The Home Health Care Wire
Your source for CareVoyant and industry news. October 1, 2026
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.
Tools to Improve Communication in Pediatric Home Care
Pediatric home care depends on constant information sharing between rotating nurses, therapists, office staff, and parents. Five tool categories close the gaps: HIPAA-compliant messaging, family portals, mobile point-of-care apps, unified clinical documentation, and EVV-linked scheduling. Running these in one integrated pediatric home care platform gives families a single, current view of their child's care.
Caregivers Often See It First: How Home Care Agencies Support Earlier Dementia Diagnosis
Only about 8% of expected mild cognitive impairment cases are diagnosed in Medicare primary care, because a fifteen minute office visit cannot see what happens at home. The caregiver who is in that home twelve hours a week can. What follows is what to observe, how to document it within scope, and how to get it in front of a physician.
Home Healthcare Industry News
Why SCAN Health Plan Skips The Hospital Stop Between Home And SNF
Some payers require a two-day hospital stay before authorizing a transition from home to a SNF. But SCAN Health Plan is cutting the hospital out of that pathway entirely, said Quingan Zhou, vice president of growth strategy and ops at SCAN Health Plan, at Home Health Care News’ PAYER Summit in June.
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