Bridges picks up home health and hospice companies in Las Vegas, Los Angeles
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Kimberly Marselas
Oct 01, 2020
Bridges Health Services Thursday announced several mergers and acquisitions that give the company a bigger presence in Las Vegas and Los Angeles.
Bayada spared in apparent ransomware attack on partner Universal Health Services
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Kimberly Marselas
Sep 29, 2020
Home health care provider Bayada has felt no impact from a major computer outage affecting Universal Health Services, a shutdown being widely attributed to a ransomware attack.
PHI initiative aims to improve jobs, reduce turnover among direct care workforce
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Kimberly Marselas
Sep 29, 2020
PHI and partners in three states announced Tuesday the launch of a multi-year initiative that aims to improve jobs for direct care workers, particularly those who struggle financially and contribute to...
Providence expands into home care with acquisition of Simplura Health Group
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Kimberly Marselas
Sep 30, 2020
Providence Service Corp., a major medical transportation company, is moving into the home health sector with a planned, $575 million cash acquisition of Simplura Health Group.
Habitat for Humanity urges integration of at-home health, social programs during pandemic and beyond
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Kimberly Marselas
Oct 01, 2020
Leaders from Habitat for Humanity and other housing and senior advocates are calling for approaches that better integrate health and social services delivered at home.
LHC Group finalizes two new joint venture agreements in Georgia, purchases Colorado hospice provider
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Kimberly Marselas
Oct 04, 2020
LHC Group, a provider of home- and community-based services in 35 states, has finalized two new joint ventures in Georgia and purchased a hospice provider in Colorado.
Home health workers now account for one-third of malpractice claims against nurses
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Kimberly Marselas
Sep 28, 2020
More than 20% of malpractice claims involving nurses over the past five years were brought against home healthcare workers.
Home healthcare outpaces skilled nursing in its post-COVID-19 rebound
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Kimberly Marselas
Sep 30, 2020
Though home healthcare rolls were devastated in the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, the industry has rebounded more quickly than its skilled nursing peers, according to a new analysis.
As private insurers pull back, this huge state says it will continue to fund telehealth visits equal...
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Kimberly Marselas
Sep 29, 2020
State-regulated health plans in Texas will continue to reimburse for telehealth services at the same rate as in-person care through the end of the year, but major insurers are prepared to reduce coverage...
After downsizing, Good Sam goes big with first-of-kind new campus
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Kimberly Marselas
Feb 14, 2024
A little more than a year after announcing it was scaling back to focus resources in seven core states, Good Samaritan Society announced Tuesday that it was developing a new, $200 million comprehensive...