Processing and maintaining referrals, as well as developing channels to foster new ones, remain common choke points in home-based care. Referral-related challenges emerged as a common theme for operational bottlenecks, industry leaders told Home Health Care News. To ease these burdens, companies are trying out AI tools, clinician-led outreach and tightened relationships with franchise owner-operators. […]
Last week, several large, publicly traded home-based care providers took the stage at the 2026 Jefferies Healthcare Services and Technology Conference, offering a back-to-back look at how the industry’s biggest operators are thinking about growth heading into 2027. Aveanna Healthcare Holdings Inc. (Nasdaq: AVAH), Addus HomeCare Corp. (Nasdaq: ADUS) and the Pennant Group Inc. (Nasdaq: […]
The Transforming Episode Accountability Model (TEAM) went into effect on Jan. 1, 2026, and while full industry-wide data likely will not be available until mid-2027, the model will increasingly lead hospitals to emphasize outpatient services and tighten coordination between hospitals, home health agencies and other post-acute partners, experts told Home Health Care News. “[TEAM] changes […]
While caregiver fill-rate challenges permeate the home care industry, provider Solenvia has nearly eradicated the issue through its caregiver transportation model. Solenvia raised its scheduled fill rates to 99% and puts caregivers in the home of clients two to three hours after a referral because of a caregiver transportation program, Bryan Dylewski, Solenvia founder and […]
AI-based tools and other technologies have flooded the home care industry, but choosing the wrong one can mean the difference between streamlined operations and a costly, disruptive mismatch. Determining whether a vendor can deliver good business results means piloting tools before wide deployment, scrutinizing contract terms, asking pointed, evidence-based questions about efficacy and assessing whether […]
The proposed deal between Addus HomeCare Corp. (Nasdaq: ADUS) and AccentCare would see Addus acquire nearly all of AccentCare’s personal care business. The move would add significant personal care scale to Addus, while leaving AccentCare more concentrated in home health, hospice and palliative care. The deal marks a shift for AccentCare. In 2023, former AccentCare […]
Addus HomeCare Corporation’s (Nasdaq: ADUS) planned $275 million acquisition of AccentCare’s personal care division is slated to close, at the earliest, in Q1 of 2027. The deal is one of several large deals that Addus executives have indicated are in the company’s pipeline and gives the company deep penetration in new markets at a reasonable […]
Recruiting and retention remain one of the most difficult challenges in the home-based care industry, but providers are finding that some of the most effective strategies involve making employees feel heard and recognized. Across home-based care organizations, leaders pointed to feedback loops, employee recognition, cross-department collaboration and community partnerships as practical ways to improve retention […]
The home-based care industry has seen several notable CEO transitions in recent history, but new leaders report the same core challenge: growth without losing frontline culture. For new top executives at Elara Caring, LiveWell Partners and Freedom Senior Services, top strategic priorities include building density, expanding service lines and maturing systems — but the leaders […]
As the center of health care has increasingly moved into the home, home-based care services have become more complex. Home-based care providers shared the ways that their strategies, challenges and opportunities are evolving amid this growing complexity at HHCN’s FUTURE conference in Austin. In an HHCN+ Update I wrote at the event, I shared a […]
