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Home Care Workforce Action Alliance Formed as Providers Hit All-Time Case-Decline Highs
It is often said that storytelling can be a powerful tool for change. This is what the members of the newly formed Home Care Workforce Action Alliance are banking on with the announcement of the Voices for Care at Home campaign. The Home Care Workforce Action Alliance is the byproduct of some of the biggest […]
Read MoreMore home health aides needed by 2030, experts say
By 2030, all baby boomers will be over the age of 65, meaning one in every five people will be of retirement age. In Florida, it’s one in three, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. As more people face retirement, home health aide workers, like Letsey Perrin, are needed more than ever. Perrin, 40, has worked as a home […]
Read MoreMedicaid Regains Power to Deduct From Home Health Workers’ Pay
State Medicaid programs will regain the authority they lost in the Trump era to withhold union dues and deductions for benefits from home health workers’ payments. The Biden administration final rule (RIN 0938–AU73), published Thursday, is the latest move in a back-and-forth disagreement between Democratic and Republican administrations over how Medicaid programs should interact with home health […]
Read MoreA ‘Persistence of Patient Harm’: Hospital Failures Highlight Need for Home-Based Care Investments
The traditional brick-and-mortar hospital system is broken, often leaving patients in a condition that’s worse than when they first arrived. That’s according to a May report from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (HHS-OIG). The findings throw further support for facility-based care alternatives, including the types of hospital-at-home models that lean […]
Read MoreCVS Health moves further into the home with virtual primary care offering
CVS Health has launched Virtual Primary Care, adding to its array of home care-related offerings and signaling it may be moving closer to a home care acquisition. Last week, the Woonsocket, RI-based company announced it will begin offering virtual primary care services on Jan. 1, 2023, to members of its wholly owned Aetna insurance plans, self-insured […]
Read MoreHome-Based Care Leaders Discuss Staffing-Woe Mitigation, ‘Ghosting’ in Recruiting
Though staffing remains the top challenge for the home-based care industry, providers agree that there isn’t one universal panacea. Instead, there are various approaches that have yielded results for different agencies across the country. One of these approaches is making sure that potential clinicians and caregivers know about the job opportunities that exist within home-based […]
Read MoreProposed federal law would give older Ohioans more choices for health care: Joseph Russell
While home-based care is an option for some Ohio seniors, it is not true for them all, especially older persons who have limited support at home. This underscores the need to enhance home-based care services for this unique patient population. To address this gap, help modernize America’s post-acute-care system, and create more options for seniors, […]
Read MoreHome-Based Care Stakeholders Echo US Surgeon General’s Health Care Workforce Shortage Concerns
Home-based care stakeholders agree with the U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy that burnout among the nation’s health care staff could lead to an even more severe worker shortage. The ongoing staffing crisis in home-based care and other health care sectors was the topic of discussion this week as Vice President Kamala Harris visited the […]
Read MoreFormer Home Health Leaders Turning Their Attention to Non-Medical Home Care
In order for AccordCare to reach its goals of becoming a nationally recognized provider, the Marietta, Georgia-based company is dedicated to offering a diversified set of services to its clients. Brandon Ballew, the CEO of AccordCare, is a former Kindred at Home executive. But as the home health industry changed, he saw increased opportunity on […]
Read MoreHome-Based Care Providers Are Raising Expectations for Their Technology Partners
Home-based care providers looking to grow, or even just to survive, are increasingly turning to technology to do so. A major part of that is EHRs. And currently, providers are generally unsatisfied with their EHR vendor relationships, according to a new survey conducted by MatrixCare and Home Health Care News. Providers, more than anything, want more […]
Read MoreAlliance Homecare Names Nancy Gillette Chief Executive Officer
Alliance Homecare, a leader in fully licensed Home Care services in the New York metropolitan area, has announced Nancy Gillette as Alliance’s new CEO. ounder Gregory Solometo Continues as Chairman of the Board of Directors Alliance Homecare today announced that Nancy Gillette has been promoted to CEO and Chief Caregiver, effective June 1, 2022. Gregory […]
Read MoreAs revenue slips, study aims to calculate true cost of agency staffing
A new report predicts post-acute care providers will miss out on nearly $20 billion in revenue this year, not due to COVID but rather staffing challenges. Consulting firm Oliver Wyman calculated that understaffing resulting in lower occupancy will lead to $19.4 billion in unrealized revenue. The biggest hits will come in the Northeast and North […]
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