Encompass Health Looks to Improve Clinical Collaboration Rate, Expects $45M PDGM Headwind

For most home health providers in the U.S., adapting to the Patient-Driven Groupings Model (PDGM) remains priority No. 1 for the rest of 2019. That’s certainly true for Birmingham, Alabama-based Encompass Health Corp. (NYSE: EHC), though the national operator of both in-patient rehabilitation hospitals (IRFs) and home health agencies is also actively looking to improve […]

AMR Care Group Has Become One of the Fastest-Growing Home Care Companies Around. Here’s How.

Jericho, New York-based AMR Care Group has become one of the fastest-growing home care companies around. It’s done so, according to founder and CEO Anne Markowitz Recht, by doubling down on its core care management offerings while regularly adding new services and supports, including a “Cultured Companions” program that connects aging artists, musicians, professors and […]

New Business Strategy Has Interim HealthCare Looking ‘Beyond the Diagnosis’

It’s already been a busy year for Interim HealthCare Inc. President and CEO Jennifer Sheets, who took charge of the Sunrise, Florida-based home health franchise in January. But there’s still much to accomplish as 2019 winds down, including the launch of a new company-wide strategy focused on social determinants of health and “looking beyond the […]

HHCN Announces Future Leaders Awards Finalists

Chicago, Illinois (Sept. 3, 2019) — Home Health Care News, an Aging Media Network publication, is pleased to announce the finalists for the first-annual Home Health Care News (HHCN) Future Leaders Awards (homehealthcarenews.com/futureleaders). Candidates who submitted entries for consideration in this year’s contest are vying for top honors across three categories: Home Health, Home Care […]

Ensign Reveals Spinoff Details; SAVNA to Merge with Home Care Advantage

Ensign announces spinoff date The Ensign Group Inc. (Nasdaq: ENSG) has revealed additional details for its planned home health and hospice spinoff. In May, the Mission Viejo, California-based Ensign announced it planned to spin off its home health, hospice and senior living businesses into The Pennant Group, a separate publicly traded company. Currently, The Ensign […]

Aging-in-Place Program from Johns Hopkins on the Verge of ‘Exponential Growth’

CAPABLE — the innovative program developed out of the Johns Hopkins School of Nursing that combines nursing care, occupational therapy and handyman services — is on the verge of “exponential growth” and one step closer to becoming Medicare-reimbursable. It’s also another example of how complex and comprehensive in-home care is becoming. Since its first pilot […]

American Well CMO: We Haven’t Yet Reached Telehealth’s Tipping Point

Widespread use of telehealth throughout the U.S. health care system — and especially in home-based senior care — hasn’t yet reached its tipping point, American Well Chief Medical Officer Dr. Peter Antall told Home Health Care News. But new survey findings released Tuesday suggest it may be coming in the not-too-distant future. “Perhaps it’s both […]

Bayada, VNA Health Group Joining Forces to Expand Health System Partnerships

Bayada Home Health Care and Visiting Nurse Association Health Group (VNAHG) have agreed to join forces, the mission-driven nonprofits announced Monday. Strategic partnerships with hospitals and health systems are among the drivers of the move, leaders from the two organizations told Home Health Care News. Under an agreement that’s expected to be finalized by November, […]

Lack of Scalable Home Care Assets Means Buyers May Have to Get Creative

These days, landing a large personal care services acquisition can often feel like finding a needle in a haystack. As a result, potential buyers may have to become increasingly more creative to grow their home care footprint, M&A experts say. The recent agreement between Amedisys Inc. (Nasdaq: AMED) and ClearCare Inc. — which allows Baton […]