Home Health Care

JULY 18, 2022

To pull this off, the hospital has formed a partnership with the Visiting Nurse Association of Florida (VNA), a home health agency. Together, the two organizations have formed TGH Home Care, powered by VNA of Florida. Meanwhile, VNA is a Medicare-certified agency that delivers care in the home setting.

Nursing 92

Nursing Home Care Rehabilitation Hospitals 92

Home Health Care

MARCH 28, 2022

Dozens of provider organizations in Michigan have gone out of business — and more are at risk of the same fate — due to the state legislature’s decision to cut the rates of home care and residential caregivers by 45%. If you’re of Medicare age, you don’t have to have any coverage.

Medicaid 130

Medicaid Home Care Rehabilitation Nursing 130

Home Health Care

JANUARY 3, 2024

Home-based care highlighted BrightSpring is led by multiple home-based care veterans. He specifically led Kindred’s home health, hospice, home care and home-based primary care businesses. Mike McMaude, meanwhile, leads BrightSpring’s home health and hospice services segment.

Rehabilitation 72

Rehabilitation Primary Care Medicare Home Care 72

Home Health Care

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

In the past, Compassus has also teamed up with personal care franchise company Synergy HomeCare. “I I think [about] three things with regards to the future of home care,” Jeff Marsh, chief growth officer at Compassus, said last month at Home Health Care News’ FUTURE conference.

Home Care 99

Home Care Rehabilitation Nursing Hospitals 99

Home Health Care

AUGUST 4, 2023

Braff Group hires former Amedisys M&A expert The Braff Group has hired Kris Novak to become the firm’s new managing director of home health, hospice, home care and pediatrics. Pendley has been at FirstLight Home Care since 2018. Our aging population demands it and FirstLight is up to the challenge.”

Home Care 68

Home Care Physical Therapy Rehabilitation Accountability 68

Home Health Care

JANUARY 17, 2022

The end of 2021 brought a handful of key home health policy issues to a temporary conclusion, including the congressionally secured delay to Medicare sequestration. starting with Choose Home. Read on to learn more about: — The major policy and regulatory issues impacting home health and home care in 2022. —

Integration 102

Integration Home Care Medicare Medicaid 102

HIT Consultant

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

DispatchHealth Raises $330M for Hospital-at-Home Care. DispatchHealth , a provider of in-home medical care raises $330M led by Optum Ventures with support from current investors such as Humana (NYSE: HUM), Oak HC/FT, Echo Health Ventures and Questa Capital.

Physical Therapy 98

Physical Therapy Integration Accountable Care Rehabilitation 98

Home Health Care

AUGUST 1, 2023

Braff Group hires former Amedisys M&A expert The Braff Group has hired Kris Novak to become the firm’s new managing director of home health, hospice, home care and pediatrics. The Cincinnati-based FirstLight Home Care has about 200 locations across the country.

Home Care 40

Home Care Physical Therapy Rehabilitation Medicare 40

Home Health Care

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

In summer, hardly a week went by where Choice Health at Home wasn’t in the headlines. Founded in 2007 by David Jackson, a licensed physical therapist, Choice is a home health, hospice and rehabilitation services provider with dozens of locations in Texas, Oklahoma and a couple of other states. A significant opportunity’.

Rehabilitation 85

Rehabilitation Home Care Nursing Medicaid 85

Briggs Healthcare

DECEMBER 6, 2022

The pre-rulemaking process provides the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) with a vehicle to hear from stakeholders for early consideration of measures. Home Health has 2 such measures: Cross-Setting Discharge Function Score. This measure falls within the Person-Centered Care healthcare domain.

Medicare 40

Medicare Nursing Hospitals Rehabilitation 40

Health Populi

JUNE 13, 2018

Even with moderating medical trend growth, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) expect that healthcare spending will account for 20% of the U.S. As with public sector healthcare spending (“entitlements” in the form of Medicare and Medicaid), healthcare spending crowds out U.S. economy by 2026.

Rehabilitation 63

Rehabilitation Medicaid Medicare Healthcare 63

Health Populi

JANUARY 7, 2019

An important example of this self-care approach is the evidence-based Ornish food regimen which is reimbursed by Medicare (as a form of cardiac rehabilitation). Using food and tech as medicine can help people avoid going on medications like statins and others for heart health.

Rehabilitation 67

Rehabilitation Prevention Medicare Medical Technology 67

NASHP

MARCH 28, 2022

A certified nurse assistant (CNA) is qualified to work in a Medicare-certified nursing facility. Home Health Aides. Home health aides (HHAs) also provide personal assistance with self-care activities and health-related tasks, such as changing bandages or administering medications.

Nursing 98

Nursing Medicaid Home Care Rehabilitation 98

Home Health Care

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

Meanwhile, CenterWell Home Health is built from the biggest home health and hospice organization in the nation. As of April, Kindred at Home had locations in 40 states, delivering in-home care to more than 550,000 patients annually. Humana is obviously bullish on its in-home care strategy.

Primary Care 107

Primary Care Rehabilitation Nursing Home Care 107

NASHP

MARCH 22, 2024

North Carolina’s comprehensive behavioral health approach included efforts to increase uptake of CoCM through additional training and practice supports and Medicaid rate increases to 120% of Medicare rates for behavioral health providers. An action plan dashboard tracks targets. CMS’s Birth to 5: Watch Me Thrive!

Medicaid 52

Medicaid Integration Primary Care Nursing 52

Home Health Care

OCTOBER 31, 2023

A group of senators sent a letter to President Joe Biden last week urging him and his administration to look after the Medicare home health benefit. We are writing today to urge your Administration to continue protecting Medicare beneficiaries’ access to home health care,” the senators wrote. “We

Medicare 96

Medicare Rehabilitation Medicaid Home Care 96

Home Health Care

OCTOBER 3, 2023

The Senate Finance Committee’s Subcommittee on Health Care recently held a hearing centered around home health care and aging in place in the U.S. The general consensus of many of the home health stakeholders that attended was that the hearing was a success. In particular, the Medicare home health program.

Medicare 109

Medicare Rehabilitation Home Care Nursing 109

Home Health Care

AUGUST 18, 2022

It has been well documented how home health providers and advocacy organizations feel about the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ (CMS) home health proposed payment rule for CY 2023. What has not been, up to this point, is how Medicare beneficiaries feel about it.

Medicare 96

Medicare Rehabilitation Medicaid Home Care 96