Home care providers looking to grow need to follow meticulous planning and have realistic goals. Failure to follow that guidance could mean serious operational challenges down the road. 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. Seeing […]
Hospital at home’s presence in the U.S. continues to grow. But even before the care delivery model became more visible, Mass General Brigham was a major player in the space. The health system first launched its hospital-at-home program way back in 2016, predating the hospital-at-home boom that followed the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ […]
While home care providers are working to mitigate headwinds – such as the rising cost of delivering care and staffing challenges – they also have their eye on where the industry goes from here. As 2024 approaches, home care leaders are embracing AI, alternative payer sources, employee-centric solutions and much more. Home Health Care News […]
Entering the home health industry wasn’t always a part of Vince Moffitt’s plan. Before taking the helm of Basin Health Companies as CEO, he already had a career as a battalion chief in the fire service. Over the years, he would be involved in the company, which his family owned, in various ways. This included […]
Scroll down to watch: HHCN’s 2024 Final Home Health Payment Rule webinar The final payment rule for 2024 reaffirmed that, no matter the amount of on-the-ground testimonials or data the home health industry lays out, the U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is going to continue gaslighting providers. CMS has a hard job, […]
Funding for fee-for-service home health care and home- and community-based services ebbs and flows. But the payer source most likely to dictate the future of home-based care providers – across the board – is Medicare Advantage (MA). MA plans aren’t immune to tough rate environments, either. In fact, they’re in one right now. That’s one […]
After the U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released its CY 2024 final payment rule Wednesday, home health providers found themselves in a position they know all too well. Is a 0.8% aggregate payment increase better than the 2.2% decrease that was proposed? Of course. Was the rule, in its totality, effective in […]
Resilient Healthcare has gone through a major transformation as a company. It has essentially gone from being a home health provider to a technology company that enables health systems and hospitals to deliver higher-acuity care in the home. One thing that hasn’t changed is Resilient’s focus on increasing access to care. Most recently, the company […]
When it comes to long-term care services and home-based care, some states are much further ahead than others. But one thing most of those states agree on is that there’s still room to improve. Last month, when AARP released its long-term services and supports state scorecard report, Minnesota came out on top, ranking number one […]
Small- and mid-sized home health providers are aware of the disadvantages they face compared to their larger peers. They’re also recognizing, however, that they can use the flexibilities they do have to their advantage. Take value-based care as an example. Large providers typically have more resources at their disposal to invest in the infrastructure needed […]
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