Healthcare It News

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

All referral and transition of care data will be electronic, they predict, and care teams will be able to integrate electronic data from both within and outside of the healthcare system as part of workflow. Another foresaw interoperability enabling at-home care and price comparison of services, procedures or drugs.

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Home Health Care

JANUARY 23, 2023

Looking back at Congress’ role in improving home-based care workforce issues in 2022, the industry saw more of an “aspirational” year than a “productive” one. That’s according to Bill Dombi, president of the National Association for Home Care & Hospice (NAHC).

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Home Health Care

MARCH 6, 2024

What’s noteworthy about the biggest players in the MA space is their at-home care ambitions. UnitedHealth Group is directly involved in home health care. Those are two of the largest home health entities in the country. Over 80% of the 1.7 It owns LHC Group and is in the process of acquiring Amedisys.

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Home Health Care

JUNE 15, 2022

“A lot of what we do is looking backwards so that we can look to the future, because we can’t really move forward until we know exactly what we’re dealing with,” Jennifer Schiller, the executive director of the Research Institute for Home Care said at Home Health Care News’ VALUE event last week. “I

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Briggs Healthcare

JULY 28, 2023

Key Points Question : Do nursing home administrator perspectives on staffing in US nursing homes during the COVID-19 pandemic provide context for conflicting staffing data reports? Findings : In this study, qualitative and quantitative data from 40 US nursing homes were integrated to assess staffing levels during the pandemic.

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Home Health Care

MARCH 20, 2024

They face significant constraints, surrounded by complex legislation and regulation, which requires us to navigate a careful path forward. In health care tech, 30 years can feel like an eternity, and it feels like we’ve been in business since the dawn of time. HIPAA hadn’t even been enacted yet!

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Home Health Care

AUGUST 1, 2022

The home health industry at large is excited about the prospects of the Choose Home Care Act of 2021. It’s also – to some extent – been cast aside in home health providers’ minds, given all the mayhem going on related to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ (CMS) proposed rule for 2023. . “If

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Home Health Care

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

The Vistria Group, a Chicago-based private equity firm, believes in home-based care’s value. Over the years, the company has built a diverse portfolio of home-based care assets that include home health and home care providers, vendors and a management services company.

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Home Health Care

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

What are some industry challenges and market conditions in home care, home health, and hospice you pay the closest attention to? The big challenge in this industry is caregiver recruitment and retention, and according to the 2023 Home Care Pulse Benchmarking Report, turnover in 2022 was 77.1% — its worst since 2018.

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NASHP

JANUARY 12, 2024

Direct care workers — such as personal care and home care aides as well as certified nursing assistants — provide care services to individuals and older adults with complex needs. States have responded to this call for action and are integrating principles of equity and inclusivity into their state plans on aging.

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Home Health Care

MAY 3, 2023

In terms of the main provisions, the proposed rule for hospice doesn’t contain a large number of policy changes this year, according to Theresa Forster, vice president of hospice at the National Association for Home Care & Hospice (NAHC). That is, of course, a proposed element.

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Home Health Care

MAY 10, 2022

Steve Morgan: For those of you not familiar with WellSky, we are the leading provider of technology services and solutions for post-acute home care and community-based service providers. The big jump actually happened in non-medical home care, where there was an 84% increase in transaction volume from ’20 to ’21.

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GoMoHealth

AUGUST 25, 2022

Proper treatment for mental illness is essential, helping patients regulate their symptoms and reduce rates of substance abuse, unemployment, and illegal activity so they can lead healthier, happier lifestyles. Yet, out of 35.4

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Home Health Care

OCTOBER 25, 2022

On its end, SCAN Health Plan is looking to form relationships with home-based care providers that have a proven track record of quality care. “A Like SCAN Health Plan, Clover Health (Nasdaq: CLOV) has long seen the value-add in offering its MA members home-based care services. Clover Health is ahead of the trend.

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Briggs Healthcare

JULY 1, 2022

As a leader in public health, you have an integral role in developing solutions to systemic health and safety issues across Minnesota. Safety science offers providers and regulators the opportunity to review critical incidents at a deeper level to discover issues, gaps or opportunities to improve the system and improve outcomes.

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Sheppard Health Law

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

trillion spent on personal health care. [3] 5] PACE – The One-Stop-Shop Healthcare Service System Access to community-based, fully integrated care models is increasingly important as the U.S. by helping older adults remain at home. This represents 13.2% of all LTSS spending nationwide in 2021. [4] of LTSS spending. [5]

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Home Health Care

OCTOBER 23, 2023

In this Voices Interview, Home Health Care News sits down with Kris Novak, Managing Director, Home Health, Home Care and Hospice, The Braff Group, to share the lessons he’s learned as a buyer of home health and hospice agencies that every seller should know. Delays are never in the seller’s favor.

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NASHP

OCTOBER 22, 2021

People with serious and life-threatening health conditions experience care needs that drive costs, including hospital admissions , emergency department utilization , and nursing home care. Rhode Island is another state that has invested in coordinated care for complex populations enrolled in Medicaid. The state and U.S.

