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Mass General Brigham’s Hospital-At-Home Nurses Unionize, Home Care Segment Moves To Follow Suit

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Nurses of Mass General Brigham’s hospital-at-home program have voted to unionize, and the clinicians at the health system’s home care segment are hoping to follow suit. On May 16, 80 of the health system’s home-at-hospital nurses voted to join the Massachusetts Nurse Association (MSA).

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Study Shows SNF-at-Home Care Feasible, Less Costly

Home Health Care

For seniors, receiving skilled care at home – instead of at a skilled nursing facility (SNF) – could have considerable benefits, including better patient experience and lower costs. Half of the patients were treated at their homes and half were treated at a SNF.

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27 Of Home-Based Care’s Fastest-Growing Companies

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1 spot is Vytalize Health, an accountable care organization (ACO) and value-based care platform that works with physicians and primary care practices. The company touts in-home care as one of its key solutions. It owns Home Instead, one of the largest home care franchises in the country.

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Home Recovery Care Plus Shows Value Of Hospital- And SNF-At-Home With Expanded Model

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Highmark, AHN and Contessa in 2020 announced a partnership to launch a home-based acute care model for Highmark health plan members. Since then, the model has adapted to offer hospitalized patients an alternative to skilled nursing and rehabilitation facilities following their discharge.

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Comfort Keepers, HCP Announce New CEOs; PocketRN Adds Home Care Vet

Home Health Care

Comfort Keepers, a division of Sodexo, is an in-home care franchise that has over 700 locations across the world. Prior to being named the CEO of Comfort Keepers, Abdine served as the global head of corporate development and asset management with Sodexo Worldwide Home Care. The organization is an affiliate of St.

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Northern Adelaide Local Health Network sets up digital prenatal care platform

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One of them, the Central Adelaide Local Health Network , was able to launch a surgical pre-rehabilitation programme, which helps patients become fit for surgery. Personify Care has also powered the home care programme of St John of God Murdoch Hospital in Perth.

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Home-Based Care Providers at Risk of Closing Amid Legislative Medicaid Changes

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Dozens of provider organizations in Michigan have gone out of business — and more are at risk of the same fate — due to the state legislature’s decision to cut the rates of home care and residential caregivers by 45%. That caused reimbursement to be below the cost needed to sustain an employee to provide care.

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