Home health agency could have received more than $479K in Medicare overpayments: OIG
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Joe Jancsurak
Sep 28, 2021
A Virginia home health agency received overpayment of at least $479,000, according to the recently released results of an audit by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General.
Study: Considering older patients’ care preferences affects their care use
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Joe Jancsurak
Sep 25, 2021
When patients’ preferences for care are not taken into account, they are less likely to seek home care use, and pursue doctor visits as well as specialty visits and outpatient surgeries, according to...
New at-home, rapid COVID-19 test service offers another ‘critical resource,’ group says
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Joe Jancsurak
Sep 25, 2021
Ready, an on-demand healthcare service, disclosed on Friday its in-home rapid COVID-19 testing, which provides results in 15 minutes or less. How it works? The company sends a healthcare professional,...
Home care could help reform long-term care system, aging expert says
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Joe Jancsurak
Sep 25, 2021
Extending home care services may be one way to reform the long-term care system, according to Nora Super, senior director of the Milken Institute Center for the Future of Aging.
California needs 200,000 more home care aides: study
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Joe Jancsurak
Sep 23, 2021
The coronavirus pandemic has resulted in a shortage of 200,000 home care aides across California, according to a study authored by a University of California, San Francisco, researcher Joanne Spetz.
CMS further delays start of Primary Care First-Seriously Ill Population model
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Joe Jancsurak
Sep 15, 2021
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has disclosed another delay — but no definitive timeline — of its Primary Care First-Seriously Ill Population physician payment model, which the hospice...
Anthem to buy home-based care management company myNEXUS
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Joe Jancsurak
May 26, 2021
Health insurer Anthem Inc. disclosed on Wednesday plans to acquire myNexus Inc., a home-based nursing management company, for an undisclosed amount from an investor group led by New York City-based private...
Home Care briefs for Wednesday, March 31
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Joe Jancsurak
Mar 31, 2021
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...
Interim HealthCare launches home-centered diabetes care
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Joe Jancsurak
Mar 31, 2021
Interim Healthcare, a large franchising company that offers home healthcare and staffing services, announced on Tuesday a HomeLife Enrichment offering focused on diabetes
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...