The work of R. Tamara Konetzka, PhD, resonates in the improved care and conditions for the hundreds of thousands of seniors living and recovering in long-term care facilities.
Home care providers cheer first-ever federal regulations for adult protective services
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Adam Healy
May 10, 2024
The ACL this week finalized the first-ever set of federal regulations governing adult protective services programs.
Aveanna posts narrower loss in Q1, cites reimbursement rates
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Adam Healy
May 10, 2024
Reimbursement challenges continue to bog down Aveanna’s profitability. In the first quarter of 2024, Aveanna lost $11.1 million.
Home Care briefs for Friday, May 10
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Adam Healy
May 10, 2024
CMS needs to take steps to address hospice quality issues … COVID-19 increased interest in wearable health devices among those in low-income communities, but barriers to adoption remain …...
Key investor frustrated by Enhabit’s decision to remain independent, calls for board change
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Adam Healy
May 09, 2024
Enhabit shareholder AREX Capital Management said that it is “disappointed” that the home health firm elected not to sell.
Meet Kurt Merkelz, MD, 2024 McKnight’s Pinnacle Awards ‘Setting the Standard’ honoree
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Jessica R. Towhey
May 09, 2024
Kurt Merkelz, MD, led the recent standardization of best practices throughout Compassus through the development of tools and procedures built into the organization’s interoperability platform. This effort...
Meet John Swanson, 2024 McKnight’s Pinnacle Awards ‘Setting the Standard’ honoree
By
Jessica R. Towhey
May 09, 2024
John Swanson turned personal struggle and pain into inspiration after the experience of seeing his father’s freedom of independent movement eliminated upon entering memory care.