The 28th episode of our podcast, Disrupt, is now available! Home health and personal care aides are often referred to as “the eyes and ears” of the U.S. health care system, but they’re still infrequently used in care teams. Changing that is going to take some hard work and dedicated advocacy, according to Dr. Robyn […]
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The 27th episode of our podcast, Disrupt, is now available! With 2020 right around the corner, the Patient-Driven Groupings Model (PDGM) is coming in hot. Providers big and small are mostly ready to go at this point — but there’s always something new to learn. For the final Disrupt conversation of 2019 — a year […]
HCAOA elects new board president The Home Care Association of America (HCAOA) has elected Emma Dickison as the new president of its board of directors. Washington, D.C.-based HCAOA represents nearly 3,000 companies that employ more than 500,000 caregivers. Dickison brings her background as CEO of Home Helpers Home Care — a company she’s been with […]
A government official in one state is waging war on what he sees as a dearth of home health data. Last week, Iowa Auditor Rob Sand voiced how his office could not accurately provide an analysis on certain services provided by the state’s Medicaid program, including home-based care, a local CBS affiliate reported. Sand reportedly […]
The shift toward value-based care over the past decade has had several natural outcomes, including heightened attention on delivering care within the home and focusing on a person’s entire self as it pertains to care delivery. Improving outcomes in a value-based system brings a fusing of two fast-growing elements of home care: whole-person wellness and […]
Date: January 7, 2020Time: 2:00 PM – 2:45 PM CSTRegister Now As you get ready to turn your calendars to 2020, it’s time to make sense of the year ahead. Join HHCN’s Bob Holly, McBee Associates President Mike Dordick and Senior Helpers CEO Peter Ross on this upcoming outlook webinar, entirely dedicated to 2020’s market […]
The Patient-Driven Groupings Model (PDGM) has some home health agencies running away from providing therapy. But in fact, the inclusion of therapy in an interdisciplinary care plan under PDGM represents one of the greatest opportunities to impact patient outcomes and patient satisfaction. When PDGM takes effect Jan. 1, 2020, home health providers will begin navigating […]
The HHCN team is looking ahead to 2020 and would like to get your input for the 2020 Outlook for Home Health Care Survey. We’ll be releasing the results of this survey to all readers in early January. All responses gathered will remain confidential, and your information will not be used in any identifiable manner. […]
Meet Executives from Across the country and continuum Home Health Care News invites you to the only event dedicated to trends, issues and the future of care delivery in the home. Join us in Washington, D.C., and network with industry executives from home health, home care and hospice.
As the post-acute care landscape shifts to a value-based payment landscape, all post-acute care types are tasked with developing ways to demonstrate outcomes. This is true for home health care and skilled nursing under the new payment models taking effect in 2019 and 2020 under the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), but also […]
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