Heading into 2020 — the first year of the Patient-Driven Groupings Model (PDGM) — many believed there would be an inevitable disruption to home health therapy utilization. More than three years later, it’s still unclear exactly how PDGM has impacted therapy, and how the industry can differentiate PDGM’s impact versus the pandemic’s. More clarity should […]
Addus HomeCare Corporation (Nasdaq: ADUS) is performing well. But, to perform better, it wants to grow its home health segment and more fully engage in value-based care contracting. Now, Chairman and CEO Dirk Allison sees M&A as one of the key focuses in the near-term future. Also top of mind for Allison is the continuing […]
Before Scott Powers was at the helm of Elara Caring, he worked in the payer space, specifically with Medicare Advantage (MA) plans. Now, the home health industry is at an inflection point when it comes to working with those plans, which are becoming a larger part of providers’ business by the day. In order to […]
UnitedHealth Group (NYSE: UNH) – and its subsidiary Optum – completed the $5.4 billion acquisition of LHC Group on Wednesday. Now, the real work starts. We had to wait nearly a year for the deal to close, and we’ll have to wait longer to see the companies’ desired strategy come to fruition. But we can […]
The creation of VitalCaring – April Anthony’s latest home health venture – is drawing expected attention. After all, Anthony is one of the biggest names in the industry. But since she stepped down from her role as CEO of the home health and hospice arm of Encompass Health Corporation (NYSE: EHC) in June 2021, she […]
Amedisys Inc. (Nasdaq: AMED) announced two major news items Wednesday ahead of its Thursday morning earnings call. First, there was the announcement that it would be divesting its personal care division – which did over $60 million in revenue in 2022 – to the Massachusetts-based HouseWorks. Additionally, the company announced it was partnering with BlueCross […]
Sarah Szanton, the dean of Johns Hopkins School of Nursing, has a thing for the tougher challenges in health care. She also has a knack for overcoming those. That has served her and the CAPABLE program well. That program, of course, is also known as “Community Aging in Place – Advancing Better Living for Elders.” […]
The journey of the hospital-at-home model in the U.S. is a compelling one. Much of it has transpired over the last few years, ever since the introduction of the Acute Hospital Care at Home waiver, which allowed health systems to provide acute care in the home during the public health emergency (PHE). In May, the […]
Medicare Advantage (MA) only became a real opportunity for home care providers five years ago. That is when the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) introduced primarily health-related benefits, allowing for agencies to step in and provide personal care for beneficiaries on a limited basis. Since then, MA plans have continued to expand these […]
Personal home care providers have long considered themselves the “eyes and ears of the home.” With that comes great responsibility, for certain. It also comes with great opportunity – opportunity that agencies have not always taken advantage of. One of the largest home care providers in the U.S. is trying to capitalize on that opportunity, […]
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