Aveanna Healthcare Boasts Strong End To 2024, Looks Forward To A Bright 2025

Aveanna Healthcare (Nasdaq: AVAH) projects an annual growth rate of approximately 4% from 2023 to 2028. CEO Jeff Shaner, who assumed the role in 2023 after serving as chief operating officer since 2017, outlined the company’s strategic transformation, which focused on six core principles: standardization, partnerships, government affairs, technology, clinical outcomes, and cost reduction. Headquartered […]

How Private-Duty Nursing Empowers Children with Complex Needs At Home

The U.S. is currently caring for a higher number of children with severe and medically complex diagnoses than ever before. As these children transition into adulthood, the health care system will face increasing challenges in providing care for individuals living with rare or progressive diseases that were rarely encountered in the past. This is where […]

Embracing Innovation: Home Health Providers Set for a Promising 2025

Despite initial challenges, 2025 appears promising for home health providers, as indicated by industry experts in Home Health Care News’s recent webinar, Home Health Outlook 2025. During the discussion, experts addressed several key issues, including Medicare Advantage (MA) reimbursement rates, labor shortages and improved technology integration. The panel also explored future risk-sharing opportunities and highlighted […]

Synergy HomeCare Expands In Florida While Right At Home Launches In Texas

Synergy HomeCare has opened its newest franchise location in south-central Florida. Headquartered in Sebring, the company provides a variety of non-medical, in-home care services to Highland County communities, including Avon Park and Lake Placid. These services range from companionship to personal and respite care. “If more people had someone at home to provide companionship, medication […]

National Home Health Care Spending Rises 11.1%

Spending on home health care increased by 11.1%, maintaining its leading position in health care expenditures, according to a new brief from Altarum. Altarum’s monthly Health Sector Economic Indicators (HSEI) briefs analyze the latest data on health sector spending, prices, employment and usage. The year-over-year spending on home health care is compared to other health […]

Why a ‘Complete Shift’ of Paradigm is the Most Challenging and Promising Aspect of Hospital-at-Home

The hospital-at-home (HaH) model of care has gained significant momentum in recent years and is transforming how care is delivered to patients. This model enhances patient satisfaction and clinical outcomes by providing reliable, high-quality acute care in the comfort of patients’ homes. Additionally, technological advancements are revolutionizing health care, enabling patients to receive excellent services […]

Biden Signs Dole Act, Expanding Access And Funding For Vets’ At-Home Care

Veterans will have expanded access to at-home care under a new law signed on Thursday by President Joe Biden. The National PACE Association (NPA) on Friday applauded Biden’s signing of the Senator Elizabeth Dole 21st Century Veterans Healthcare and Benefits Improvement Act, which will enhance veterans’ access to the Program of All-Inclusive Care for the […]

Home Recovery Care Plus Shows Value Of Hospital- And SNF-At-Home With Expanded Model

Since launching five years ago, a partnership among Contessa, Highmark Health and Allegheny Health Network (AHN) has expanded and started to prove out the value–to patients, clinicians and payers–of delivering more acute care in the home. Highmark, AHN and Contessa in 2020 announced a partnership to launch a home-based acute care model for Highmark health […]

Griswold Partners With Patriot Angels, Aims To Simplify Home Care For Vets Nationwide

Griswold has partnered with Patriot Angels, an organization dedicated to helping veterans and their families access Veterans Affairs (VA) Aid & Attendance benefits. This collaboration designates Griswold as a preferred home care provider nationwide for all inquiries related to Patriot Angels’ services. Through this partnership, Griswold and Patriot Angels aim to simplify veterans’ access to […]