DAI closes on HCA Healthcare deal Deaconess Associations Incorporated (DAI) has closed on its acquisition of 24 home health locations and seven hospice locations from HCA Healthcare. The new agencies, which span eight states, have joined Central Pyramid, one of DAI’s four owned subsidiaries. DAI CEO Trey Crabb previously told Home Health Care News […]
Delivering clinical care inside a patient’s home brings challenges not seen in facility-based care, such as crowded countertops, poor lighting or vermin infestations. A new study from the American Journal of Infection Control found that clutter in the home and other hazards can impede home-based infection control and prevention. Home-based care providers may need to […]
Providers of aging services, including home-based care, have had to adapt to patient trends like higher acuity levels, growing regulatory complexity and ramping need for data and operational sophistication. They are also adapting to new expectations and needs for services. Two service lines that have now become table stakes for providers are behavioral healthcare and […]
The U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ (CMS) proposal to add palliative care as a billable service under the Medicare Home Health Benefit could expand home health agencies to develop relationships with different types of providers. However, adding palliative care as a billable service could also make it difficult for home health providers to […]
Reps. Debbie Dingell, D-Mich., and John Moolenaar, R-Mich., have introduced a bill to strengthen the Program of All-inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE) and allow PACE providers to expand access to in-home care. The legislation, called the PACE Access Improvement Act and introduced on Sept. 24, would make PACE a mandatory Medicaid service and ease […]
Home-based care providers are increasingly earning a seat at the table for care-pathway transitions, including whether an inpatient hospital stay is truly necessary before a patient moves to a skilled nursing facility (SNF). Some payers require a two-day hospital stay before authorizing a transition from home to a SNF. But SCAN Health Plan is cutting […]
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. […]
Home Helpers Home Care promotes Bobby Kelley to chief development officer Home Helpers Home Care appointed Bobby Kelley, who joined the company in 2005, as chief development officer. Kelley previously served as a franchise consultant and vice president of franchise development. Kelley will now oversee the company’s franchise development sales team as CDO. “Bobby’s promotion […]
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 […]
