Staffing is the greatest pain point in the industry today and will continue to pose challenges through the remainder of 2022 and beyond. As home-based care organizations grapple with fewer staff and rising demands, many are turning to technology to help ease the burden. To better understand the drivers, trends and opportunities around the staffing […]
With more eyes than ever on home-based care, there are a number of legislative and regulatory developments that will be critical for providers to stay on top of. For providers like Help at Home, which is working in the Medicaid space along with private pay, the short-term gains have been apparent. “If you took what’s […]
As workforce shortages remain a challenge for home-based care providers, industry stakeholders are finding that combating the issue in a myriad of ways is the best route. “We consider [workforce] the No. 1 priority in home care and hospice,” Bill Dombi, president of the National Association for Home Care & Hospice (NAHC), said during a […]
InnovAge names new president and CEO Longtime InnovAge (Nasdaq: INNV) CEO Maureen Hewitt has stepped down from the role. Patrick Blair, formerly of Bayada Home Health Care, has been named president and CEO by InnovAge’s board of directors. The appointment comes after reports that Colorado’s Department of Health Care Policy and Financing and the U.S. […]
The COVID-19 pandemic continued to dominate headlines in 2021, despite the collective desire for it to be gone by this past summer. But it didn’t stop massive dealmaking, which made M&A just as big of a story in home-based care as the virus. Thus, those two topics took up a lot of Home Health Care […]
The Future Leaders Awards program is brought to you in partnership with PointClickCare. The program is designed to recognize up-and-coming industry members who are shaping the next decade of senior housing, skilled nursing, home health and hospice care. To see this year’s future leaders, visit https://futureleaders.agingmedia.com/. Adrian Killebrew, vice president of business development at Axxess, […]
Home-based care providers appear to have reached a dangerous growth plateau. Unfortunately, I expect that it’s going to be a difficult one to overcome. After several years of steady growth, demand for in-home care has exploded during the COVID-19 pandemic, with non-medical home care operators and skilled home health providers both so busy they’ve had […]
A year and a half into the Patient-Driven Grouping Model (PDGM), home health agencies’ feelings on the overhaul still vary. And even if PDGM hasn’t been the “boogeyman” that was expected, it still needs tinkering from the U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), some insiders believe. “I think the data clearly shows that […]
Current Health joins Moving Health Home Boston-based Current Health, a company that offers a remote care management platform to help health care providers conduct home-based care, has joined the Moving Health Home (MHH) coalition. MHH was created in March to influence lawmakers and advocate for legislation favorable to all sorts of home-based care. Its member […]
It’s been 48 days since the start of “no-pay RAPs” in home health care. During this time, providers have had to navigate a sea of challenges and unexpected speed bumps while adjusting to the new process. The U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) kicked off no-pay RAPs on Jan. 1 of this year. […]
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