Home Health Care

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

“It’s important to address a whole infrastructure, such as increasing support and training for home health aides for home visits, supporting the ability to access and use medical devices and equipment, and most important is updating key Medicaid regulations and payment models,” Reinhard said. North Carolina 42. Florida 44.

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Home Health Care

AUGUST 21, 2023

The program is designed to recognize up-and-coming industry members who are shaping the next decade of home health, hospice care, senior housing, skilled nursing and behavioral health. Policy and regulation plays a huge role in access to services and person-centered flexibilities in care. Transformative.

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Home Health Care

APRIL 17, 2023

Nearly 100,000 registered nurses left the field during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to an analysis conducted by the National Council of State Boards of Nursing (NCSBN). Worse yet, the analysis suggested that nearly 800,000 more nurses could leave the field by 2027. nursing workforce moving forward.”

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Home Health Care

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

Before other states start to consider minimum wage increases for home care workers, it would be beneficial for them to understand what has – and hasn’t – gone well in New York. In the spring of 2022, New York legislators passed a law that gave home care workers an extra $1 per hour above the state’s $15 minimum wage.

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Briggs Healthcare

JULY 18, 2022

“After decades of exposés, special commissions, and advocacy, the moment has arrived to commit to making the residential nursing home a good place to live (National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, 2022). The horrendous death toll for nursing home residents and staff, 15.4% 2021; Eiken et al.,

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Home Health Care

JANUARY 16, 2024

For Accurate Home Care, the biggest pain point isn’t retention, it’s recruiting new nurses to hire. “If Accurate Home Care is a Minnesota-based provider that offers home health care, private-duty nursing and non-medical home care. We lost so many nurses during COVID.”

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Home Health Care

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

This article is based on a Home Health Care News discussion with Gary Bachrach, Executive Director of Business Development, Home Care Services at The Joint Commission and Vicki Hoak, Chief Executive Officer at HCAOA. The discussion took place on November 16, 2022, during the HHCN Home Care Conference in Chicago.

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Briggs Healthcare

JULY 28, 2023

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare Examination of Staffing Shortages at US Nursing Homes During the COVID-19 Pandemic was published in JAMA Network Open on July 27, 2023. Meaning : Findings from this study suggest that staffing shortages during the COVID-19 pandemic placed strain on nursing homes.

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Home Health Care

MAY 2, 2022

Additionally, as the population of seniors continues to grow and more people wish to age at home, the size of the caregiver pool is just not adequate. As the leader of a holding company that has over 500 home care franchise locations across the U.S. and Canada, Best Life Brands CEO J.J. Sorrenti knows these issues intimately.

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Briggs Healthcare

APRIL 7, 2022

Nursing homes play a unique dual role in the long-term care continuum, serving as a place where people receive needed health care and a place they call home. The 1986 Institute of Medicine report Improving the Quality of Care in Nursing Homes identified a range of challenges to the quality of care in nursing homes.

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Home Health Care

OCTOBER 27, 2023

“Minnesota has long taken pride in doing very well in providing care for Minnesotans, whether it be the older adults or people with disabilities, so I think we have continued to work on that,” Kathy Messerli, executive director at the Minnesota Home Care Association, told Home Health Care News. “I

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Home Health Care

MARCH 27, 2023

For the first time ever, two of the largest associations representing the home-based care industry have joined together on a call to action regarding the workforce shortage. Higher prices for care would then lead to more need for Medicaid support, something policymakers would have no choice but to pay attention to.

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Home Health Care

APRIL 12, 2024

While there’s still plenty of oversight, the spotlight on home health and personal care providers appears to have dimmed somewhat. Instead of focusing on home health and personal care, watchdogs are increasingly targeting hospices, nursing homes and other areas. The active work plan for the U.S.

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Home Health Care

AUGUST 19, 2021

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced Wednesday that nursing home staff must be vaccinated against COVID-19. In the wake of that news, senior care experts and post-acute care operators are considering trickle-down effects the mandate could have on other settings, including home health care.

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Home Health Care

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

Many people still consider home health and home care as sectors completely separate from hospital-at-home care. As more care comes into the home, home-based care organizations are finding ways to become involved – whether through partnerships or proprietary programs. Nasdaq: AMED).

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Home Health Care

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

With this in mind, there has been more activity and investment around accountable care organizations (ACOs), including for at-home care providers, which are strategically collaborating with these organizations. Amid the pandemic, the company approached CMS about expanding at-home care services, for instance. “We

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Home Health Care

MARCH 24, 2022

The plaintiffs in the case are Safe Haven Home Care Inc., Angel Care Inc., Elim Home Care Agency and DHCare Homehealth Inc. Under the American Rescue Plan Act, Congress set aside additional funding for Medicaid home- and community-based services as a COVID-19 emergency relief measure. “If

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Home Health Care

MARCH 27, 2024

For about 10 years, I was running a group practice, doing that, caring for people in nursing homes, in the home etc. I actually was responsible for the conditions of participation, so we regulated the home health agencies. I think that was a big change for home health agencies.

