As the demand for home-based care services continues to soar, so does the industry’s shortage of workers, with as many as 7.8 million caregiving positions projected to sit unfilled by 2026. The multimillion-dollar question for agencies remains how to survive the staffing crisis, which industry leaders have identified as the No. 1 challenge within home-based […]
Category: Home Health Care
Joanne E. Cunningham took over as The Partnership for Quality Home Healthcare’s executive director in August 2018. Since then, much of her focus has been spent educating policymakers on the Patient-Driven Groupings Model (PDGM) and its potentially industry-shaping impact. So far, those advocacy returns have been promising, recently contributing to PDGM-refinement legislation in the U.S. […]
Over the past few years, Bayada Home Health Care has entered into several value-based agreements with managed care organization partners, reflective of the U.S. health care system’s broader shift from quantity to quality. The Moorestown, New Jersey-based home health provider announced its latest on Thursday: a new value-based agreement with AmeriHealth Caritas built on reducing […]
Hoping to curtail health care spending, the Trump administration is exploring ways to shift treatment for kidney disease into the home and away from dialysis clinics, a far costlier setting. Overall, the U.S. government spends roughly $114 million to treat chronic kidney disease and end-stage renal disease, according to a Monday report by Reuters. To […]
Signature Healthcare at Home acquires Samaritan Health Services Home Health As more hospitals and health systems continue to outsource their home-based care offerings, Signature Healthcare at Home has acquired Samaritan Health Services’ home health division. Wilsonville, Oregon-based Signature Healthcare at Home provides home health, hospice, personal home care, palliative care and rehabilitation therapy to patients […]
Salaries for home health and hospice corporate executives will see a planned increase of 2.73% in 2019, a new industry compensation report has found. Execs from agencies with under $30 million in annual revenues are set for the biggest salary bump. Findings come from the recently released 2018-2019 Multi-Facility Corporate Compensation Report, produced by the […]
In 2018, the Right at Home location in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, nearly doubled its business in terms of hours with clients and became one of the only home care agencies in the state to earn the gold seal of approval from the Joint Commission. Despite hitting its stride, sailing hasn’t always been this smooth […]
Despite falling short of analysts’ Q4 revenue estimates, LHC Group Inc. (Nasdaq: LHCG) finished the quarter and 2018 strong, thanks in part to revenue and admission growth in its home health and hospice lines. Acquisitions and joint ventures, which set overall valuation records in 2018 for LHC Group, played a large role in the company’s […]
Amedisys Inc. (Nasdaq: AMED) beat Wall Street expectations for the fourth quarter of 2018, a fitting end to what was an overwhelmingly positive year for the Baton Rouge, Louisiana-based home health company. More than four years removed from when its turnaround efforts began, the once-struggling Amedisys is now focused on growing its hospice and personal […]
FirstLight expands leadership team amid rapid growth To accommodate recent growth, FirstLight Home Care has created and filled seven new positions, expanding its focus in areas such as technology, talent acquisition and franchise development. While the hires are new, growth within the nine-year-old Cincinnati-based home care company is not. In 2017 alone, the franchisor increased […]
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