By Kevin Murphy, executive vice president of complex care for Clover Health House calls aren’t just a relic from the 1930s when the local doctor would show up by the bedside to address whatever ailments befell the patient. Today, with close to 2 million seniors completely or mostly homebound in the United States, there has […]
Story by HHCN freelance reporter Judith Ruiz-Branch In-home medical care provider Landmark Health believes “house calls” can pay off in the long-run for its patients. Now, it’s releasing the numbers to prove it. Landmark and its affiliated medical groups recently released a study from a cohort that documented how the provider’s clinical home care model […]
Story by HHCN freelance reporter Judith Ruiz-Branch Home-based care giant Interim HealthCare Inc. has its sights set on ambitious goals in 2020 — and the company’s staffing business will likely play a major role. The Sunrise, Florida-based franchiser is looking to go back to its roots to continue its growth. “The sky is the limit for us in […]
There may be a very specific wrinkle when it comes to SNF-to-home diversion. Generally, hip replacements form a key pillar of skilled nursing facility (SNF) referrals, while large structural shifts to home health care services have eaten into lengths of stay. But whether or not a senior receives SNF care after the surgery may depend […]
Your article, “CMS Made $3.2 Billion in Improper Home Health Payments in 2018,” deserves a headline that draws readers’ attention to the real story here. Only in the next-to-last sentence does the piece mention the most telling data point — namely, that improper home health payments “plummeted dramatically” between 2015 and 2018 from 59% of […]
By Mark Heaney for Home Health Care News Names are important. That’s why it’s time to scrap the “non-skilled” label in home care. With very good reason, the industry has reacted with great excitement to the early 2018 news that the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is permitting Medicare Advantage (MA) plans to add home and community services […]
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