On a federal level, the National Association for Home Care & Hospice (NAHC), LeadingAge and the Partnership for Quality Home Healthcare (PQHH) have all ramped up their home health advocacy efforts this summer and in early fall.
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As members of Congress return to Washington following their August recess, we might be tempted to assume the nation is in for more of the same: partisan disagreements, frustrating distractions, and slow progress on critically important policy issues. Assumptions, however, don’t always pan out. And blindly depending on them can be dangerous.
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When ride-hailing companies first came on the scene nearly 10 years ago, they were rarely – if ever – associated with health care. But today, both industry giants Uber (NYSE: UBER) and Lyft (Nasdaq: LYFT) have growing health care divisions that are frequent partners of home-based care providers.
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When the alarm clock went off at 7 am, Angelica Rios had barely gotten four hours of sleep. She rolled out of bed anyway and slipped into her Winnie the Pooh scrubs. “I have a lot of trouble sleeping,” Angelica said as she combed mousse through her thick brown curls. She picked up two silver hoop earrings and clasped one onto each ear. Then she laced up her sneakers and grabbed a bottle of Gatorade on her way out the door.
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Telemedicine has the potential to more regularly and affordably connect older adults to their doctors, but several barriers still exist preventing its widespread adoption. Perhaps the biggest: seniors’ own embrace of technology.
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By Jane Kelly. Aging isn’t easy. And leaving home when healthcare needs require extra attention makes it even harder. But thanks to progress and innovations in the delivery of home health, more older Americans are able to stay safely at home while receiving home healthcare services.
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Amedisys Inc. has locked in an agreement with ClearCare Inc. that will expand its personal care services and could open the door for future Medicare Advantage (MA) opportunities. The deal could also be good news for home care providers hoping to work with the home health giant.
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When the Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) developed the Patient-Driven Groupings Model (PDGM), part of the goal was to fix problems that exist with the currently used Prospective Payment System (PPS).
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By Rachel Hammon – With recent debate surrounding Medicare For All and other big-ticket healthcare proposals, changes to the current Medicare system that affect millions of Americans are going unnoticed. Including one that stands to affect Texas seniors who rely on life-saving home health services.
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Data breaches are on the rise across the health care industry at large, with the number of cyber attacks targeting health data reaching record highs in 2018. And due to the mobile nature of home health care, the sector is especially vulnerable to attacks.
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