In home-based care, persistent headwinds are forcing leaders to employ new strategies. Those strategies include searching for new partnerships to drive efficiency; looking outside the industry for inspiration; and taking on more value-based and risk-based opportunities. The headwind with the most persistence is staffing woes. At CenterWell Home Health, forming relationships with universities has been […]
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On Thursday, the American Journal of Infection Control released a troubling study on home infusion delivery. The study’s findings seem – at the surface – like bad news for care-at-home progress. But after speaking with one of the study’s co-authors, what I’ve found is an opportunity for home-based care providers. Some believe that home health […]
While the home health sector deals with rate cuts, the home care industry is fighting its own monetary battle: the rising cost of services. That’s just one dynamic that could change the way home care agencies do business in the new year. At the same time, providers are also investing in what they believe to […]
Home health and home care operators grappled with numerous challenges in 2022 that impacted their businesses, from COVID-19 cases spiking due to the Omicron variant in the first quarter to labor pressures persisting throughout the year. For many providers, those headwinds turned their attention to maintaining growth, fine-tuning existing operations and avoiding loss, with service-line […]
The quotes that cracked this Home Health Care News list were not only memorable, frank and informative, but they also paint a complete picture of the home-based care landscape in 2022. The words from the industry leaders highlighted here weigh in on everything from tensions with Medicare Advantage (MA) plans to staffing shortages kneecapping industry […]
For someone who covers both the home health and home care sectors, 2023 was a very interesting year. Much of my time and energy was spent on covering potential home health payment cuts after the U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ (CMS) release of the proposed payment rule. Even after the final rule was […]
Whether to engage with Medicare Advantage (MA) plans or not is one of my favorite topics of discussion in home care right now. And that’s for a simple reason: Not everyone agrees on the answer. The MA debate is one we’ve been discussing on Home Health Care News for a long time now. In fact, […]
The Pennant Group acquires the assets of Kenosha Visiting Nurse Association The Pennant Group Inc. (Nasdaq: PNTG) has purchased the assets of Kenosha Visiting Nurse Association Inc., a provider of home health, private-duty home care and community health services in Kenosha, Wisconsin. “We are pleased to expand our home health operations deeper into southern Wisconsin,” […]
The personal home care industry in the U.S. has generated both respect and notoriety over the last few years. With that, owners and operators are voicing a larger range of differing opinions than ever about what’s next for the industry. This creates an intriguing issue in home care, where some of the industry’s largest providers […]
A number of home-based care providers – and businesses in the aging services sector at large – are among some of the nation’s fastest-growing companies. In fact, these companies recently grabbed a spot on Inc. 5000’s annual ranking. Companies such as connectRN, Entrusted Pediatric Home Care, BarbaraKares In-Home Care Services, Connect Pediatrics and Electronic Caregiver […]
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