From the Editor

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.

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...

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...

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.

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.

Even at the end of life, President Carter is being of service — and he is doing it by simply living.

Something is afoot at the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. For those advocating for family caregivers, it is beyond exciting.

If there was a theme this week at McKnight’s Home Care, it might be how to successfully discharge patients from the hospital to home.

Move over Medicare Advantage. It turns out that there might be an even more troublesome creature than you. The new problem child? Medicaid managed care organizations (MCOs).

In the eyes of LeadingAge, an apt tagline for the Home and Community-Based Settings Rule, also known as the Olmstead rule, might be an example of “the road to hell is being paved with good intentions.”