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1 week ago | 
mcknightshomecare.com | Adam Healy
If there is one lesson Andrea Cohen learned after more than two decades of running a home care company, it is that supporting family caregivers is foundational to quality care. “I would say I have three customers,” Andrea told McKnight’s Home Care Daily Pulse. “One is the client themselves, one is the professional caregiver and the other is the family caregiver.
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1 week ago | 
mcknightshomecare.com | Adam Healy
As conversations about Medicaid cuts loom over healthcare providers’ heads, InnovAge, the only publicly traded Program of All-inclusive Care for the Elderly organization, is ratcheting up its advocacy efforts. “There’s always a need for strong government support,” John Koehn, InnovAge’s senior vice president of external affairs, told McKnight’s Home Care Daily Pulse Friday in an interview.
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1 week ago | 
mcknightshomecare.com | Adam Healy
A recent decision by the US District Court for the Northern District of Texas could shield providers from disproportionately large fines stemming from False Claims Act violations. The court upheld a verdict in United States of America ex rel. Cheryl Taylor v. Healthcare Associates of Texas, LLC, finding Healthcare Associates of Texas to be liable for almost $2.8 million in damages under the FCA.
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1 week ago | 
mcknightshomecare.com | Adam Healy
UnitedHealth Group’s first quarter earnings fell short of expectations as demand for in-home care contributed to higher service utilization, company leaders said. During the quarter ended March 31, UnitedHealth Group generated net profit of $6.5 billion. That compares with a loss of $1.2 billion during the first quarter of 2024, according to an earnings report. Revenues were $109.6 billion, a nearly 10% increase year-over-year.
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1 week ago | 
mcknightshomecare.com | Adam Healy
Legislation with bipartisan support in Congress aims to reduce family caregivers’ administrative burden so that they can spend more time providing care for loved ones. “Caregivers are struggling needlessly to navigate complex, burdensome, and stressful processes each and every day while also still managing day-to-day family and professional responsibilities,” Sen Ed Markey (D-MA), a bill sponsor, said in a statement.
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1 week ago | 
mcknightshomecare.com | Adam Healy
Florida House lawmakers unanimously passed a bill that would remove certain geographic restrictions affecting home health providers and allow contracted nurses to conduct initial patient visits. “The reason this bill is here is to try to increase access to healthcare while maintaining quality and creating more flexibility… to ensure folks can continue accessing this healthcare,” Rep. Franklin Gallop, the bill’s sponsor, said during a Florida House meeting Wednesday.
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1 week ago | 
mcknightshomecare.com | Adam Healy
Patients with end-stage renal disease (ESRD) use hospice at far lower rates than patients with other conditions, according to the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission. In 2023, 31% of Medicare decedents with ESRD used hospice services, compared with 52% of all Medicare decedents. Hospice lifetime length of stay is also lower among decedents with ESRD, at a median of six days compared with 18 for all Medicare decedents, MedPAC commissioners said during their April meeting.
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1 week ago | 
mcknightshomecare.com | Adam Healy
Despite widespread need, long-term services and supports (LTSS) offerings in fee-for-service Medicare and Medicare Advantage do not adequately serve beneficiaries. That’s according to Amber Christ, JD, managing director of health advocacy for Justice in Aging, and Alison Barkoff, JD, program director at George Washington University’s school of public health and former leader of the Administration for Community Living.
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1 week ago | 
mcknightshomecare.com | Adam Healy
Help at Home, a national home care and care coordination provider, this week celebrated its 50th anniversary. The company serves more than 70,000 clients across 11 states, and a significant contributor to its success is its strengths recruiting and retaining caregivers, according to Chief Human Resources Officer Michelle Bonfilio. “Every day, we aim to set a new standard when it comes to caregiving,” Bonfilio said in a statement.
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1 week ago | 
mcknights.com | Adam Healy
Older adults aging in place may rethink whether they want to receive care at home if they do not receive certain aging-in-place supports from their care providers and loved ones, according to a new study published in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. The researchers interviewed nearly 300 older adults receiving care at home and in long-term care facilities.