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Home Health Care

APRIL 16, 2024

The median annual income for direct care workers checks in at about $23,688. Additionally, home care workers bring in a median annual income of $20,599, according to PHI. The bill would provide new funding to support workers across assisted living facilities, nursing homes and home-based care. “We

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NASHP

JUNE 30, 2023

We identified the plans of 46 states and Washington, DC and found that 40 states and DC planned to sustain at least one flexibility post-PHE through waiver amendments, legislation, and/or regulations: Allow Medicaid payment to parents, spouses, and/or legally responsible individuals — at least 22 states Increase Medicaid payment rates for direct care (..)

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Briggs Healthcare

JULY 14, 2023

The review included elements of performance (EPs) that met all of the following criteria: The EP does not support a CMS CoP or state regulation. The EP has been in effect for at least three years.

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Home Health Care

MARCH 8, 2023

So it’s important for us that we attract and retain highly skilled nurses to be able to provide care for them.” Introducing a workforce-sharing model could potentially add complications when it comes to providing quality care to patients, some believe. They’re quite complex,” she said. “So

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Home Health Care

MARCH 2, 2022

“We always knew that there was a silver lining out there as baby boomers were getting to the age where they needed home care services, but we have not ever seen it this pronounced,” Rutledge said. In home health care, an example of the former is the nationwide expansion of the Home Health Value-Based Purchasing (HHVBP) Model.

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Home Health Care

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

We’re seeing a monumental shift in home health care and how we actually operate,” Kim Gaffey, founder and CEO of Gaffey Home Nursing and Hospice, said during a webinar Thursday. The Illinois-based Gaffey Home Nursing and Hospice offers home health, home nursing and hospice services.

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Home Health Care

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

Broadly, patients being discharged from the hospital to home health care will not need advanced approval. The types of care that will be impacted include physical therapy, occupational therapy, home health aide and nurse visits, and social worker visits. 1 of 2024 and for Medicare Advantage (MA) plans by 2025.

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Home Health Care

DECEMBER 6, 2023

ACHC initially focused on accrediting home health agencies, but over the years, it has expanded its scope to include other health care sectors such as hospice, hospital, pharmacy, DME, home care and renal dialysis. What are some of the key home-based care industry challenges you’re monitoring today?

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NASHP

JANUARY 12, 2024

Direct care workers — such as personal care and home care aides as well as certified nursing assistants — provide care services to individuals and older adults with complex needs. Acknowledgements NASHP would like to express our gratitude to The John A. Hartford Foundation, the Ralph C. Wilson, Jr.

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Home Health Care

JULY 20, 2022

The connectRN platform was built to find nurses and other health care professionals work, particularly in skilled nursing facilities (SNF). But over time, workers were asking enough about home health opportunities that the company thought it should get further into home-based care.

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Home Health Care

MAY 26, 2023

There are a number of key issues that home-based care providers looking to navigate legal and regulatory hurdles need to keep their eye on – some old, and some new. This means a totally different staffing model needs to be in place to get nurses out, and OASIS completed in five calendar days,” Barnett said.

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Home Health Care

DECEMBER 6, 2022

The program is designed to recognize up-and-coming industry members who are shaping the next decade of senior housing, skilled nursing, home health, and hospice care. Elizabeth Rosema, executive director of Atrio Home Health, has been named a 2022 Future Leader by Home Health Care News.

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Home Health Care

MAY 11, 2023

I think CMS is very much committed to pushing out something in the final rule,” Damon Terzaghi, director of Medicaid HCBS at the National Association for Home Care & Hospice (NAHC), said during a webinar Wednesday. “I Industry advocates do not believe the 80% threshold will stand in the final rule. “I

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Home Health Care

DECEMBER 1, 2022

Tammy Ross: I want to start with the fact that I have been a registered nurse for over 30 years. When we’re looking at workforce and workforce development, the key asset right now is our nursing workforce. I think the goal for most people is, “Let me just find more registered nurses. That’s not working now.

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Home Health Care

JANUARY 17, 2022

starting with Choose Home. Potential cost-saving is what is attracting bipartisan support for this legislation,” Bill Dombi, president of the National Association for Home Care & Hospice (NAHC), told Home Health Care News during a recent HHCN+ TALKS episode. How NAHC views the in-home care workforce situation.

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Home Health Care

OCTOBER 30, 2023

Specifically, from 2020 to 2022, the DOL’s wage and hour division identified violations in almost 89% of over 1,200 home care and nursing care investigations. Though the DOL has its eyes on providers operating across the U.S,

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Home Health Care

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

The program is designed to recognize up-and-coming industry members who are shaping the next decade of senior housing, skilled nursing, home health, and hospice care. Nicholas D’Addabbo, vice president of strategy at Innovive Health, has been named a 2022 Future Leader by Home Health Care News.

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Home Health Care

AUGUST 1, 2022

The home health industry at large is excited about the prospects of the Choose Home Care Act of 2021. It’s also – to some extent – been cast aside in home health providers’ minds, given all the mayhem going on related to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ (CMS) proposed rule for 2023. . “If

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Home Health Care

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

The Vistria Group, a Chicago-based private equity firm, believes in home-based care’s value. Over the years, the company has built a diverse portfolio of home-based care assets that include home health and home care providers, vendors and a management services company.

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