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Caregivers of all stripes are facing unprecedented stress, and technology offers solutions that can not only help alleviate their burden, but also raise the spirits of seniors this season. But technology’s...

When healthcare providers prescribe home medical equipment for patients in need of post-acute care or managing a chronic illness, it’s critically important these patients can receive their prescribed...

I’m not one to spout scientific theories, but it seems that Newton’s Third Law has particular relevance in the world of home care.

Higher labor, benefit and administrative costs in the wake of the pandemic are continuing, squeezing already thin operating margins. A labor cost survey1 of the Partnership for Quality Home Health...

Our nation spent November recognizing Veterans and Caregivers Month, but it’s never been clearer that our current system fails to fully advocate for all the heroes behind the battlelines — and I’m...

There are a lot of reasons to be worried about seniors — particularly homebound ones — at this time of year. The combination of three years of pandemic, new fears of the triple threat (COVID-19, RSV...

In the 20 years we’ve been working with clients, one of the biggest mistakes we have seen companies make time and time again is that they make their messages all about them. Home care and elder companies...

Existing long-term care pharmacy policy is biased toward institutional care.

In a news release, the IRS warns about third-party firms that work on a contingent basis and promote overly aggressive or unsupportable Employee Retention Credit claims. 

While home health providers are pleased that CMS recognized their concerns, the final rule fails to address the underlying methodology for calculating behavioral assumptions and budget neutrality.