Home Health Care Stocks Continue Steady Climb in February

After three of the largest publicly-traded home health care companies saw their share prices soar in January, the market rally continued in February at a more modest pace, according to the most recent Home Health Index by Stonebridge Partners. The index, which tracks the market values for Almost Family (Nasdaq: AFAM), Amedisys Inc. (Nasdaq: AMED) […]

2 Marketing Opportunities Home Care Agencies Are Missing

Marketing in the home health industry is no longer just for gaining patients. While home care is a patient-focused industry, forming partnerships with other types of health care providers is playing an increasingly crucial role in business—and home care agencies need to know how to leverage data through marketing to gain ground with providers. Marketing to […]

Rural Patients Less Likely to Use Home Health

Where a patient lives has a lot of influence over whether they receive inpatient or home health care after a hospital discharge, according to one recent study. As such, Medicare spending is variable based on urban or rural care settings. Out of a sample of 1.56 million discharges of urban patients from urban hospitals and […]

New Data Measures Recent Economic Impact of Home Health

Home health agencies contribute significantly to the U.S. economy—but their impact varies drastically by state, according to new data. Nationwide, home health agencies paid out a combined $35.81 billion in wages in 2014, according to the recently published Home Health Chartbook 2017. The updated report was prepared by Avalere Health for the Alliance for Home […]

Amid Major Changes, Kindred Remains Resilient

After recently declaring it would exit from the skilled nursing business entirely, the nation’s largest home health care provider is proving it still is one of the strongest players in the space. Despite missing analysts estimates in its fourth quarter and end-of-year earnings, investors still seemed to be pleased with Kindred Healthcare (NYSE: KND) and […]

Why Seniors are Hesitant to Embrace Home Care

Home care should be an attractive solution for seniors who want to age in place—but, all too often, that’s not the case. In fact, although the vast majority of Americans would prefer to age in their own homes, fears of abuse, fraud and a lack of support during emergencies are holding people back from embracing […]

Average Home Health Executive Compensation for 2016

Around the home health industry, executive compensation is going up, according to the 2016-2017 Multi-Facility Corporate Compensation Report from Hospital & Healthcare Compensation Service (HCS). In the 33rd edition of the report, a survey conducted in November 2016 by HCS calculated salary, total compensation and benefits from long-term care, hospitals and home health and hospice participants. […]

Encompass to Grow with $100 Million Home Health and Hospice Pipeline

Fresh off a strong ending to 2016, a major post-acute care provider is looking at 2017 with acquisitive eyes—to the tune of up to a $100-million home heath and hospice pipeline. HealthSouth Corporation (NYSE: HLS), one of the nation’s largest post-acute care providers, is continuing to ramp up its home health and hospice division two years […]

Harvard: Home Care Yields Biggest Savings in ACOs

At-home care agencies have long expressed the desire to join accountable care organizations (ACOs), despite not necessarily being invited to sit at the ACO table. Still, there’s evidence that including at-home care would benefit ACOs in more ways than one. In fact, increasing use of at-home care plays a major role in the ability of […]

Why Trinity is Shifting To 24/7 Patient Monitoring

Home health providers are quickly realizing they need to invest in tech when it comes to remote monitoring, or else they run the risk of being left behind. One home health provider has seen the industry shifting and is rolling out a remote care management platform for all patients. Trinity Health At Home, the home health care services […]