Home care providers offer solutions to caregiver shortage in new report
By
Diane Eastabrook
Mar 28, 2023
The National Association for Home Care & Hospice and the Home Care Association of America are headed to Capitol Hill Tuesday and Wednesday with a new list of recommendations to alleviate the nation’s...
Rural in-home healthcare could get a boost under Biden budget plan
By
Diane Eastabrook
Mar 23, 2023
Rural healthcare providers are cautiously optimistic the Biden administration’s proposed 2024 budget will help advance more in-home care to rural Americans.
Demographic factors linked to low telemedicine literacy
Mar 09, 2023
Disadvantaged groups have higher risk for being underserved by telehealth because of low telemedicine literacy
Bill extends virtual cardiac rehab beyond PHE
By
Diane Eastabrook
Mar 10, 2023
Virtual cardiac rehab would continue past the end of the COVID-10 public health emergency under legislation introduced earlier this week.
Collaboration with tech firm could benefit care delivery to home for Philly health system
By
Diane Eastabrook
Mar 08, 2023
A strategic innovation collaboration with a medical technology firm will advance a health system’s strategy of providing healthcare in the home.
With end of PHE in sight, providers need to stay abreast of waivers, experts advise
By
Liza Berger
Diane Eastabrook
Feb 01, 2023
Telehealth. Home care aide training. Hospice volunteer hours. The COVID-19 public health emergency initiated waivers for many areas of home health and hospice.
More effective post-acute care starts with these three things
By
Bill Miller
Jan 19, 2023
It’s a new year, which means many of us are thinking about what’s ahead in 2023 for the healthcare industry. One thing is clear: The future of post-acute care relies on finding new, innovative ways...
UnitedHealth Group: Home is the new frontier for value-based care
By
Diane Eastabrook
Jan 17, 2023
UnitedHealth Group executives called home the “new frontier for value-based care” late last week as the company prepares to close on its purchase of home health giant LHC Group through its Optum Health...
Test-to-treat pilot to bring in-home COVID-19 treatments to 100,000 Americans
By
Diane Eastabrook
Jan 09, 2023
Up to 100,000 people could get at-home treatment for COVID-19 under a new test-to-treat pilot program rolled out last week by the National Institute of Health and the Biden administration.
ATA eyes best path forward for telehealth following two-year extension
By
Diane Eastabrook
Jan 04, 2023
The American Telemedicine Association (ATA) on Monday called the two-year extension of telehealth provisions in the recently passed omnibus bill a “vote of confidence” for virtual healthcare.