Home health and hospice provider Compassus is evaluating a broad array of growth opportunities, including de novo expansion, acquisitions and joint ventures. The company has expanded rapidly through acquisitions and will continue to do so, according to Chris Core, Compassus’ senior vice president and chief growth officer. Its joint venture strategy emphasizes integrated care coordination […]
Home health providers have had to reevaluate how they grow amid U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ (CMS) temporary moratoria on hospice and home health enrollment in Medicare. With the potential expiration date fast approaching, providers must prepare for a potential extension. The six-month hospice and home health moratoria are set to expire […]
A Home Health Care News headline from 2023 read: The Uptick In Home-Based Primary Care Is A Trend With Staying Power. Three years later, events are prompting a reevaluation of that trend. The latest developments involve clinic-based providers, not home-based primary care specifically, but it demonstrates trends that reach across care locations. Village Medical, […]
Optum, UnitedHealth Group’s (NYSE: UNH) services arm, has seen a 10% increase in home health visits over the past year and cited the service as one of its high-performing lines. Krista Nelson, CEO of Optum Health, identified a significant opportunity to expand home health services, along with other high-performing care modalities, to deepen the provider’s […]
Dartmouth Health and the Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth are launching the Dartmouth Health at Home program, supported by a $20 million donation. The new program will offer in-home primary care and palliative care, among other services. Dartmouth Health plans to grow the program over time, Dr. Nathan Goldstein, chair of Dartmouth Health’s department […]
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has named recipients of a $27.8 million fund designed to reduce falls among older adults, including nonprofit organizations that provide or support home care services. The fund includes three fall prevention programs totaling $27.8 million over three years. The money is earmarked to expand proven programs, […]
Colorado’s Medicaid program has moved to terminate its provider agreement with home care provider FreedomCare of Colorado. The provider went from receiving about $1 million in Medicaid payments last year to nearly $22 million so far this year, according to the Colorado Sun. That spending increase drew scrutiny, but the grounds cited for termination center […]
Team Select Home Care bet $6 million on an unproven concept: that proprietary predictive AI, trained on more than a decade of patient records, could catch subtle clinical decline and keep medically fragile patients out of the hospital. Now, the provider is reporting measurable results — and using them to reshape how it negotiates with […]
Always Best Care Senior Services names new chief financial officer Always Best Care Senior Services has appointed Jason Shontz as its CFO. Shontz most recently served as vice president of finance for The Joint Corp (Nasdaq: JYNT), a chiropractic franchisor. He is charged with fostering sustainable franchise growth while prioritizing franchisee financial health. […]
DAI closes on HCA Healthcare deal Deaconess Associations Incorporated (DAI) has closed on its acquisition of 24 home health locations and seven hospice locations from HCA Healthcare. The new agencies, which span eight states, have joined Central Pyramid, one of DAI’s four owned subsidiaries. DAI CEO Trey Crabb previously told Home Health Care News […]
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