HomeCare Editors’ Top 5: Week of August 29

“More At Peace:” Interpreters Key To Easing Patients’ Final Days
Interpreters routinely help people who speak limited English—close to 9 percent of the U.S. population, and growing—understand what’s happening in the hospital. (Eryn Brown/Kaiser Health News)

Granny Pods Find Lukewarm Reception in Minnesota Cities
Many cities—including St. Cloud, Minneapolis, St. Paul and a number of metro-area suburbs—have banned the structures or are likely to. (Martin Moylan/MPR News)

CMS Identifies Hospitals Paid Nearly $1.5B in 2015 Medicare Billing Settlement
A year after paying nearly $1.5 billion to more than a third of U.S. hospitals to resolve longstanding Medicare billing disputes, the Obama administration has disclosed who got paid. (Phil Galewitz/Kaiser Health News)

Paid Sick Leave Reduces the Flu Rate “Significantly,” Paper Says
Everyone knows staying home from work when you have the flu helps protect your co-workers from getting sick. Unfortunately, not everyone does it. (Shayndi Rice/The Wall Street Journal)

Judge Shuts Down Class Action in Home Health Overtime Suit
Recent changes in federal overtime laws that impact home health care workers and other domestic workers have led to a boom in collective action lawsuits throughout the industry. (Amy Baxter/Home Health Care News)