‘Microwave Cooking Of Health Care’: Amid Shift To Value, Providers Caution Against Telehealth

In order to stay ahead of the needs of consumers and payers, post-acute care leaders — including those in home-based care — are looking to innovate how care and services are delivered to seniors. A major part of this is moving their organizations toward more integrated, cross-continuum care. At Homebase Medical, this means placing a […]

Nursing Home Executives Increasingly View Home Health Care as Strategic Complement for Lower-Acuity Patients

The largest nursing home advocacy organization in the nation cried foul following the July introduction of the Choose Home Care Act of 2021, a piece of legislation designed to shift more care into the home. The group’s quick criticism of Choose Home only added to the “nursing homes versus home health” narrative that has repeatedly […]

Movers & Shakers: LHC Group Names New CMO, Senior Helpers Adds to Board

LHC Group names new chief medical officer LHC Group Inc. (Nasdaq: LHCG) has appointed Dr. Tricia Nguyen as its new executive vice president and chief medical officer. Lafayette, Louisiana-based LHC Group and its 32,000 employees deliver home health, hospice, personal care and facility-based services to patients throughout 36 states. In her new role, Dr. Nguyen […]