by Kristin Rowan | Dec 16, 2024
by Kristin Rowan, Editor Last week, we reported on the proposed Bill in the Connecticut Senate and House to provide additional precautions for home care worker safety. In wake of the Joyce Grayson murder during a home health visit, leadership in Connecticut aimed to...
Caring for the Caregiver
by Kristin Rowan | May 16, 2024 | Caring for the Caregiver, Clinical, Product Review
by Kristin Rowan, Editor If you haven’t been following our recent reports, you may have missed last week’s article on the Home Care Worker Safety Bill that was passed in Connecticut. You may also have missed the article reporting that OSHA levied fines...
Admin
by Kristin Rowan | May 10, 2024 | Admin, Caring for the Caregiver, Clinical, Regulatory
by Kristin Rowan, Editor Last week, we reported on the proposed Bill in the Connecticut Senate and House to provide additional precautions for home care worker safety. In wake of the Joyce Grayson murder during a home health visit, leadership in Connecticut aimed to...
Caring for the Caregiver
by Kristin Rowan | Apr 18, 2024 | Caring for the Caregiver, Clinical, Regulatory
by Kristin Rowan, Editor In October of 2023, nurse Joyce Grayson went to the home (halfway house) of a released convict. She was later found dead in the basement of the house. In addition to adding focus to home care worker safety, the immediate response to this...
Advocacy
by Kristin Rowan | Aug 14, 2026 | Advocacy, Regulatory, Veterans Affairs
by Kristin Rowan, Editor VA Policy Causes Death of Veteran For the last couple of months, we’ve been reporting on the rate and hours changes from the VA in Texas and NM. Caregivers are taking pay cuts. Agencies are operating at a loss in order to continue serving our...
CMS
by Kristin Rowan | Aug 7, 2026 | CMS, Home Health, Regulatory
by Kristin Rowan, Editor 2027 Home Health Proposed Rule The Alliance Responds On July 1, 2026, CMS released the 2027 Home Health Prospective Payment System proposed rule. The proposed rule includes updates to base pay, quality reporting system, value-based purchasing...
Advocacy
by Kristin Rowan | Jul 24, 2026 | Advocacy, Veterans Affairs
by Kristin Rowan, Editor Veterans Losing Access to Care The 90-year-old veteran clutched tightly to his medal, a Purple Heart, as he made his way to a VA health center to apply for care. That was nine months ago. He is still waiting. Franchise Executive Speaks Out We...
Advocacy
by Kristin Rowan | Jun 19, 2026 | Advocacy, Veterans Affairs
by Kristin Rowan, Editor VA in NM An Inside Look from an Anonymous Provider Effective January 1, 2026, the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs made substantial rate cuts that impacted hundreds of veterans. None moreso than in rural areas of Texas and New Mexico....
Medicaid
by Kristin Rowan | Jun 19, 2026 | Medicaid, Waste Fraud and Abuse
By Kristin Rowan, Editor Justice Department's Next Target New York Sued for Fraud The past several months, Vice President JD Vance, Dr. Oz, and the anti-fraud task force have investigated home health and hospice agencies suspected of fraud. Much of the focus has been...
M&A
by Kristin Rowan | May 29, 2026 | M&A
by Kristin Rowan, Editor Solutions Provider Expands Home Health Footprint An Interview with Mike Scarbrough LivTech may not be a name with which you are familiar. I wasn’t. But, you are likely familiar with the brands this private equity firm has acquired....
