Home care provider Devoted Guardians has implemented a patient care navigation program in collaboration with health system Banner Health. This initiative is led by a social worker who focuses on clients’ social determinants of health (SDOH). The program has successfully engaged 500 unique clients, resulting in more than 3,000 touchpoints and nearly 300 referrals. As […]
This week, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) published a report on a study of its Acute Hospital Care at Home (AHCAH) program. This program permits specific Medicare-certified hospitals to provide inpatient-level care to patients in their homes. The report outlines the study’s results and discusses potential future considerations and limitations. The report […]
Cardiac Solutions — a physician-owned care provider that specializes in cardiac health services — achieved a 50% reduction in hospital cardiovascular readmission rates. These rates are the result of Cardiac Solutions’ use of remote patient monitoring and chronic care management through a partnership with MD Revolution. Cardiac Solutions examined 26,689 patients. The organization saw a […]
DispatchHealth’s Advanced Care program — a home-based alternative to hospital care — was able to lower 30-day readmission rates, checking in at almost 50% below the national average. That’s one of the key takeaways from a recent DispatchHealth study, which detailed the outcomes of the company’s Advanced Care program over the course of an 18-month […]
With widespread reimbursement uncertainty and staffing shortages, home health providers are looking for ways to offer high-quality and more efficient care. For some operators, this has meant embracing predictive analytics and the powerful tools that have helped revolutionize other industries. Over time, such technology can specifically work wonders in curbing costly hospital readmissions and maximizing […]
At-Home Health Care — Sparta Community Hospital’s home health segment — has made successful care transitions a priority in an effort to lower rehospitalizations and ER visits. Sparta Community Hospital is located in Southern Illinois and is a 25-bed full-service acute care medical facility. At-Home Health Care is a Medicare certified home health agency that […]
A new study from researchers at Vanderbilt University Medical Center found that hospitals with a greater local supply of home health agencies were associated with increased readmissions. One of the reasons readmission rates were higher in those areas may be due to frequent staffing changes and other interruptions in care, according to the study’s lead […]
The Washington D.C.-based Georgetown Home Care (GHC) has yet again lowered readmission rates for a major hospital. Its readmission success ostensibly began in 2019 when the home care agency first worked with spinal surgery patients at Medstar Georgetown University Hospital. In a pilot program, it reduced readmissions by 44%. But really, it started when GHC […]
As the COVID-19 virus and its rapidly developing variants continue to disrupt the home health care industry, the need for home health providers continues to grow, with patients, payers and providers all seeing the benefits of moving care into the home. With that shift comes an increased need for better care collaboration. “When I was […]
Home health providers typically have to learn about their patients’ social determinants of health on the fly, quickly picking up on risk factors like access to transportation and proximity to healthy food following a hospital discharge. One in-home care giant is turning to artificial intelligence for a head start. Earlier this month, AccentCare Inc. revealed […]
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