Addus Home Care has teamed up with Aetna Better Health of Illinois, an Aetna Medicaid plan, to conduct a pilot study on the impact of providing smart phones to home care aides serving Illinois residents participating in the state’s Integrated Care Program. The care program provides assistance with meal preparation, bathing, housekeeping, and transportation, among […]
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The home health industry experienced billion dollar growth in 2012, despite low national health spending overall, according to a recent report from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). While national health spending slowed for the fourth consecutive year at an annual rate of 3.7% in 2012, home health spending growth accelerated 5.1% to […]
Several factors could poise the multi-billion dollar telemedicine market for double-digit growth by as much as 18% by 2018, according to a recent report from Research and Markets. Totaling $14.2 billion in 2012, Research and Markets projects that the global telemedicine market will grow at a compounded annual growth rate of 18.5% during 2012-2018. The […]
Two Texans are prison-bound for their roles in a scheme to defraud the state’s Medicaid program through false home health reimbursement claims, United States Attorney Kenneth Magidson and Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott announced on Wednesday. Debra Jean Velasquez and Sylvia Salinas Ramirez both pleaded guilty in early September to conspiring to submit false and […]
New York-based long-term care provider CenterLight Health System is now providing skilled healthcare services at home with the launch of a new, proprietary home health agency. CenterLight Certified Home Health Agency will provide short-term care to individuals who need skilled healthcare services within their homes as they recover from an illness or procedure following a […]
More than half of the approximately 8.4 million Americans who receive paid long-term care were using home health services, according to a first-of-its-kind report on senior care services and users. The nation’s 12,200 home health agencies served about 4.7 million patients in 2011, the latest year when data was available, says the National Study of […]
Addus Home Care (NASDAQ: ADUS) is ramping up its position in the home-based services market through the closing of an acquisition of substantially all of the assets of Coordinated Home Health Care, formerly owned by Transition Capital Partners. The acquisition includes 15 New Mexico-based offices and grows the company’s presence in the state, a goal […]
The Affordable Care Act appears to be having an impact on lowering the number of costly hospital readmissions, as reforms under the law have helped drive down the 30-day readmission rate by as much as 18% in 2013, according to data released this week by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). During the […]
Although home health care represents one of the nation’s fastest-growing industries, a recent study suggests consolidation might lie ahead as agencies wrestle with maintaining profitability under increasing regulatory pressures. In the past five years, an aging U.S. population, the prevalence of chronic disease and a movement toward cost-efficient treatment options from private and public payers […]
Minnesota’s Department of Human Services recently announced it will receive $58 million in federal money that will help the state’s seniors and disabled individuals remain in community settings if they’d rather not move into a nursing home. The federal funding is targeted at providing home care services that could save the state money in the […]
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