CMS To End Hospice MA Carve-In: Insights For Home-Based Care Providers

Grand opening, grand closing. Hospice providers began to work with Medicare Advantage (MA) via the Value-Based Insurance Design (VBID) demonstration in 2021. At the end of 2024, the “hospice carve-in” model will cease. This will have an impact on home health providers who offer hospice services, obviously. But the failure of hospice’s fit within VBID […]

Home Health Leaders On Leaders: 4 C-Suite Execs That Are Driving The Industry Forward

The most compelling and innovative leaders in home health care don’t just inspire the people who work at their companies, they also catch the attention of fellow industry leaders. These leaders have earned the high esteem of their peers by hurdling operation challenges in the space, creating impressive recruitment initiatives, consistently embracing new ideas and […]

How Trinity Health At Home Is Putting Value-Based Care, Virtual Care, Retention Initiatives To Work

A part of the Catholic health system Trinity Health, Trinity Health At Home is one of the largest home health providers in the country. The Livonia, Michigan-based company provides more than 1.9 million home health and hospice visits every year. Trinity Health, meanwhile, has 149 continuing care facilities and operates in over a dozen states. […]

Remote Care Management Program Leads To 50% Reduction In Hospital Readmission Rates For Cardiac Patients

Cardiac Solutions — a physician-owned care provider that specializes in cardiac health services — achieved a 50% reduction in hospital cardiovascular readmission rates. These rates are the result of Cardiac Solutions’ use of remote patient monitoring and chronic care management through a partnership with MD Revolution. Cardiac Solutions examined 26,689 patients. The organization saw a […]

Home Health Disparities: Medicare Advantage Patients Receive Fewer Visits, Worse Outcomes

Home health patients under Medicare Advantage (MA) plans have worse functional outcomes compared to traditional Medicare patients, likely as a result of receiving fewer visits, according to a new study. The new study is from researchers with the Department of Rehabilitation Medicine at University of Washington. “The primary message of this study is that Medicare […]

‘Much Bigger Opportunity’: BrightSpring Enters The Public Market With Ambitious Growth Goals

Of late, it hasn’t always been sunshine and rainbows for home-based care providers after hitting the public market. BrightSpring Health Services (Nasdaq: BTSG), however, is trying to buck that trend. “We have strategically positioned BrightSpring to be a major player in the areas of greatest need in health care and in some of the most […]

The Pennant Group Continues Thriving In Home Health Care

The Pennant Group (Nasdaq: PNTG) is more than halfway to meeting its goal of building a pipeline of 100 CEOs. The company announced that it added more than 50 CEOs in training, and that 38 local leaders earned C-level designations in their operations. Pennant CEO Brent Guerisoli noted that leadership development has been one of […]

What The UnitedHealth Group Antitrust Investigation Means For Amedisys, Home Health Industry

Since the news surfaced Tuesday that the Department of Justice had opened an antitrust investigation into UnitedHealth Group (NYSE: UNH), additional questions have bubbled up. Namely, those questions surround the home health provider Amedisys Inc. (Nasdaq: AMED), which agreed to be acquired by UnitedHealth Group’s Optum in June of last year. Will that deal be […]

Untangling The History, Causes Behind The Precipitous Home Health Aide Utilization Drop

In the last home health proposed rule from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), the federal agency in charge of reimbursement rates sent out a request for information on home health aide utilization. Specifically, the agency wondered why Medicare-covered home health aide visits and utilization had fallen off a cliff over the last […]