Home care

If you work for a home care agency and are reading this, chances are your firm is running afoul of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). At least, that is what the Department of Labor (DOL) believes.

Some 31% of patients and caregivers, respectively, blame each other when there is a delay in receiving home-based medical equipment. Another 59% of patients received unreliable or poor-quality medical...

The Home Centered Care Institute (HCCI), a national nonprofit that aims to educate primary care physicians about in-home care, has launched a platform to help doctors target patients in need of their services.

The healthcare industry is nearing a breaking point due to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ 3.925% behavioral rate cut enacted in January, home care leaders said recently. 

With its sanctions lifted, InnovAge is poised for growth, the CEO said recently.

House Education and the Workforce Committee Ranking Member Bobby Scott  (D-VA) introduced a bill last week that would reauthorize the Department of Labor’s Registered Apprentice program.

The National Association for Home Care and Hospice and the Home Care Association of America discussed the direct workforce crisis and the joint report released in March. They also shared proposed legislation...

No sooner does one problem end than another one begins. That’s the theme this week from McKnight’s Home Care.

Americans are living longer and having fewer children than ever before. This leads to a rapidly evolving, and aging, United States population. Many of these aging individuals are considering their retirement...

Humana’s CEO reiterated the company’s investment in home care Tuesday during an investor conference.