Kindly Care—a startup that helps clients find, hire and manage at-home caregivers—has raised $5.4 million in a Series A round and is planning to expand to the East Coast for the first time. The company has also backed away, for the moment, from sharing workers with home care agencies through a platform dubbed Care Exchange. […]
Proposed policy changes related to how home health agencies bill for therapy shouldn’t cause the industry to cut staff or abruptly back away from those services, experts say. Under the Patient-Driven Groupings Model (PDGM) proposed by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) on July 2, home health providers would no longer be able […]
The home health, personal care and hospice industries are—again—in the midst of rapid and profound change. Courtesy of NAHCThe Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is rekindling its Pre-Claim Review Demonstration (PCRD) efforts, while proposing a new payment system known as the Patient-Driven Groupings Model (PDGM). Meanwhile, the hospice space is seeing explosive growth, […]
Earlier this year, a three-way merger created one of the largest home health providers in the United States, and the combined company now is rebranding as “Elara Caring.” The merger, which closed in May, unites Jackson, Michigan-based Great Lakes Caring; Cromwell, Connecticut-based National Home Health Care; and Addison, Texas-based Jordan Health Services. Backed by private equity […]
In-home senior care services franchisor Senior Helpers has teamed up with the George G. Glenner Alzheimer’s Family Center to launch a new nationwide franchising concept for Town Square, a reminiscence therapy adult day care center built to look and feel like the 1950s. The new franchising model—Senior Helpers Town Square Franchising—is officially an affiliate of […]
Recent findings highlighting the success of hospital-at-home programs point to “tremendous opportunity” for in-home care providers, health care experts say. But that opportunity largely depends on the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) and its continued development of innovative payment models, they argue. Broadly speaking, hospital-at-home programs try to identify acute patients with certain […]
Home care providers have a huge opportunity to grow their businesses by working with Medicare Advantage plans, but they should not expect too much too soon. That’s Mark Heaney’s take, following news earlier this year that Medicare Advantage plans will be allowed to cover non-skilled in-home care starting in 2019. Heaney is the former CEO […]
Home health providers small and large are more commonly thinking about home design as an important tool for keeping patients safe, comfortable and away from hospitals. To hone that design know-how, several of them—including Kendal at Home–are turning to a certification program that works with an innovative, immersive “living laboratory.” Launched in 2015, the Louisville, […]
Hospital discharge planners should have more leeway in how they educate and inform patients about post-acute care options, perhaps making star ratings a more important part of the conversation, home health providers believe. But it’s a change that would need to be handled carefully to prevent favoritism or abuse in how referrals are made, they caution. […]
Home care agencies might want to think twice about how they handle workers who are chronically late to client visits. “When we started Honor, we thought, clearly, if a care pro is late, that’s terrible,” Seth Sternberg, CEO of the San Francisco-based company, told Home Health Care News. “And then we learned that’s not true.” […]
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