAs) didn’t actually receive that HHA care, according to a new study entitled “Post-acute...
Anthem to buy home-based care management company myNEXUS
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Joe Jancsurak
Mar 26, 2021
Health insurer Anthem Inc. disclosed on Wednesday plans to acquire myNexus Inc., a home-based nursing management company, for an undisclosed amount from an investor group led by New York City-based private...