There are a number of key issues that home-based care providers looking to navigate legal and regulatory hurdles need to keep their eye on – some old, and some new.
In some areas, it will be important for providers to increase their advocacy efforts, like when it comes to a potential ban on non-competes, Angelo Spinola, the chair of home care, home health and hospice at the law firm Polsinelli, told Home Health Care News.
“When the industry has pulled together, worked together, and spoken in a singular voice, that has been a very effective strategy,” he said.
During the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, many home-based care providers relied on the financial lifeline of government relief programs.
Moving forward, home-based care providers should expect to receive more attention from government watchdogs, as those relief programs — such as the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP), the Economic Injury Disaster Loan (EIDL) and employee retention tax credit programs — receive more scrutiny, according to Spinola. Read more.
