Home Health Care

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Login The post How Nova Leap, Avid Health at Home Grew Quickly, Effectively Through Acquisition appeared first on Home Health Care News. During the public health emergency, when more attention was being paid to alternative settings for long-term care, the home care industry saw record-breaking volume and valuations.

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Home Health Care

JANUARY 4, 2024

Login The post Certain HHVBP Measures Remain Disconnected From On-The-Ground Home Health Care Delivery appeared first on Home Health Care News. HHVBP is expected to save hundreds of millions of Medicare dollars on a yearly basis moving forward. Sign up for HHCN+ to read this exclusive content. Get Membership Already a member?

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Home Health Care

DECEMBER 14, 2023

Login The post Recent Medicare Advantage Developments Bode Well For Home Health Providers appeared first on Home Health Care News. Providers have stopped short of banding together to deny coverage for these plans, but some of the top companies have reallocated capacity to “preferred payers.” Get Membership Already a member?

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Home Health Care

JANUARY 5, 2024

Login The post How Diversification Is Keeping Best Of Care Ahead Of The Business Disruption appeared first on Home Health Care News. Sign up for HHCN+ to read this exclusive content. Get Membership Already a member?

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Home Health Care

OCTOBER 31, 2023

Login The post ‘No Two States Are Alike’: The Home Care Industry’s Road To Standardization appeared first on Home Health Care News. Though the majority of states in the country require home care businesses to have some form of licensure, the stipulations are different depending on the state. Get Membership Already a member?

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Home Health Care

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

Login The post How A Cigna-Humana Combination Could Alter Home-Based Care In The US appeared first on Home Health Care News. After I reported on the topic for Home Health Care News on Tuesday , Reuters and The Wall Street Journal confirmed that the two companies were in talks, on Wednesday and Thursday, respectively.

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DECEMBER 18, 2023

Login The post ‘Can’t Shy Away From Challenging Business Climates’: Griswold, BrightStar Care Share Top 2024 Priorities appeared first on Home Health Care News. Both companies earned spots on Franchise Times’ annual ranking of the largest franchise systems in the country. Sign up for HHCN+ to read this exclusive content.

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Home Health Care

DECEMBER 8, 2023

Login The post Private Equity, AI Likely To Power Home-Based Care in 2024 appeared first on Home Health Care News. And, in addition to M&A, genuine AI application in both home health care and home care appears to be right around the corner. Sign up for HHCN+ to read this exclusive content. Get Membership Already a member?

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Home Health Care

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Login The post ‘Grow, Scale, Execute’: How Mass General Brigham Is Accelerating Its Care-At-Home Arm appeared first on Home Health Care News. Sign up for HHCN+ to read this exclusive content. Get Membership Already a member?

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Home Health Care

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

Login The post Beyond The Cuts: What Else Home Health Providers Need To Know About CMS’ 2024 Final Rule appeared first on Home Health Care News. Aside from the headline-grabbing 0.8% Sign up for HHCN+ to read this exclusive content. Get Membership Already a member?

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Home Health Care

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

Login The post Lawsuit Over UnitedHealth Group’s AI Strategy Corroborates Home Health Providers’ Convener Claims appeared first on Home Health Care News. Sign up for HHCN+ to read this exclusive content. Get Membership Already a member?

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Medicare 98

Home Health Care

JANUARY 11, 2024

Login The post Mea Culpa: The Home-Based Care Predictions HHCN Got Wrong For 2023 appeared first on Home Health Care News. We published our 2024 home care trends piece earlier this week , and will publish our home health trends piece next week. Sign up for HHCN+ to read this exclusive content. Get Membership Already a member?

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Home Health Care

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Login The post For Home-Based Care Providers Setting Themselves Up For Risk, There’s No Simple Template appeared first on Home Health Care News. Others believe that establishing a full continuum of care within the home is the best way to improve outcomes and attract payers. Sign up for HHCN+ to read this exclusive content.

