Aetna is trying out an expanded approach to home healthcare for people with multiple chronic diseases. The CVS-owned firm will team with Landmark Health to help its Medicare Advantage plan policy holders. For now, the joint program is limited to people who reside in New York City and Long Island, as well as Albany, Rochester…
Feds outline details for fast-tracked COVID vaccine deliveries … CMS launches 2020 flu season campaign … Caregiver Homes of Indiana announces care management pilot … The Pennant Group buys Texas home health agency … WVU Medicine expands home care to Mon County
The government’s Office of Management and Budget is reviewing a proposal that would let beneficiaries decouple federal benefits that are conjoined.
The National Association for Home Care & Hospice is calling on the Labor Department to clarify its most recent leave exemption guidance. The organization is asking whether the exemption covers all aides and personal care service employees.
CMS agency to target dual eligibles in risk-based model … Aetna pushing further into home health … Remote monitoring brings hospital to the home … Rural seniors struggle to get home-based care as pandemic spreads.
It’s a bit troubling to watch bad moves made by skilled care operators repeated in senior living. Yet it continues to happen.
A skilled nursing and assisted living facility’s social services director has pleaded guilty to participating in a kickback scheme involving home care referrals.
The South rightfully can be proud of its reputation for friendliness and top-notch cuisine. But it’s also where people requiring home health services likely are to be found in disproportionately high numbers, if new health-related rankings are accurate.
Iowa county’s home care program comes under fire … Home care operator offers quarantine care … Independence care program targets smoother transitions
MIT researchers have found a way to embed electronic sensors in stretchy fabrics. This breakthrough could lead to shirts and other garments that continuously monitor a wearer’s vital signs – including heart rate, temperature and respiration.
