Deep cuts to medicaid may force states to decrease spending for the hiring of workers critical to the care of disabled and ...

Maintaining solid referral pipelines is essential for home health operators – and health systems know what they want. Ascension, a non-profit, ...

Most U.S. nursing homes will need to add staffing under a federal rule announced Monday that for the first time sets minimum staffing ratios nationwide for homes that care for elderly and disabled ...

Jennifer Lagemann is a former family caregiver, as well as a professional caregiver and administrator at home care agencies. She works as a writer and researcher, helping care providers create patient ...

One of the biggest areas of confusion about Medicare is whether, and when, it covers home care. Partly, that depends on the distinction between “home care” and “home health care.” But it’s also about ...

Original Medicare pays the complete cost of home health care services for beneficiaries enrolled in both Part A and Part B. You pay no deductible or coinsurance for home health care with Original ...

In Southwest Florida, the Cape Coral/Fort Myers market has 12 “high performing” home health agencies out of 76 evaluated. The Naples market has eight high performers out of 53 evaluated. Nationally, U ...

Angela Haupt has been a health writer and editor for more than a decade. She was previously the managing editor of health at U.S. News & World Report, where she spent 11 years covering and editing ...

An advocacy group met with state lawmakers to request increased state and federal funding to combat low wages and a nurse ...