National home health spending ballooned past $110 billion in late 2020, and with nearly 90% of Americans aged 50 and older wanting to age in place, the importance that home health providers hold within the health care continuum continues to rise. For home health agencies, this steady growth of in-home care demands steady investment into […]
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As CEO and president of home-based care company Integracare, Lee Grunberg was battling the same retention and staffing challenges that have plagued the industry since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. Although Integracare was well below industry turnover levels, Grunberg felt he needed a more tangible way to measure caregiver satisfaction, which he could then […]
Last year hit home health agencies with a cash flow triple whammy. First, the Patient-Driven Groupings Model (PDGM) took effect January 1, and cut billing periods in half, from 60 days to 30, leaving agencies tight on cash flow for the first few months under the new payment model. Next, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid […]
An Oxford University study in 2013 told everyone what we’d all been wondering: Will a robot one day take my job? The report — “The Future of Employment: How Susceptible are Jobs to Computerisation?” — offered its ranking of 702 jobs and careers based on how easily they could be automated. Not surprisingly, the home-based […]
Caregiver hiring remains a seller’s market — meaning buyers need more than just dollars and shifts to beat their competition and capture the best talent. These workers have a range of opportunities at their fingertips, and because they tend to apply for every available position en masse, home-based care agencies sometimes have a limited opportunity […]
Amidst the COVID-19 emergency, home health providers are busier than ever. Along with the already growing preference for home-based care, the public health emergency has accelerated the idea that the home is often the safest place to receive care. For home health providers, this trend increases the need to keep staff trained and up to […]
The power of speech-to-text in home-based care is not merely in the logistics of care delivery. It’s in the ways that care makes a tangible difference in the lives of patients, and in the work experience of clinicians. “My love for home services comes from the joy I see in the faces of our patients […]
No home care agency makes a major technology change lightly. Brian Arant didn’t. As owner and executive director of Visiting Angels in Pueblo, Colorado, Arant knew that he wanted to improve client experience while making his operation paperless, and he needed a responsive technology partner to do both. Starting last July and concluding this January, […]
For home health agencies, successful wound management is paramount to overall business success. Because wounds are pervasive among home health patients, effective wound management can lead to a healthier bottom line, whether benefiting from higher reimbursements under the Patient-Driven Groupings Model (PDGM), more referrals or the avoidance of litigation. Here is a step-by-step look at […]
As with many illnesses, good nutrition plays an important role to speed recovery from COVID-19. Smart food choices help to provide the proper anti-inflammatory nutrients needed to support essential bodily processes, improve immunity, and protect against loss of energy and diminished muscular strength. Both macro- and micronutrients are key drivers for a healthy immune response, […]
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