Exploring Recent Home Health-Medicare Advantage Developments

The 2023 home health final payment rule was released Monday. With a positive market-basket update for 2023 but also jarring long-term cuts, it will have ramifications for home health providers for years potentially, barring mitigating legislation or a complete change of course from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). But there have been […]

Amedisys, Contessa Team Up With University Of Arkansas To Offer In-Home Care Services

Amedisys Inc. (Nasdaq: AMED) and Contessa Health are teaming up with the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) to offer at-home care services to patients in Central Arkansas. The parties involved announced a joint venture this week that will allow Contessa and Amedisys to deliver care across the full continuum in the home in […]

Despite Convener Challenges, Home Health Providers Are Having MA Breakthroughs

In July, LHC Group Inc. (Nasdaq: LHCG) Chairman and CEO Keith Myers said he thought conveners were a part of the problem in the rocky relationships between Medicare Advantage (MA) plans and home health agencies. Since then, both conveners and other home health leaders have had the opportunity to offer their perspective on those sentiments. […]

Amedisys, Enhabit, VNS Health All Seeing Shifting Workforce Dynamics

Recruiting and retention woes are the obvious, above-the-surface topics when it comes to home-based care providers’ staffing. But the below-surface trends could be just as important, and those are becoming apparent. For instance, home health providers are having to manage increased PTO usage and decreased productivity from workers. In general, the profile of a worker […]

Why M&A Activity Will Redefine The Home Health Industry In 2023

One of the most fascinating questions surrounding the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ (CMS) home health proposed payment rule is what effect it will have on M&A. I’ve heard that it will stymie acquisitions. I’ve heard it will drive them. Both make sense, too. Some companies may not be allocating more resources and money […]

Mount Sinai Furthers Its Contessa Partnership To Create Full-Continuum Home-Based Care Agency

Contessa –  a high-acuity care provider and subsidiary of Amedisys Inc. (Nasdaq: AMED) – has extended its partnership with Mount Sinai Health System.  Under the extension, Mount Sinai South Nassau’s home health agency will now become a part of the two organizations’ existing joint venture. The JV now includes home health, hospital-at-home, SNF-level care at […]