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...
Home Care briefs for Tuesday, March 30
By
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...
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...
Home Care briefs for Friday, March 26
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Joe Jancsurak
Mar 26, 2021
Home care workers in 16 cities Thursday demand Biden invest $450B in caregiving … Novus Hospice CEO pleads guilty to healthcare fraud … University of Cincinnati researchers invent telehealth...
Home Care briefs for Thursday, March 25
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Joe Jancsurak
Mar 25, 2021
CMS invites stakeholders to discuss guidance on HCBS pay bump … Candidates sought for home care pilot project … Humana and Epic partnership advances toward the first health system to automate prior...
Home Care briefs for Wednesday, March 24
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Joe Jancsurak
Mar 24, 2021
Changes to oxygen fee schedule starting April 1 … Digital-health startup with in-home care capability raises $500M … Cannabis telemedicine service launches in Connecticut and Illinois … Democrats...
Home Care briefs for Tuesday, March 23
By
Joe Jancsurak
Mar 23, 2021
Only 26% of home care workers have been vaccinated, new poll finds … HHS releases “Telehealth for Providers: What You Need to Know”… A Place for Mom launches campaign aimed at helping...
New York home care providers say not so fast on legislation that would raise workers’ wages
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Joe Jancsurak
Mar 22, 2021
New state Senate legislation that would raise home care workers’ wages does not provide sufficient funding for employers to cover that increase, the Home Care Association of New York told McKnight’s...