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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Any day now, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) will release the 2024 home health final payment rule. In anticipation, home health providers and advocates have been appealing to Congress, educating, calling to action on social media and more. All of these efforts are the final push from an industry that has been […]
This article is sponsored by The Braff Group. 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. He breaks down […]
Best Life Brands names CFO Best Life Brands has appointed Kevin Vesely as its new chief financial officer. “We enthusiastically welcome Kevin to the Best Life Brands family to execute our continued success and financial health,” Best Life Brands CEO J.J. Sorrenti said in a press release. “His diverse experience, including private equity success and […]
Walgreens Boots Alliance (Nasdaq: WBA) has invested a boatload of money into health care services and home-based care over the last three years. On Oct. 23, however, it will have a new leader. That change could affect the retailer’s home-based care plans, but maybe not in the way some expect. If anything, Walgreens will be […]
When National Association for Home Care & Hospice President Bill Dombi left a home health care-focused hearing in Washington D.C., earlier this month, he did so on an emotional high. That’s because, after a long two years for home health providers and advocates, things were finally starting to look up. The hearing he attended was […]
The Senate Finance Committee’s Subcommittee on Health Care recently held a hearing centered around home health care and aging in place in the U.S. The hearing covered a number of topics, including the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ (CMS) home health payment cuts, referral rejection rates, the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission’s (MedPAC) view of […]
In December 2020, Encompass Health Corporation (NYSE: EHC) announced it was pursuing strategic alternatives for its home health and hospice arm. Not even three years later, the product of that strategic review – Enhabit Inc. (NYSE: EHAB) – is exploring a strategic review of its own. Encompass leaders saw an opportunity to refine their focus […]
The Senate Finance Committee’s Subcommittee on Health Care held a hearing Tuesday regarding aging in place and access to home health care in the U.S. While current struggles were highlighted throughout, the hearing was ultimately a symbolic win for home health providers across the country. Lawmakers came across as more educated on home health care […]
Honor make four new additions to its leadership team Four new executives recently joined Honor’s leadership team. The new additions to the team include: Linn Free, who was named senior vice president of operations; Stefan Haney, who was named senior vice president of growth technology; Mark Privett, who was named vice president of design; and […]