Hearts for Home Care Launches Business Affiliate Network To Amplify Advocacy Efforts

A national network of home-based care providers has built a business affiliate program designed to bolster its advocacy efforts. Hearts for Home Care’s (H4HC) members engage in public advocacy and education as well as lobbying state governments and federal lawmakers. The organization’s new business affiliates will add their voices to those efforts. The inaugural class […]

CMS Faces Flood Of Comments Opposing 2026 Home Health Payment Rule

Home health operators and stakeholders have publicly criticized the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ (CMS) proposed home health payment rule for calendar year 2026 since its announcement in June. Now, interested parties are filing official comments as the public comment period for the proposed home health rule nears its end. The public comment […]

Dealbook: Pennant Purchases GrandCare Home Health, Caretech Acquires Quality Home Health Care

Pennant Group expands California presence with the acquisition of GrandCare Health Services The Pennant Group Inc. (Nasdaq: PNTG) has acquired GrandCare Health Services in Southern California. Moving forward, the agency will be known as Grand Care Home Health. It will serve Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside and San Diego counties, thereby expanding Pennant’s service area in […]

‘The Largest Cut Ever’: CMS Proposed Home Health Payment Rule Shakes Industry Leaders

On Monday, the U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) unveiled its proposal for the 2026 home health payment rule. Providers and industry advocates quickly spoke out to warn of the risks associated with “the largest cut ever proposed.” Home health stakeholders called the proposed cuts “devastating” and “a matter of life and death.” […]

3 Trends Showing Home-Based Care Providers Are Meeting The Moment

Staffing shortages, reimbursement cuts, staying competitive in a crowded market, the rising cost of care — if you ask home-based care providers about the challenges they’re currently facing, these are some of the responses you will receive. Despite these headwinds, some home-based care leaders have a much sunnier 2025 outlook than one would expect–or at […]

New Tech and the Future of Payment Models

Today’s cutting-edge technology solutions can do many innovative things: They can process massive amounts of code, for example, they can learn and optimize driving routes, and they can help perform quality control measures for large scale manufacturers. In health care, artificial intelligence combined with machine learning and a shift toward cloud-based technologies is producing groundbreaking […]

Future Leader: Laurel Arias, Senior Director of Client Experience, Axxess

The Future Leaders Awards program is brought to you in partnership with Homecare Homebase. The program is designed to recognize up-and-coming industry members who are shaping the next decade of home health, hospice care, senior housing, skilled nursing, and behavioral health. To see this year’s Future Leaders, visit https://futureleaders.agingmedia.com/. Laurel Arias, senior director of client […]

The Future of Cloud-Based Solutions in Home Health

In the evolving landscape of home-based care, cloud-based solutions play a pivotal role in enhancing accessibility, data security and operational efficiency. Most organizations are already utilizing many of these solutions as technology adoption shifts rapidly. While most are familiar with the benefits of cloud-based solutions, such as real-time access and enabling clinical staff to access […]

3 Ways AI is Changing Home-Based Care

Artificial intelligence is among the greatest technology advancements of the information age, with applications spanning every industry from automotive to manufacturing and retail. And while many individuals and businesses report they are skeptical about the use of AI, they also recognize the many merits it offers — many of which remain to be seen. In […]