Home-Based Care Providers Go Beyond Chasing Contracts To Build Value-Based Care Arrangements

Last week, Sue Chapman Moss, Kunu Kaushal and Bill Gammie were featured on the latest episode of HHCN+ TALKS, Home Health Care News’ live interview series for HHCN+ subscribers. Throughout the episode, these leaders — representing Bayada Home Health Care, Senior Solutions and Kaiser Permanente — told me all about the various ways their organizations […]

‘Patients Can’t Afford To Wait’: 7 Home-Based Care Leaders On Government Shutdown

Following the federal government shutdown last week, gridlock in Washington, D.C. continues to complicate care delivery for the home-based care industry. With this top of mind, home-based care providers are sounding off about the government shutdown’s implications for the industry. The loss of telehealth flexibilities has received significant attention from home-based care leaders, but they […]

Behind The Scenes Of Bayada, BrightStar’s CEO Transitions

As CEOs often set the tone for an entire organization, it’s paramount for home-based care companies to have a rigorous and airtight selection process for installing a new leader to take the helm. BrightStar Care and Bayada Home Health Care are two companies that understand the importance of succession planning. The latter recently revealed that […]

How Bayada, VNS Health Are Using Research To Accelerate Their Business

Two top home health companies, VNS Health and Bayada Home Health Care, have set their organizations apart by investing in research. Research divisions are still uncommon across the home-based care industry. However, organizations that have research capabilities in place have been able to improve patient outcomes, cultivate data that proves valuable in payer negotiations and […]

Regulations And Budget Cuts Threaten In-Home Behavioral Health

Offering behavioral health services in patients’ homes can make services more effective and patients more comfortable, but an already complex regulatory and reimbursement landscape for these services is set to get even more challenging. With major Medicaid cuts under consideration in the Senate, states are increasingly likely to slash funding for home- and community-based services […]

Bayada Secured Key Reimbursement Rate Increases In 2024, Ahead Of 2025 Layoffs

Despite ongoing pressures from a challenging regulatory landscape, Bayada Home Health Care is seeing progress in securing state-by-state rate increases through its sustained advocacy efforts. Earlier this month, Bayada laid off 10% of its headquarters-based team members, citing problems with reimbursement. Even so, the company reported significant rate increases across multiple states in 2024 in […]

Bayada Layoffs Are Bad Omen For Home Health Providers

Last week got off to a rough start for one of the biggest home-based care providers in the country. Bayada Home Health Care announced layoffs among 10% of its headquarters staff — this translates to about 100 jobs, focused on its operational and administrative support team. When a company as large as Bayada enacts layoffs, […]