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Home Health Care

JANUARY 18, 2024

Login The post How Medicare Advantage, Labor, AI Will Shape Home-Based Care In 2024 appeared first on Home Health Care News. Those executives’ responses covered a wide range of topics, and were surprisingly and refreshingly diverse. But, in the end, a few themes emerged. Sign up for HHCN+ to read this exclusive content.

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Home Health Care

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

Login The post Why There’s Now A ‘Good Expectation’ That Home Health Medicare Cuts Will Be Mitigated appeared first on Home Health Care News. That’s at least the case for those that live streamed – or attended in person – the Senate Finance Committee’s Subcommittee on Health Care’s Sept. 19 hearing on home health care.

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Home Health Care

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

Login The post How Enhabit Became The Poster Child For Home Health Provider Challenges appeared first on Home Health Care News. Not even three years later, the product of that strategic review – Enhabit Inc. NYSE: EHAB) – is exploring a strategic review of its own. Sign up for HHCN+ to read this exclusive content.

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Home Health Care

DECEMBER 1, 2023

Login The post How Data Helped VNS Health, Intrepid USA, And Frontpoint Health Identify Pain Points appeared first on Home Health Care News. Intrepid USA is tracking data in a number of different areas, but namely in labor utilization. Sign up for HHCN+ to read this exclusive content. Get Membership Already a member?

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NOVEMBER 14, 2023

Login The post Home Health Providers Are Beginning To Tie Clinician Compensation To Value-Based Care Success appeared first on Home Health Care News. One thing they need to be sure of, though, is that those adjustments are making their way down to the front line. Sign up for HHCN+ to read this exclusive content.

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Home Health Care

OCTOBER 19, 2023

Login The post As Non-Compete Ban Hangs In Balance, A Larger Home Care Provider Battle Materializes appeared first on Home Health Care News. The chair of the FTC, Lina Khan, has been heralded as a champion of these sorts of causes, as well as antitrust causes. Sign up for HHCN+ to read this exclusive content.

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Home Health Care

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

Login The post How Home-Based Care Providers Are Planning To Get Involved With The GUIDE Model appeared first on Home Health Care News. The goal of the model is to “support people living with dementia and their unpaid caregivers.” Sign up for HHCN+ to read this exclusive content. Get Membership Already a member?

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Medicaid Medicare 101

Home Health Care

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

Login The post Transactions: Gentiva Completes ProMedica Deal; Avid Health at Home Acquires Independence 4 Seniors appeared first on Home Health Care News. The deal was first announced in February. Sign up for HHCN+ to read this exclusive content. Get Membership Already a member?

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Home Health Care

OCTOBER 26, 2023

Login The post For Home Health Providers, Clinician Scheduling Stands Out As Turnover Culprit appeared first on Home Health Care News. Break retention down even further, though, and you find a main culprit for turnover: scheduling. Sign up for HHCN+ to read this exclusive content. Get Membership Already a member?

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NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Login The post CMS Keeps Home Health Providers In Payment Purgatory With 2024 Final Rule, Strikes Contentious Tone With Industry appeared first on Home Health Care News. Was the rule, in its totality, effective in easing the payment concerns of providers moving forward? Of course not. Sign up for HHCN+ to read this exclusive content.

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Home Health Care

DECEMBER 21, 2023

Login The post Survival Instincts, Inevitable Tailwinds Will Guide Home-Based Care Providers Through Current Tough Times appeared first on Home Health Care News. Increased awareness and attention on an industry generally means its operators stand to benefit. That has not been the case for most thus far. Get Membership Already a member?

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Home Care 89

Home Health Care

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

Login The post Current Payment Environment Puts Home Health Providers Between ‘A Rock And A Hard Place’ appeared first on Home Health Care News. To kick the day off, I decided to poll the room by asking, “Does anyone in here have a Medicare Advantage success story that they could share with us?” Get Membership Already a member?

