The staffing crisis among U.S. healthcare workers continues to make headlines, with senior care and nursing suffering the worst employee deficits. More than 100,00 registered nurses left the workforce in 2021, the worst exodus the career had seen in more than four decades. The workplace climate of excessive burnout and rapid turnover is causing new graduates to enter the nursing […]
President Biden emphasized the provisions on health care in the health, climate and tax package that is set for a Senate vote in a statement recognizing the 57th anniversaries of the creation of Medicare and Medicaid. Biden said in the statement that the legislation, called the Inflation Reduction Act, will maintain the eligibility improvements to the Affordable Care Act that […]
Four days after recovering from a COVID-19 infection, President Joe Biden has tested positive again. When he first got sick, Biden—like more than one-third of the Americans who have tested positive for COVID-19 this summer, according to the U.S. government’s public records—was prescribed Paxlovid, an antiviral pill treatment made by Pfizer. Like many Paxlovid takers, he soon tested negative and […]
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul (D) declared a disaster in the Empire state Friday amid rising cases of the monkeypox virus. “I, Kathy Hochul, Governor of the State of New York, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and the Laws of the State of New York, hereby find, pursuant to Section 28 of Article 2-B […]
Local health authorities and lawmakers have repeatedly called on the Biden administration to take more action in response to the monkeypox outbreak. Now, the White House appears to be pushing back by attempting to spread the blame to include state and local governments. Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Xavier Becerra said during a Thursday press briefing on monkeypox that […]
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The 59th episode of our podcast, Disrupt, is now available! For this episode of Disrupt, Home Health Care News sat down with Rich Tinsley, the chief development officer of Help at Home, to chat about why he decided to join Help At Home, the company’s growth strategy and why he’s bullish on the future of its payer sources. Listen to […]
Our favorite cartoon dad from the future George Jetson is canonically being born this Sunday, if you don’t feel old enough already. Today in health care, the Biden administration is preparing for a booster campaign with updated shots in the early fall. Welcome to Overnight Health Care, where we’re following the latest moves on policy and news affecting your […]
A bill that would extend telehealth waivers until the end of 2024 has been passed by the U.S. House of Representatives. The news is notable because it means that these pandemic-relief telehealth flexibilities could be untied from the public health emergency (PHE). Currently, the PHE is set to expire in October, but could receive another extension. On Tuesday, the House […]