3+ day, 9+ min ago  (263+ words) Liberty Home Care and Hospice has announced plans to acquire ECU Health's home health and hospice division. ECU, a North Carolina-based health system, is selling four home health offices, three hospice locations and a hospice house. Financial terms of the…...

5+ day, 22+ hour ago  (671+ words) New York State Capitol Medicaid-funded home care remains a flashpoint across the country, with the Trump administration raising the stakes for states that federal officials have targeted as fraud hotbeds. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Administrator Dr. Mehmet Oz…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago  (238+ words) The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) on Wednesday singled out personal care and home- and community-based services (HCBS) in announcing a "major crackdown" on health care fraud. After rejecting a corrective action plan for combating Medicaid fraud that Minnesota…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago  (489+ words) The leadership team of Addus HomeCare Corporation (Nasdaq: ADUS) is tracking a potential long-term win, predicting that the Medicaid 80/20 rule will be repealed." Additionally, Addus is set to continue its trend of achieving state-level rate wins, following a year in…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago  (685+ words) Image by StockSnap from Pixabay Home-based care provider TheKey primarily offers home care " but the company's top executive has plans to expand its home health offerings into four additional states in 2026." Currently, Delray, Florida-based TheKey provides private pay nursing services…...

1+ mon, 2+ day ago  (472+ words) The home-based care industry is facing increasingly compressed margins and reimbursement levels that fail to keep up with the pace of inflation. President of Homewatch CareGivers, Todd Houghton, is leveraging technology to protect the company's margins " while aiming to grow....

1+ mon, 6+ day ago  (259+ words) Choice Health at Home has announced that it acquired three companies: Cy-Fair Health Care, Alliant Home Health, Palliative and Hospice Care as well as Senior Nannies Private Care. The newly acquired companies span the in-home care continuum, continuing CEO David…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (738+ words) Potential home care franchise owners face a multitude of choices when determining which home care company to join. As part of their decision-making process, franchise owners use a variety of techniques, including hiring franchise consultants, seeking centralized support and finding…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (297+ words) The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announced a proposed 0.09% Medicare Advantage payment increase for CY 2027 on Monday, a significant drop from the 5.06% rate hike finalized for CY 2026." The increase would represent a $700 million increase in Medicare Advantage payments…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago  (416+ words) HomeWell Care Services, a franchise in-home care provider, has been acquired by private equity firm Main Post Partners. CEO Crystal Franz told Home Health Care News that the acquisition will help HomeWell evolve as the home care industry becomes more…...