Bigger is not necessarily better in home health, report reveals
By
Liza Berger
Jun 09, 2023
Two seemingly isolated home health news stories this week actually have more in common than what appears at first blush. One is Optum’s bid for Amedisys, a major development that could place the third...
And now vaccine mandate, we bid you adieu
By
Liza Berger
Jun 02, 2023
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services waxed a bit poetic in a final rule, which has yet to be published, about the ending of the COVID-19 vaccine mandate.
Annual report takes deep dive into home care workforce crisis
By
Liza Berger
May 26, 2023
If you want to get a sense of the scale and scope of the workforce shortage across the home care continuum — home care, home health and hospice — check out the 14th edition of the Benchmarking Report...
The sticky wicket of family caregivers and hospital-at-home
By
Liza Berger
May 19, 2023
One lesson we learned from COVID-19 is it sometimes takes a crisis to help make your point. There are many examples of this. Here are three: 1. The growing problem of senior isolation. 2. The underrecognized...
As pandemic ends, other home care challenges await
By
Liza Berger
May 12, 2023
No sooner does one problem end than another one begins. That’s the theme this week from McKnight’s Home Care.
Bye, pandemic. We won’t miss you
By
Liza Berger
May 05, 2023
There have been a few signs lately that we really are turning the page on the pandemic. The forthcoming end of the public health emergency next Thursday is an obvious one. Perhaps resounding even more...
Carter symbolizes hospice care at its best
By
Liza Berger
Apr 28, 2023
Will Jimmy Carter, our 39th president, now in home hospice, be a long-stay hospice patient? It’s hard not to consider the possibility as the government continues to hone in on length of stay, putting...
Biden is a home care guy
By
Liza Berger
Apr 21, 2023
Lest anyone had any doubts about where President Biden stands in his long-term care preferences, Tuesday’s executive order helped cement it: He is a home care proponent.
A sunny outlook for home care
By
Liza Berger
Apr 14, 2023
No rain in sight. If there was a weather forecast for home care for the foreseeable future, that might just be it, according to Bill Dombi, president of the National Association for Home Care & Hospice.
Two rules present carrot, stick for MA plans
By
Liza Berger
Apr 07, 2023
It’s been a bit of a roller coaster ride for Medicare Advantage plans lately.