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...
Breaking News
by Kristin Rowan | Jan 9, 2026 | Breaking News, CMS, Legal, Medicare Advantage, Outcomes, Regulatory
by Kristin Rowan, Editor UnitedHealth Causes Heightened Alarm Guardian Investigation Launches Probe In July of 2025, The Guardian reported that UnitedHealth had secretly paid nursing homes to reduce hospital transfers. The investigation revealed that UnitedHealth was...
CMS
by Kristin Rowan | Jan 9, 2026 | CMS, Hospice
by Kristin Rowan, Editor LEAD Replaces REACH CMS Launches 10-Year Model Test LEAD replaces REACH in new 10-year CMS model. The Long-term Enhanced ACO Design (LEAD) model is scheduled to launched at the end of 2026, following the end of ACO Realizing Equity, Access,...
Legal
by Kristin Rowan | Jan 9, 2026 | Legal
by Kristin Rowan, Editor Ruling Upheld Agencies must pay minimum wage and overtime A District Court of Pennsylvania ruled in favor of the Secretary of Labor against the WiCare Home Care Agency. The parties engaged in a lawsuit alleging the agency failed to pay minimum...
Caring for the Caregiver
by Kristin Rowan | Dec 18, 2025 | Caring for the Caregiver, Clinical, Vendor Watch
by Kristin Rowan, Editor 2025 Caregiver Survey An Interview with Stephen Vaccaro The end of the year seems like a good time to see where caregivers fall on questions about technology, training, management support, career motivations, and other relevant and pressing...
Regulatory
by Kristin Rowan | Dec 18, 2025 | Regulatory
by Kristin Rowan, Editor House to Vote on Health Care Plan Discharge Petition Forces Vote Since the temporary appropriations passed to reopen the government last month, the House and the Senate have been playing chicken with the health care plan for 2026. The lack of...
Medicaid
by Kristin Rowan | Dec 12, 2025 | Medicaid, Medicare, Regulatory
by Kristin Rowan, Editor Subsidies Undecided Senate cannot agree The record-breaking government shutdown centered around one issue: extending the COVID-era Affordable Care Act supplemental subsidies. The subsidies were an additional discount for Americans within a...
