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The ‘Strange Tension’ That Exists Between Consumer-Directed Models, Regulations Surrounding Them

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However, there is a tension that exists between the demand for those alternative care models and the regulations from the federal government that could drastically affect them. The Florida law requires the nurse registry to use independent contractors. You get regulated based on that nurse registry licensure.

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‘It’s Now for the Wealthy’: Regulation Creating Cost Barriers for Live-In Home Care Services

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Mostly, though, the Obama-era regulation has ended up decreasing the amount of live-in care that home care agencies provide. But instead of improving the situation, industry regulation has just decreased the amount of paid people in the profession. “I The administration’s goal at the time was to raise caregiver wages.

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Why Home Care Providers May Need to Rethink No-Hire Clauses 

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The Case For Stronger Caregiver Vetting In Home Care 

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Therefore, regulators and providers are increasingly taking a closer look at who they’re hiring in the first place. Several states have regulatory requirements for screening caregivers who provide in-home services,” Angelo Spinola, home health, home care and hospice chair at the law firm Polsinelli, told Home Health Care News.

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FDA Announces Recall of Heart Pumps Linked to Deaths and Injuries

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” said Sanket Dhruva , a cardiologist and an expert in medical device safety and regulation at the University of California-San Francisco. A review of the FDA device database shows at least 130 reports related to HeartMate II or 3 that mention the complication reported by regulators. “Why doesn’t the public know?”

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Further FTC Education Needed On Non-Compete Ban’s Potential Effects, Legal Insiders Suggest

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“What I have seen over the years, and continue to beat the drum on, is when we act as an industry in a collective manner, it’s really loud,” Angelo Spinola, the chair of home care, home health and hospice at the law firm Polsinelli, said during a HCP’s Growth Summit last week. It’s such a large industry and there are so many voices.

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Why Accurate Cost Reporting Could Be Key To Higher Rates In Home Health Care

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CMS seems to think there are too many of us and we’re making too much money,” Robert Markette, an attorney with the law firm Hall, Render, Killian, Heath & Lyman, said during an Axxess panel. “If It’s important to remember, Markette said, that CMS and its experts do not operate — they regulate. “I’ve