Connecticut retracts guidance forbidding home care firms from using word ‘care’ in ads
By
C. Max Bachmann
Jun 20, 2023
Connecticut lawmakers unanimously passed a bill this month to reverse a policy guidance banning the use of the word “care” by nonmedical home care agencies.
Many older adults with dementia experience recurrent ED visits, study finds
By
C. Max Bachmann
Jun 20, 2023
A “significant portion” of community-dwelling older adults with dementia display a pattern of repeated emergency department (ED) visits, according to a study published Wednesday by the American Geriatrics...
Home Care briefs for Tuesday, June 20
By
C. Max Bachmann
Jun 20, 2023
MedPAC: Concept of unified post-acute care system presents challenges … Nurse practitioners push back against AMA’s call for NPs to be jointly regulated by boards of medicine,...
Dombi: In advance of proposed rule, agencies fighting ‘Medicare home health war’
By
C. Max Bachmann
Jun 16, 2023
National Association for Home Care & Hospice President William Dombi issued a frank assessment of the state of home healthcare Thursday in advance of the release of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid...
Home Care briefs for Friday, June 16
By
C. Max Bachmann
Jun 16, 2023
Aveanna CFO resigns … Virginia home healthcare agency, owners pay $604K for overtime violations … DispatchHealth, Emory Healthcare collaborate … ACL seeks comments on proposed updates...
Home healthcare spending to grow by 7.7% from 2025 to 2031, new study finds
By
C. Max Bachmann
Jun 15, 2023
Home healthcare spending will surpass $250 billion by 2031, according to new estimates released in a study published in Health Affairs Wednesday from the Office of the Actuary (OACT) at the Centers for...
Home Care briefs for Thursday, June 15
By
C. Max Bachmann
Jun 15, 2023
Now available: LeadingAge Clinical Procedures Manual on home health and hospice best practices … Casey, Braun to hold Aging Committee hearing on emergency preparedness … Mertz...
NAHC: Medicaid unwinding may have affected thousands of home care patients
By
C. Max Bachmann
Jun 14, 2023
Officials with the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) said Tuesday they have urged states to adopt flexibilities to minimize Medicaid coverage loss during the unwinding of the continuous enrollment...
Home Care briefs for Wednesday, June 14
By
C. Max Bachmann
Jun 14, 2023
UnitedHealth group releases 2022 Sustainability Report … States with palliative care laws bode well for home deaths … Honor CEO Seth Sternberg name Entrepreneur Of The Year 2023 Bay Area...
Lawmakers introduce legislation to make PT, OT telehealth coverage permanent
By
C. Max Bachmann
Jun 13, 2023
A new bipartisan bill would allow physical and occupational therapists to deliver care through telehealth on a permanent basis.
