The Future Leaders Awards program is brought to you in partnership with Homecare Homebase. The program is designed to recognize up-and-coming industry members who will shape the next decade of home health, hospice care, senior housing, skilled nursing and behavioral health. To view this year’s Future Leaders, visit https://futureleaders.agingmedia.com/. Courtney Brooks, director of home health care for St. Louis-based Lutheran Senior Services, has been named a 2024 Future Leader by Home Health Care News. Future leaders must be nominated by their peers: Candidates must be high-performing employees under the age of 40, passionate workers who know how to put a…
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Bergen-New Bridge Medical Center, a 1,070-bed nonprofit hospital based in Paramus, New Jersey, has partnered with NeuroFlow, a behavioral health technology and analytics company, to help measure and monitor risk in its patient population. The goal is for the medical center to integrate NeuroFlow’s workflow tools into the medical center’s outpatient care environment to enhance identification of behavioral health needs and more efficiently allocate care resources. The collaboration will initially focus on providing care team members with the ability to track and evaluate patient progress between appointments to improve resource allocation. “We have been looking for ways to identify and…
LEBANON, Pa. — In a significant labor law enforcement action, the U.S. Department of Labor has won summary judgment in federal court and successfully recovered more than $1 million in back wages and damages for 193 employees of WiCare Home Care Agency LLC. This important legal victory underscores the Department’s commitment to upholding fair labor standards and ensuring workers receive the compensation they are rightfully entitled to. On July 31, 2024, the United States District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania ruled in favor of the Department of Labor. The court ordered Lebanon-based WiCare Home Care Agency and its…
Listen to the article 4 minutes This audio is automatically generated, please let us know if you have any feedback. Dive Overview: The U.S. Third Circuit Court of Appeals on September 6 reopened a lawsuit by home care companies challenging the U.S. Department of Labor’s rule that ended the exemption of home care workers from federal wage-hour laws, finding that a lower court erred in ruling that the companies’ lawsuit was premature. The plaintiffs in Intra-National Home Care, LLC v. U.S. Department of Labor argued that the Department’s 2013 final rule violated the Administrative Procedure Act because it was unlawful,…
MHA released a new episode of the MiCare Champion Cast featuring Rick Pollack, president and CEO of the American Hospital Association (AHA), in which Pollack joined MHA CEO Brian Peters to discuss a variety of topics relating to past, present and future healthcare trends. The AHA, the largest membership association for hospitals and health systems in the U.S., is one of the most respected and effective advocacy organizations in the U.S. In addition to providing strong advocacy leadership, Ms. Pollack has been instrumental in addressing historic workforce challenges, expanding access to care, improving the quality and safety of care, and…
Oura, a Finland-based health tracking ring maker, announced that it has signed an agreement to acquire Veri, a Finnish company that offers personalized metabolic health programs. Veri uses FDA-cleared Abbott FreeStyle Libre 1, 2, or 3 sensors to collect data from users’ bodies to monitor metabolic health, and the app, enabled by the continuous glucose monitor (CGM), guides users to improve their diet, habits, and health. This fall, Oura will integrate with Veri’s metabolic health service and introduce a new feature, “Meals,” that will allow members to track meal timing and understand how meal timing impacts sleep, stress and recovery.…
Memorial Healthcare System’s board of directors voted unanimously to terminate Chief Executive Officer Scott Wester’s contract, effective Wednesday.The board hired Wester as CEO in July 2022 under a three-year contract to run the health system, which has more than 17,000 employees and includes six South Broward hospitals and a new freestanding cancer center. On Wednesday night, the board terminated Wester’s contract a year early.”When we hired him, we felt he would help us with Memorial’s strategy and future,” board chair Elizabeth Justen said. “Unfortunately, two years later, the strategic plan he presented was not good, and we told him it…
ROCHESTER, N.Y. — Since the pandemic, labor shortages have impacted families for years, and household supplies continue to be a challenge, leading many to turn to the Consumer Directed Individual Assistance Program (CDPAP) to get by on a day-to-day basis. CDPAP is a health care program that provides essential, personalized care to New York’s elderly, sick and disabled residents in the comfort of their own home. What you need to know The Consumer Directed Personal Assistance Program (CDPAP) is a health care program that provides elderly, sick and disabled New Yorkers with essential personalized care in the comfort of their…
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New mom Deepika Padukone brings her baby girl home from the hospital today. Here’s how Ranveer Singh welcomes themDeepika Padukone and Ranveer Singh On September 8, Deepika and her husband were blessed with their first child, a baby girl, sending waves of joy across the celebrity world. Deepika was admitted to the hospital on September 7, 2024. Now, rumours are rife that the new mom is all set to be discharged from the hospital. New mom Deepika Padukone to be discharged from hospital today: ReportsAs per a report in Zee News, the Om Shanti Om actress said that both mother…