Amedisys Inc. (Nasdaq: AMED) has been a part of arguably the biggest home health story this year. UnitedHealth Group’s (NYSE: UNH) Optum agreed to acquire the company in June. But, on the ground, it’s still just another home health and hospice provider trying to best deal with the headwinds that come with operating in 2023. […]
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) unveiled the Guiding an Improved Dementia Experience (GUIDE) Model this week. Stakeholders are already weighing in on how the model may affect home-based care agencies. “We’re very pleased with that announcement, and it is certainly something that we’re going to explore,” Addus HomeCare Corporation (Nasdaq: ADUS) COO […]
On the journey to becoming more of a health care services provider, CVS Health (NYSE: CVS) is experiencing some bumps in the road. Those bumps aren’t anything the company’s leaders are worried about long term, though, and both of the its recent acquisitions – Signify Health and Oak Street Health – continue to be touted. […]
The Preserving Access to Home Health Act of 2023 – which aims to block cuts to home health payments – has been introduced in the House of Representatives. In a significant step for the legislation, Reps. Terri Sewell (D-AL) and Adrian Smith (R-NE) introduced the bill in the House Tuesday. The bill was initially introduced […]
Addus HomeCare Corporation (Nasdaq: ADUS) is not as worried about the future of home health care. While home health providers across the country are scrambling to advocate against – and adjust to – payment rate cuts, Addus leaders are looking for more opportunities to broaden the company’s home health reach. They also believe the rate […]
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced a new voluntary nationwide dementia care model on Monday. Dubbed the Guiding an Improved Dementia Experience (GUIDE) Model, its goal is to “support people living with dementia and their unpaid caregivers.” But the ramifications of the new model, which is set to go live on July […]
Jennifer Sheets won’t ever exit the home-based care space. But for now, she’s taking a step back, and doing so with many thoughts on the past, the present and the future. She became the president of Interim HealthCare in January of 2019, and Home Health Care News caught up with her shortly thereafter to discuss […]
Home-based care dealmaking trends generally give a good idea of what’s going on in the space at large. They show you where the money is headed, and where it’s not. They show you where the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ (CMS) stroke of the pen has impacted investment or transaction activity. The trends show […]
While referrals to home health care are ballooning, providers are rejecting them at an unprecedented rate. As hospitals scramble to place patients in the hands of appropriate post-acute care providers, skilled nursing facilities’ referral volume has rebounded. Home health referral volume also remains above pre-pandemic levels, but providers are struggling with staffing challenges and sicker […]
Care transitioning remains one of the rockiest parts of the post-acute health care ecosystem. Home health providers are in the middle of those transitions, often juggling health system and health plan relationships while trying to care for the patient at the center of it all. The best case for a patient is an aligned health […]
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