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Study: In-Home Outpatient PT Reduces Costs By 52% Compared To Traditional Home Health Services

Home Health Care

According to data from Hoag Orthopedic Institute (HOI), traditional home health PT for post-surgical rehabilitation in 2021 accounted for 10.4% Overutilization of traditional home health poses a challenge in reducing post-surgical costs, especially as demand for those services continues to rise, the study argues.

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How CommonSpirit Reduced Medicare Spending by $136M

Home Health Care

The health system’s home-based care arm CommonSpirit Health at Home is headquartered in Milford, Ohio. It offers specialized home care, home infusion, hospice and medical transportation services nationwide. There’s some sort of ability to feel like you’re in control of your care and your environment.”.

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Braff Group Snags Amedisys M&A Veteran; FirstLight Promotes Kerri Pendley To Chief Growth Officer

Home Health Care

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.”

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HLTH22 Day 3 News Summary

HIT Consultant

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.

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The Heart of Health at CES 2020 – Evidence & Innovation Bridge Consumers and Doctors

Health Populi

Accountability through tracking and monitoring, and. Smart clothing (as wearable tech), covered by Myant’s connected clothing platform addressing heart health and rehabilitation (with the tagline, “Transforming Human Connectedness Through Textile Computing ”).

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As Medical Cost Trend Remains Flat, Patients Face Growing Health Consumer Financial Stress

Health Populi

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. economy by 2026. Now, to Figure 4 (the third graphic). This shows growth in consumer personal income adjusted for inflation.

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The Direct Care Workforce

NASHP

the lack of transportation or child care), increase access to training by leveraging vocational rehabilitation or other employment services, or make entry into the direct care field more appealing by creating career pathways in coordination with secondary and post-secondary educational systems. Adult Family Home.

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