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Home Health Care

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

Login The post ‘Do The Homework’: What Home Health Providers Need To Know Before Sitting Down With Payers appeared first on Home Health Care News. Providers have to commit to value-based care, but even before that, they need to do their homework to be successful over the long haul. Sign up for HHCN+ to read this exclusive content.

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Home Care 87

Home Health Care

AUGUST 30, 2023

Login The post The Evolution Of Caregiver-Client Matching In Home Care appeared first on Home Health Care News. It’s also can be one of the most overlooked aspects of the hiring process for home care providers. Sign up for HHCN+ to read this exclusive content. Get Membership Already a member?

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Home Health Care

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

Login The post ‘Decelerated Growth’: Home Care Costs Continue To Climb For Providers, Clients appeared first on Home Health Care News. But 24 Hour Home Care President Ryan Iwamoto said they had risen by as much as 40% in certain markets. Sign up for HHCN+ to read this exclusive content. Get Membership Already a member?

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Home Health Care

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

Login The post Some Home-Based Care Providers Are Expanding Service Lines, Others Are Doubling Down On Status Quo appeared first on Home Health Care News. Some home-based care providers believe expansion is necessary, while others are doubling down on their current offerings. Sign up for HHCN+ to read this exclusive content.

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Home Health Care

OCTOBER 5, 2023

Login The post What’s On Amedisys, VitalCaring, Intrepid’s Payer-Relationship Wish Lists appeared first on Home Health Care News. Right when I think I’ve written about the topic too much, I’m reminded again by a home health provider just how important it is. Sign up for HHCN+ to read this exclusive content.

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Home Health Care

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

Login The post CMS’ Staffing Mandate Proposal For Nursing Homes Could ‘Spell Trouble’ For Home Health Care appeared first on Home Health Care News. hours of registered nurse (RN) care, and 2.45 hours of nurse aide care, on a daily basis. Sign up for HHCN+ to read this exclusive content. Get Membership Already a member?

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Home Health Care

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

Login The post Home Health Providers Take Aim At CMS’ ‘Black Box’ Approach To Policymaking appeared first on Home Health Care News. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) first introduced in June, home health providers are not pleased with the final outcome. Sign up for HHCN+ to read this exclusive content.

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Home Health Care

OCTOBER 2, 2023

Login The post Inside Bayada, Enhabit and VNS Health’s Payer Innovation Strategies appeared first on Home Health Care News. (NYSE: EHAB), Bayada Home Health Care and VNS Health are just a few of the home health organizations that have made payer innovation a priority. Sign up for HHCN+ to read this exclusive content.

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OCTOBER 13, 2023

Login The post What Home Health Providers Are Learning From HHVBP’s First Full Year appeared first on Home Health Care News. HHVBP continues to save hundreds of millions of dollars each year , according to the U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). Sign up for HHCN+ to read this exclusive content.

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Home Health Care

JANUARY 9, 2024

Login The post Top Home Care Trends For 2024 appeared first on Home Health Care News. They will remain one in 2024, and could finally come to a head. That’s only one trend, of many, that will impact home care providers in the new year. Sign up for HHCN+ to read this exclusive content. Get Membership Already a member?

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Home Health Care

AUGUST 3, 2023

Login The post How Home-Based Care Providers Can Harness The Power Of CMS’ New Dementia Care Model appeared first on Home Health Care News. Stakeholders are already weighing in on how the model may affect home-based care agencies. Sign up for HHCN+ to read this exclusive content. Get Membership Already a member?

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Home Health Care

OCTOBER 9, 2023

Login The post ‘Boots On The Ground’: Why Home Care Provider-Home Health Agency Partnerships Work appeared first on Home Health Care News. Last year, the industry had a 76% referral rejection rate, compared to 54% in 2019, according to data from WellSky. Sign up for HHCN+ to read this exclusive content. Get Membership Already a member?

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