HomeCare Editors’ Top 5: Week of July 18

Business Executives Concerned About Overtime Rule, Survey Finds
Business executives are bracing for the ramifications of the Department of Labor’s (DOL) new overtime rule. (Lydia Wheeler/The Hill)

Obama on Obamacare’s Flaws: An Assessment 
President Obama has published an essay on Obamacare in The Journal of the American Medical Association. While it hit a lot of the Affordable Care Act’s high points, it was also pretty frank that the health law has some weaknesses that need to be fixed. (Reed Abelson and Margot Sanger-Katz/The New York Times)

How Home Health Agencies Can Stay Off the Fraud Radar 
Home health agencies are under more scrutiny when it comes to fraud and improper billings than ever before. (Amy Baxter, Home Health Care News) 

National Health Spending Expected to Hit New High of $10,000 Per Person 
CMS estimates that the 5.5 percent increase in 2015 totals $3.2 trillion. (Kaiser Health News) 

Senate Approves Bill to Combat Opioid Addiction Crisis 
The Senate on Wednesday approved a bill to tackle the nation’s opioid crisis, sending to the president’s desk the most sweeping drug legislation in years in a rare instance of consensus in Congress. (Emmarie Huetteman/The New York Times)