Two prominent home health leaders are trying to keep pressure on federal lawmakers to eliminate components of the forthcoming Patient Driven Groupings Model (PDGM). Bill Dombi, president of the National Association for Home Care & Hospice (NAHC), and Keith Myers, CEO of LHC Group (Nasdaq: LHCG) and chairman of the Partnership for Quality Home Healthcare, […]
Brookdale Senior Living (NYSE: BKD), one of the largest home health providers in the nation, has petitioned the U.S. Supreme Court to review a case involving allegations of fraudulent Medicare billings totaling about $35 million. The lawsuit was filed in 2012 by Marjorie Prather, a former employee of Brentwood, Tennessee-based Brookdale. Prather alleged that Brookdale […]
Humana (NYSE: HUM) and Walgreens Boots Alliance (NYSE: WBA) are in talks to expand their business relationship, which could include taking equity stakes in each other, according to a report published Tuesday by The Wall Street Journal. The negotiations are in early stages, WSJ reported, citing unnamed sources who are familiar with the matter. Neither […]
Brookdale Senior Living (NYSE: BKD) likely will be dealing with operational challenges throughout the next year, before its turnaround efforts start to bear more substantial fruit in 2020. The stock price for Brentwood, Tennessee-based Brookdale slumped over 11% in trading Monday after RBC Capital Markets analyst Frank Morgan issued further guidance based on this timeline. […]
Shortly after ResCare CEO Jon Rousseau recorded his interview for the Disrupt podcast, the company announced a rebranding to BrightSpring Health. This reflects how quickly the Louisville, Kentucky-based company is evolving under Rousseau’s leadership. Since taking the helm in 2016 — after leading Kindred Healthcare’s rehab business — Rousseau has overseen not only the rebranding, […]
Medicare Advantage (MA) plans are allowed to cover a range of in-home care services for the first time in 2019, but few insurers are going to do so, according to recent analyses of plan offerings. Experts believe these types of benefits could gain a lot more traction in the next two to three years, however. […]
In-home physical therapy (PT) helps knee replacement patients recover more successfully, with six to nine PT visits being a generally optimal level of treatment. That’s according to research findings from the University of Colorado School of Medicine, recently published in the Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery. A team of physical therapists analyzed Medicare home […]
Earlier this year, Chip Measells became co-owner and CEO of Stowell Associates — a Milwaukee-based company that he describes as a “unicorn” due to its particular way of blending care management and home care services. This is just the latest career turn for Measells, who has a background in investment banking and as a health […]
Most Medicare Advantage insurers do not yet appreciate the value of home-based care, according to Bill Dombi, president of the National Association of Home Care & Hospice (NAHC). “I didn’t enroll in a Medicare Advantage plan, because I don’t think they believe in home care yet,” Dombi said in opening remarks at NAHC’s annual conference […]
The quality of home health care improved across most major domains between 2016 and 2017, although the rate of hospital admissions remained static for the fifth straight year. That’s according to data in the Home Health Chartbook 2018, prepared by Avalere Health for the Alliance for Home Health Quality and Innovation. The document compiles data […]
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