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Home Health Care

MAY 12, 2022

The regulators determine the timeline for the audit process and we’re doing everything we can to satisfy the requirements to lift the sanctions.”. InnovAge’s plan to remediate and transform — which the company has dubbed “One InnovAge” — has three key dimensions.

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Health Populi

JULY 29, 2019

can’t benefit from telehealth and other digital health connections that can bolster self-care, home care, and lower cost care. One in three Americans does not have a broadband connection, according to a new report from the NPD Group. This means that about 100 million people in the U.S.

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Home Health Care

APRIL 3, 2023

Content was always lagging behind new regulations and evidence-based practices due to competing priorities. When it came to continued education and training of our field staff, we brought close to 200 clinicians into the office twice a month to cover new regulations or updates, which was an operational nightmare and disrupted patient care.

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Health Advances

MARCH 9, 2023

Alternative care models have long presented an opportunity to help alleviate these problems. With the pandemic already accelerating the adoption of alternative care models like telehealth, virtual care, and in-home care, another potential solution may also help address some of these challenges: task shifting.

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Health Populi

MAY 20, 2020

Payors, both commercial and public sector (Medicare, Medicaid), have relaxed rules and regulations for telehealth across platforms (from purpose-built telemedicine programs to HIPAA-relaxed approvals for using FaceTime, Zoom, and other commercial channels), and have various plans to pay for virtual care visits between clinicians and patients.

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Home Health Care

OCTOBER 9, 2023

From there I moved into home and community-based services, all the 1115 waivers in the state of Colorado, and oversaw the Adult Protection Area Agency on Aging and other adult services programs. From there, I moved into the trade association space and was the CEO and executive director for the Minnesota Home Care Association.

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NASHP

MARCH 22, 2024

It includes examples from various states organized by the framework buckets: integrated primary and behavioral health care, crisis continuum of care, in-home and in-community based, and out-of-home and community.

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NASHP

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (NASEM) published a critical report during the pandemic , finding that “the way the United States finances, delivers, and regulates care in nursing home settings is ineffective, inefficient, fragmented, and unsustainable.”

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Home Health Care

JANUARY 4, 2023

This article is based on a Home Health Care News discussion with Hannah Luetke-Stahlman, Vice President of Solutions Management at WellSky, and Sheila Davis, Senior Vice President of Area Operations at Always Best Care. The discussion took place on November 16, 2022, during the HHCN Home Care Conference in Chicago.

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NASHP

DECEMBER 10, 2021

integrating?CHWs CHWs into evolving health care systems in key areas such as financing, education and training, certification , and state definitions, roles and scope of practice. CHWs are integrated into many of the strategies that this project pursues. The Code of Maryland Regulations (COMAR) 10.68.01

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Healthcare It News

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

Thanks to new regulations from the government and subsequent new rules from commercial payers, telemedicine services are being reimbursed. Over the past 18 months, telehealth has emerged as an integral component of care delivery for many institutions, said Restuccia of Penn Medicine. " Customized app development.

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Home Health Care

JULY 21, 2022

The measures are build around three pillars: access, a rebalancing of HCBS spend versus institutional care spend and community integration. We are working to expand their access to care across settings – including in the setting of their choice. For now, the measures are voluntary – with one caveat.

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NASHP

MARCH 28, 2022

The shortage of direct care workers undermines a state’s ability to serve people with disabilities in the most integrated setting appropriate to a person’s needs and preferences. However, states vary widely in how they approach direct care training requirements. Promotion of direct care worker organizations and associations.

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NASHP

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

This map highlights state activity to integrate CHWs into evolving health care systems in key areas such as financing, education and training, certification, and state definitions, roles and scope of practice. CHWs are integrated into many of the strategies that this project pursues.

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NASHP

MAY 26, 2023

With caregivers increasingly asked to perform more intense and complex care , respite care is integral to giving caregivers a much-needed break. Respite care is a service typically delivered in the home or a facility-based setting that provides short-term relief for caregivers.

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Accountable Care Doctors

OCTOBER 21, 2020

The 31 multi-specialty medical groups and integrated health systems that are part of the Council of Accountable Physician Practices (CAPP), their 85,000 physicians, and hundreds of thousands of staff are at the forefront of the battle for their patients’ lives. Embrace, expand, and pay for telehealth at the same level as in-person visits.

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Home Health Care

JANUARY 6, 2023

Over the past few years, the number of existing home health agencies has steadily decreased. In 2020, there were 9,378 agencies, compared to 9,893 in 2019 and 10,852 in 2014, according to the Research Institute for Home Care’s 2022 Home Care Chartbook. There are a number of factors that suggest this will continue.

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Health Populi

JANUARY 18, 2021

For more context on Philips’ pivot to hospital-to-home care in the wake of pandemic, see my post here on Health Populi published on the company’s commitment to connected care across the continuum]. Hygiene and the clean home. The deal has not yet been approved by the U.S. Justice Department.

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Home Health Care

OCTOBER 11, 2021

Home Health Care News: Brad, what career experiences do you most draw from in your role today as COO of Careficient? Brad Caldwell: I have been in the home care and hospice space since I was a 22-year-old telehealth sales rep. A few years ago, you would see a company that was 100% Medicare home care only.

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