Provider groups optimistic about retooled HCBS bill
By
Diane Eastabrook
Jan 27, 2023
Provider groups are cautiously optimistic that Congress this year will pass a newly introduced Better Care Better Jobs Act that would expand home- and community-based services.
Peer-to-Peer: New COO of Caring Senior Service to leverage technology in new role
By
Liza Berger
Jan 18, 2023
If anyone knows how to grow nonmedical home care companies, it is Jeff Bevis.
New index ranks state direct caregiver policies
By
Diane Eastabrook
Jan 17, 2023
Washington state and Rhode Island have the best policies supporting direct care workers, while Texas and Mississippi have the worst.
3 realistic ways to better recruit, retain caregivers
By
Jennifer Lagemann
Jan 03, 2023
You’re likely familiar with the revolving door of caregivers at this point. You hire caregivers, they stay for three-ish months, and then you’re onto hiring the next replacement. Or, worse still, you...
NY home care advocates resurrect Fair Pay for Home Care
By
Diane Eastabrook
Jan 03, 2023
A bipartisan group of New York legislators and local officials spent their holiday break lobbying for higher wages for home care workers in that state.
Connect with employees to address burnout, experts say
By
Diane Eastabrook
Dec 21, 2022
Surgeon General Vivek Murthy, MD, sounded an urgent alarm to the healthcare industry last spring as the COVID-19 pandemic was ebbing. Burnout, he said, had become a crisis among overworked, stressed-out...
Florida partnership to ‘jump-start’ home care careers
By
Diane Eastabrook
Dec 14, 2022
Florida health plan is teaming up with a home care firm to help solve the caregiver crisis in South Florida.
More 2023 MA plans include in-home services, caregiver supports, report finds
By
Diane Eastabrook
Dec 13, 2022
A growing number of Medicare Advantage plans will be adding nonmedical supplemental benefits in 2023, with in-home support services and caregiver supports topping the list.
New York state slaps home care firm with $550K fine for anti-poaching agreement
By
Diane Eastabrook
Dec 08, 2022
New York state Attorney General Letitia James sent a pointed message to home care agencies this week: There’s no place for anti-poaching practices in the Empire State.
Simulator could spawn robotic caregivers of the future
By
Diane Eastabrook
Dec 05, 2022
Researchers at Cornell University have developed a robotic simulation platform that could pave the way for sophisticated robot caregivers in the home