Wellspring Capital Management, a private equity firm headquartered in New York, said on Monday that it has completed the acquisition of Caring Brands International Inc. (CBI), an international franchisor…
Geisinger poised to grow rural home care if Biden plan passes
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Diane Eastabrook
Oct 25, 2021
While congressional Democrats continue to wrangle over the Biden administration’s Build Back Better plan, administrators at Pennsylvania’s Geisinger hope a legislative deal will help it to expand healthcare…
Partnership expands in-home care to New Jersey seniors
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Diane Eastabrook
Oct 25, 2021
Mobile health services provider DocGo is teaming up with Visiting Physician Services to deliver in-home care to patients in New Jersey.
HomeWell launches new service supporting palliative and hospice care
By
Diane Eastabrook
Oct 25, 2021
HomeWell Care Services is helping augment palliative care and hospice support for chronically ill and dying patients who remain in their home.
Mosaic Life Care wins Gold with voice-to-text EHR system
By
Emma Baumgartel
Oct 25, 2021
Mosaic Life Care’s patient record-keeping turnaround earned it the Gold Award in the 2021 McKnight’s Excellence in Technology Awards in the Home Care track in the Keep it Super Simple category.
Home Care briefs for Monday, Oct. 25
By
Diane Eastabrook
Oct 25, 2021
Encompass and Baptist Health expand home health venture in Miami … HCA Healthcare, which owns majority stake in Brookdale’s home health business, reports solid third quarter … COVID-19 claimed lives…
Caregiver shares tips to prevent a dementia diagnosis
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Caroline Szachnowski
Oct 24, 2021
While there is no sure-fire way to prevent Alzheimer’s or other forms of dementia, there are a few key changes that older adults can make to reduce their risk of developing it.
CMS raises stature of HCBS with website
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Diane Eastabrook
Oct 22, 2021
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services gave home- and community-based services a boost Thursday with a new web page that will provide states and provider agencies one-stop-shopping for HCBS services.
Interim HealthCare offers help to heart failure patients
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Diane Eastabrook
Oct 22, 2021
Interim Healthcare, one of the nation’s largest home care, home healthcare and hospice providers, is offering supplemental support to patients with heart failure.
Family Service Society takes Gold for use of screening and e-learning technology
By
Emma Baumgartel
Oct 22, 2021
Family Service Society of Yonkers’ quick implementation of the CareConnect platform has earned it a Gold Award in the Quality category in the Home Care track of the 2021 McKnight’s Excellence in…
Excelin Health expands with four new deals
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Diane Eastabrook
Oct 22, 2021
Excelin Health is expanding its reach in the South with the acquisition of three Texas hospice providers and a Louisiana home health company. Excelin is part of the private equity firm Corinthian Capital…
Home Care briefs for Friday, Oct. 22
By
Diane Eastabrook
Oct 22, 2021
Home care funding appears safe, for now, in Build Back Better legislation … West Virginia legislature votes for medical and religious COVID-19 vaccine exemptions … FDA greenlights mix-and-match boosters
SEIU: Home care’s frenemy
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Liza Berger
Oct 22, 2021
There is a lot of muscle behind the Build Back Better legislative package, including one organization whose sheer existence likely gives home care agency owners some indigestion.
SEIU president: The time is ripe to organize home care workers
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Diane Eastabrook
Oct 21, 2021
Service Employees International President Mary Kay Henry envisions a new social compact between home care workers, employers and governments as her union embarks on a massive effort to organize care workers…
CMS pledges fewer innovation models, more streamlining
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Diane Eastabrook
Oct 21, 2021
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services promises fewer, more streamlined payment models over the next decade. It laid out this strategic direction for its Innovation Center Wednesday during a webinar.
Labor Department warns states about COVID-19 workplace rules
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Diane Eastabrook
Oct 21, 2021
The Biden administration is threatening Arizona, South Carolina and Utah that it will revoke their authority to handle workplace safety, if they refuse to adopt rules to protect workers against COVID-19.
Right at Home Northwest Houston earns Gold for enhanced connections
By
Emma Baumgartel
Oct 21, 2021
For its incorporation of the SparxConnect platform, Right at Home Northwest Houston earned the Gold Award in the Building Bridges category in the Home Care track of the 2021 McKnight’s Excellence in…
Home Care briefs for Thursday, Oct. 21
By
Diane Eastabrook
Oct 21, 2021
Amedisys opens new home health centers in two North Carolina markets … CMS issues rulemaking on hospice survey and enforcement requirements … Humana invests $207,000 to help close digital divide…
M&A activity surges in 2021 Q3 for home care, home health and hospice
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Diane Eastabrook
Oct 20, 2021
An eager supply of sellers drove mergers and acquisitions for home care, home health care and hospice in the third quarter of 2021, according to a new report from M&A advisory firm Mertz Taggart.
States: Look beyond wages for enhanced federal funds
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Diane Eastabrook
Oct 20, 2021
States have an unprecedented opportunity to rebuild their personal care workforce with enhanced federal funding under the American Rescue Plan and the Biden administration’s Build Back Better plan.
