by Kristin Rowan | Feb 14, 2024 | Product Review, Vendor Watch
By Kristin Rowan, Editor For those of us who didn’t grow up with a smartphone in our pockets and every tool imaginable available on the internet, mobile apps are still a bit of a mystery and a marvel. There are 25 categories of mobile apps, including gaming,...
by Kristin Rowan | Feb 14, 2024 | CMS, Regulatory
By Kristin Rowan, Editor Republican and Democratic leaders joined forces to introduce the Credit for Caring Act (S. 3702, H.R. 7165) in support of family caregivers across the country. Family caregivers are those who are caring for a family member but are not nurses...
by Kristin Rowan | Feb 14, 2024 | Admin, M&A
By Kristin Rowan, Editor Home care is no stranger to mergers and acquisitions. It seems there is news almost daily about companies joining forces or selling parts of their company to new entities. Notably, we reported just last week that Cigna has dropped its entire...
by Kristin Rowan | Feb 7, 2024 | Admin, Marketing, Regulatory
by Kristin Rowan, Editor Medicare Advantage has multiple measures of success for payment bumps and bonuses. Rehospitalization rates has long been the most important measure of how well a care at home agency is performing, but there are additional measures that can...
by Elizabeth E. Hogue, Esq. | Feb 7, 2024 | Admin, Regulatory
by Elizabeth E. Hogue, Esq. A caregiver in Wyoming who is charged with causing the death of her mother has been jailed based on allegations that she committed aggravated assault and battery; deliberate abuse of a vulnerable adult; and intentionally and maliciously...
by Kristin Rowan | Feb 7, 2024 | Uncategorized
By Kristin Rowan, Editor Last month, we published an article in partnership with Bob Roth of Cypress HomeCare Solutions in Scottsdale, AZ about paying for long-term care at home. Since then, I have come across some interesting information as we continue to tackle the...
by Rowan Report | Feb 7, 2024 | Admin, Recruitment & Retention
by Jen Waldron, Recruiting caregivers for your home care agency franchise can be challenging enough, but it’s even more frustrating when those same caregivers don’t bother to pick up the phone after applying for your jobs. You may have put in a significant...
by Kristin Rowan | Feb 7, 2024 | Regulatory
by Kristin Rowan, Editor, On Wednesday, January 31, Cigna and HCSC signed an agreement to sell all of Cigna’s Medicare business — including traditional Medicare, supplemental benefits, Medicare Part D offerings, and CareAllies, a value-based care management...
by Tim Rowan | Feb 7, 2024 | Admin, Vendor Watch
by Tim Rowan, Editor Emeritus, Advertising in The Rowan Report comes with a few perks! Our CEO interview with Tim is one of them. Advertisers with a full-year contract receive one annual CEO interview with Tim. If you’re not an advertiser, CEO interviews can be...
by Kristin Rowan | Jan 31, 2024 | Clinical
By Kristin Rowan, Editor The National Association for Home Care and Hospice joined other advocacy groups this month on Capitol Hill to fight against the looming pay cuts from CMS. Some members of Congress joined the fight for “common sense policies” to...
