2+ day, 15+ min ago  (511+ words) On Thursday, lawmakers introduced a bill that, if passed, would guarantee federal minimum wage and overtime protections for home care workers. This would effectively kill the U.S. Department of Labor's (DOL) proposal to reinstate the companionship exemption " which the lawmakers who…...

2+ day, 16+ hour ago  (535+ words) Bayada Home Health Care has launched and is looking to grow its new value-based home intensive care unit (HICU) program for infants and children with high-acuity needs " though the provider must overcome resistance from some payers to do so. "We…...

3+ day, 19+ hour ago  (210+ words) HouseWorks Holdings has acquired Rhode Island-based home care provider A Caring Experience, expanding its New England footprint. The deal is HouseWorks" first acquisition in Rhode Island, and marks its twelfth completed transaction since 2022, when InTandem Capital staked a majority investment…...

3+ day, 19+ hour ago  (471+ words) Maintaining solid referral pipelines is essential for home health operators " and health systems know what they want. Ascension, a non-profit, faith-based health system, prioritizes home health providers with quick response times " getting into the patient's home the same day or…...

4+ day, 16+ hour ago  (478+ words) Demand for home-based care remains strong " but operational scalability continues to loom as one of the industry's biggest challenges. New technologies and efficiency-enhancing tools are offering new ways to address operational scalability, but leaders still face a complex set of…...

4+ day, 18+ hour ago  (231+ words) Residential Home Health and Hospice announced it has acquired Pennsylvania-based Covenant Home Health. Covenant providers home health, private duty and supportive services throughout nine counties in its home state. The transaction will bring Residential's footprint to two new counties and…...

4+ day, 20+ hour ago  (473+ words) Quintessa Haile, Home Care Aide at Help at Home, has been named to the Frontline Honors Awards Class of 2025 by Home Health Care News. To become a Frontline honoree, an individual is nominated by their peers. The candidate must be:…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago  (382+ words) The U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has proposed an advance care planning quality measure for several health care settings " a move that could leave home health providers without reimbursement for these services. The National Alliance for Care at Home…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago  (263+ words) Liberty Home Care and Hospice has announced plans to acquire ECU Health's home health and hospice division. ECU, a North Carolina-based health system, is selling four home health offices, three hospice locations and a hospice house. Financial terms of the…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago  (519+ words) Jennifer Sheets, the new CEO of the National Alliance for Care at Home (the Alliance), is focusing "first and foremost" on home health program integrity. Dr. Mehmet Oz, the administrator of the U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), has placed…...