McKnights Homecare

McKnight’s Home Care is the newest member of the McKnight’s brand family, dedicated to delivering the latest updates in the home care sector to professionals in the field. This outlet focuses on various aspects of home care, including in-home personal assistance, home health services, hospice, and palliative care. Its audience consists of key figures in their organizations, such as owners, executives, clinical directors, and other important stakeholders.

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An untapped resource: How family caregivers provide value for home care

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.
InnovAge ramps up PACE advocacy amid Medicaid cut threats, HHS reorganization

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.
Court ruling may protect home care providers from excessive False Claims Act fines

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.
Repurposed NASA tech finds new life in home care

1 week ago | mcknightshomecare.com | Foster Stubbs

After years of research and development for use in space travel, a technological innovation from NASA has come back down to Earth in a new space: home care. In the late 1990s, NASA’s Jet Propulsion Lab developed the first prototype of what would become Cardi/o, a touchless vital sign monitor that employs the use of radio waves. Originally created to monitor the vital signs of astronauts in space, the product is licensed by Austin, TX-based Advanced TeleSensors.
MA plan members seeking more in-home services, UHG execs say

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.
Bipartisan bill would reduce family caregivers’ paperwork burden

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.
Florida advances bill to increase access to home healthcare

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.
MedPAC identifies low rates of hospice use among kidney disease patients

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.
LTSS offerings ‘severely limited’ in Medicare, aging care experts say

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.
Help at Home touts recruitment, retention wins

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.