The lord of home care: One employee to rule them all
By
Liza Berger
Oct 27, 2023
We have officially entered the Age of the Employee. That became clear to me on Wednesday when the CEO of a well-respected home care company advocated for firing clients who have unreasonable caregiver...
McKnight’s Pinnacle Awards offers opportunity to celebrate home care leaders
By
Liza Berger
Oct 20, 2023
To celebrate the contributions of William Dombi, Vicki Hoak and countless other home care leaders, McKnight’s is holding its second-annual Pinnacle Awards. The standard nomination deadline is Friday,...
The strength of a united hospice house
By
Liza Berger
Oct 06, 2023
In his opening address at the national conference Monday, Ben Marcantonio, interim CEO of the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization, aptly characterized the current hospice era as a “pivotal...
Senators, technologists communicate effectively about interoperability
By
Liza Berger
Sep 29, 2023
One of the most positive aspects of the home health hearing in the Senate last week was senators’ knowledge about home health. A particularly significant moment occurred when Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN)...
Home health providers stumble on a pot of gold
By
Liza Berger
Sep 22, 2023
There is such a thing as serendipity — that unpredictable and uncontrollable turn of events that just happens to work in your favor. Home healthcare got a little serendipity this week.
Senate hearing to shine light on stakes of final home health rule
By
Liza Berger
Sep 15, 2023
It’s shaping up to be a tense fall for home health providers. A final home health that seems to be the most threatening in years for the industry is on the near horizon. It could contain Medicare cuts...
This week’s winners and losers in home care
By
Liza Berger
Sep 08, 2023
Between a new demonstration project, two damning studies, a lawsuit and a proposed rule, it has been a week of highs and lows for the home care field. To make sense of all the news that unfolded over just...
Home health providers have spoken
By
Liza Berger
Sep 01, 2023
If home health providers have the collective power to change the mind (or will) of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, they put forth their best efforts this week.
Numbers of Medicaid terminations of older, disabled growing by the week
By
Liza Berger
Aug 25, 2023
I don’t envy state Medicaid workers at the moment. They are in the midst of what one expert has called one of the greatest challenges to the program in its history.
President Carter helps image of hospice benefit
By
Liza Berger
Aug 18, 2023
Even at the end of life, President Carter is being of service — and he is doing it by simply living.