The Home Health Care Wire
Your source for CareVoyant and industry news. October 15, 2026
BYOD for Home Care Agencies: Costs, HIPAA & Policy Tips
Bring Your Own Device policies cut hardware costs and let caregivers work on phones they already know, but federal and state wage rules can require you to reimburse phone costs. HIPAA allows personal devices as long as PHI stays protected with MFA, encryption, and a signed BYOD policy. CV Mobile supports BYOD on Android 8.0+ and iOS 11+ phones, with encrypted offline documentation.
The Invisible ROI of Home Care Mileage Tracking: How CV Miles Cuts Overhead
The IRS raised its 2026 business mileage rate to 76 cents on July 1, and federal law counts drive time between clients as paid hours, so every extra mile costs your agency twice. CV Miles uses GPS-verified EVV visit data to calculate travel time and distance automatically and send them straight to payroll. A 50-caregiver agency that cuts travel by just 5% could save about $30,000 a year.
3 Cost-Effective Staffing Models for Private Duty Agencies
Labor costs keep climbing while reimbursement stays flat, and most private duty agencies respond by cutting hours instead of fixing the scheduling and data gaps that actually drive overtime. Three staffing models lower cost per shift without lowering care quality: core team plus flex pool, acuity-based tiering, and predictive scheduling. None of them work on a spreadsheet. All of them depend on scheduling, authorization, and payroll running off the same data.
Home Healthcare Industry News
HHS Announces Up to $27.8 Million for Fall Prevention Programs
The industry must evolve beyond a traditional, visit-based clinical model into one that mixes skilled care with family caregiver support, technology and value-based accountability, Kusserow, CEO and executive chairman of Careforth and chairman of Elara Caring, said during HHCN’s FUTURE conference in August.
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