Editor’s Picks: CMS Cracks Down on Fraud

This week on Home Health Care News, readers tuned in to learn what the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is doing to crack down on fraud. They also discovered how value-based purchasing and new quality measures are ushering in a new era in the home health industry, and read about a new partnership […]

Business Briefs: LHC, HealthSouth, Partnership for Medicaid Home-Based Care

Partnership for Medicaid Home-Based Care Announces Additional Founding Members and Board of Directors The Partnership for Medicaid Home-Based Care announced that Centene and All Metro have joined as founding members of the partnership. The partnership is a group of national home care provider organizations looking to advance the delivery and integrity of high-quality, cost-effective Medicaid home-based […]

Bayada Scores Home Health Contract with Temple University System

A Pennsylvania-based health system has secured Bayada to manage its home health division. It is yet another example of a health system looking to expand home health offerings—a trend that has been driven in part by Affordable Care Act programs that give hospitals an incentive to better manage patients across the care continuum. Bayada Home […]

Home Care Workers Must Get Overtime in Colorado, Judge Rules

While home health care agencies have been focused on how regulations could impact worker wages nationwide, a lawsuit in Colorado has moved the ball on the issue in the Rocky Mountain State. Under Colorado law, home health care workers must be paid overtime, a federal judge ruled. In Kennett v. Bayada Home Health Care, Judge […]

Addus, Other Home Care Providers Form Lobbying Group

Addus HomeCare (Nasdaq: ADUS) and other national home care provider organizations have established a new coalition intended to advance the integrity and delivery of cost-effective, high-quality Medicaid home-based care. The Partnership for Medicaid Home-Based Care was created to address changing dynamics in the delivery of Medicaid home-based care, such as a dramatic increase in beneficiaries through the […]

U.S. Company Acquires 26% Interest in India Home Health Care

U.S. company Bayada Home Health Care, Inc. has entered India’s home health market with the acquisition of 26% stake in India Home Health Care Pvt. Ltd. (IHHC). Bayada will invest an undisclosed amount over the next few years to support expansion into new geographical regions and to increase the footprint in the existing offices, according […]