Atria Senior Living is shuttering its New York-based home care business, laying off 161 workers from its licensed home care agency in Garden City by Jan. 8. The closure was cited as due to economic reasons, according to a notice filed with the state Department of Labor on Oct. 10. The workforce reductions occur as […]
Category: Personal Home Care
Less than a month before election day, the Democratic and Republican candidates for president are dueling over home-based care plans. Vice President Kamala Harris announced on “The View” this week a proposal that would allow home care to be administered through traditional Medicare. On the same day, former President Donald Trump and his campaign released […]
BrightStar Care recently reached a milestone that fewer than 10% of franchise companies have been able to achieve. It has opened 400 locations across the U.S. “To reach this milestone you’ve got to have a number of things,” Pete First, chief development officer of BrightStar Care, told Home Health Care News. “You’ve got to have […]
Nearly two years ago, Help at Home launched its care coordination program, with the belief that caregivers remained an untapped resource for valuable business insights. Broadly, the company captures detailed observations from caregivers in real time to identify client needs and predict unforeseen events. The care coordination program depends on caregivers submitting weekly observations and […]
The biggest retailers were zealous in their pursuit of home-based health care initiatives. But there’s little evidence to suggest that pursuit has been successful, at least thus far. This week, CVS Health (NYSE: CVS) announced that it was laying off 2,900 workers. Simultaneously, reports surfaced of Glenview Capital – a significant shareholder in the company […]
This week, New York Attorney General Letitia James and U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of New York Breon Peace announced a $17.25 million settlement had been reached with two Brooklyn-based home care agencies for allegedly defrauding Medicaid and underpaying thousands of workers. Specifically, Edison Home Health Care of New York and Preferred Home Healthcare […]
As more advanced care moves into the home setting, traditional home-based care providers can ensure they aren’t left behind by forming innovative partnerships. The collaboration between BrightStar Care and Medically Home is one example of this. “More care is moving into the home, and higher acuity care is moving into the home,” Shelly Sun Berkowitz, […]
Public Partnerships LLC (PPL) — an Alpharetta, Georgia-based financial management services company — has been awarded the fiscal intermediary contract in New York. PPL will take over as the sole administrator of the state’s Consumer Directed Personal Assistance Program (CDPAP). “We are excited to have the opportunity to serve CDPAP consumers and personal assistants,” Maria […]
Having an eye towards growth also means being aware of potential roadblocks that could obstruct forward momentum. Home care leaders at companies like Comfort Keepers, Nova Leap and TheKey are navigating various barriers amid their efforts to further scale. At Comfort Keepers, the Ensuring Access to Medicaid Services rule is top of mind. Specifically, the […]
In August, Comfort Keepers was fined $500,000 and forced to remove language from its contracts restricting caregivers from accepting positions with home care clients up to one year after terminating employment. That contract language, dubbed a non-solicitation agreement, is a widely used clause in home care contracts to protect providers’ businesses. On its end, the […]
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