With ADA now 30, time is ripe for passage of Better Care Better Jobs Act
By
Liza Berger
Oct 01, 2021
For those who work in home care, the documentary “Crip Camp: A Disability Revolution” should be required viewing.
GAO questions states’ recent HCBS fiscal and caregiving practices
By
Liza Berger
Sep 17, 2021
Amid all the talk about vaccination mandates, an interesting document has emerged that offers a reminder of the extent to which COVID-19 has upended the world of home- and community-based services.
Biden offers last word on COVID-19 vaccination mandates
By
Liza Berger
Sep 10, 2021
With COVID-19 rates worsening, the fall season projected to be severe and many workers still relentlessly reluctant to get vaccinated, a universal vaccination mandate, the administration felt, had to be...
Mandate overreach? Rhode Island offers cautionary tale
By
Liza Berger
Sep 03, 2021
It seems to me that we could use a standardized healthcare policy regarding mandates right about now.
The COVID-19 turn of the screw
By
Liza Berger
Aug 27, 2021
This move toward mandates no doubt is a bitter pill for providers to swallow.
The two big C’s in home care
By
Liza Berger
Aug 06, 2021
Not surprisingly, two big issues dominated the first live home care conference in months: the Choose Home Care Act and the coronavirus.
Home care touches everyone
By
Liza Berger
Jul 16, 2021
As I listened to lawmakers promote the Better Care Better Jobs Act on Monday, I was struck by how personal the discussion around home care is. Basically, it is one of those great equalizers that puts everyone,...
What will home care look like post-COVID-19? Brooks-LaSure will help guide us
By
Liza Berger
May 27, 2021
Chiquita Brooks-LaSure is taking the reins of CMS at a time when Congress and regulators are making key decisions about healthcare in the post-pandemic world.
‘It’s pretty clear that 2021 is the year of healthcare at home’
By
Liza Berger
May 21, 2021
If the construction industry could talk, it might say that home care has chutzpah.
Realities of long-term care are not so funny, John Oliver says
By
Liza Berger
Apr 16, 2021
What makes John Oliver’s comedic bit so disturbing is the undeniable realism that lies at the heart of it.