Stephanie Bouchard
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced Thursday $25 million in funding for states' Aging and Disability Resource Centers (ADRCs).
A new national awareness campaign led by the Urgent Care Association of America (UCAOA) wants everyone to know -- patients, providers, insurers, employers and governments -- that urgent care centers are available in communities across the country and what services are available in them.
The National Association for Home Care & Hospice (NAHC) and the Home Care & Hospice Financial Managers Association (HHFMA) have released the home care and hospice industry's first uniform chart of accounts in an effort to create financial reporting uniformity for the industry.
The president and CEO of a Minnesota health system embroiled in a billing controversy is retiring in July. The board of directors of Fairview Health Services decided during a special meeting on May 23 not to renew Mark Eustis' five-year contract, which expires July 31, 2012.
As the federal government continues to push for home care services to keep patients out of more costly care settings, a new analysis estimates that the country's direct-care workers providing hands-on long-term care will outnumber healthcare facility workers by more than two-to-one. This boom in the direct-care workforce will mean the industry will face changes.
The National Labor Relations Board's so-called "ambush" election rule was struck down by a federal judge on May 14 on a procedural issue -- that the NLRB did not have a quorum.
The Obama administration released the country's first national plan to address Alzheimer's disease on Tuesday. Calling it a roadmap, Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius said the new national plan "addresses every aspect of what it is to confront Alzheimer's disease."
Long-term care pharmacy provider, Omnicare, has reached a settlement with the Justice Department that is the largest controlled substance settlement in history, said the Drug Enforcement Administration.
As the number of home health agencies and fraud cases related to home health agencies continues to skyrocket, the Office of Inspector General (OIG) is exerting more pressure on the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to fulfill an obligation that is 15 years old.
As the healthcare industry continues to move in the direction of using compensation incentives, a new analysis reveals that incentives as currently used are not an effective motivator for healthcare professionals and waste an estimated $20 billion in resources.