Insurance company Highmark has shed eight Pennsylvania home health agencies from its commercial and Medicare Advantage networks for 2016, a move that reflects insurers’ push to partner with the best performing agencies. The agencies cut from Highmark’s network include Renaissance Home Care, Inc. in Mt. Lebanon, Pennsylvania; Visiting Nurse Association of Erie County; Titusville Area […]
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 […]
Aetna (NYSE:AET) and Univita Health are working together to offer a transitional care program to Aetna Medicare Advantage members in Texas in a bid to reduce hospital readmissions. The Texas partnership began in January and allows eligible Medicare Advantage members who are discharged from certain participating hospitals in Houston, Dallas, Forth Worth, Austin, and San […]
Consolidation is a trending and ubiquitous topic for organizations in the health care industry as companies begin preparing for effects of the government’s Affordable Care Act, reports a Washington Post article. As shown in recent industry headlines, many companies are merging and consolidating in an effort to create larger forces to deal with the decreased […]
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