No shockers here: The Patient-Driven Groupings Model (PDGM) was the big story in 2019. The most widely read Home Health Care News story from the past year was a PDGM-focused conversation between the leaders of Amedisys Inc. (Nasdaq: AMED), LHC Group Inc. (Nasdaq: LHCG) and Encompass Health’s (NYSE: EHC) home health division. Now just days […]
So far, health plans have been relatively tight-lipped about their strategies for offering in-home services and supports to members under expanded Medicare Advantage (MA) policies. They now appear to be finding their voice. On Wednesday, Aetna Medicare publicly announced for the first time it has teamed up with CareLinx and its nationwide network of more […]
When the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced it would allow Medicare Advantage (MA) plans to cover certain non-medical home care services in 2019, interest was tepid, with only 3% of plans actually covering those benefits. So it is no surprise that a subsequent expansion for 2020 brought questions about just how much […]
Home care providers slow to chase Medicare Advantage business opportunities may now be motivated to speed up their pursuits. Last week, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced it was broadening the range of supplemental benefits Medicare Advantage (MA) plans can offer in 2020. Starting next year, health care policymakers will allow MA […]
CareLinx is making moves to further appeal to potential payer partners by beefing up its ability to address social determinants of health and reduce hospital readmissions for at-risk patients. Burlingame, California-based CareLinx announced Thursday it has acquired the Optimal Aging platform from Providence St. Joseph Health (PSJH), one of the country’s largest health systems and […]
A large proportion of home health workers in the U.S. are immigrants, according to a new study compiled with census data. But stricter immigration policies proposed by the Trump administration could reduce the number of foreign-born health care workers and further fuel the nationwide caregiver shortage, some experts say. More than 23% of home health, […]
Flexing its scale and technology knowhow, nationwide online home care network CareLinx has launched a new, turnkey offering for Medicare Advantage (MA) plans looking to incorporate non-skilled home care as a supplemental benefit. Announced Wednesday, Medicare At Home will allow MA plans to partner with CareLinx in a Medicare-compliant fashion so they can offer home […]
National online home care service platform CareLinx and care management powerhouse Lacuna Health are teaming up in a new model that their top executives see as a boon for both businesses. CareLinx, which AARP recently named as a preferred provider for in-home care, connects seniors across the U.S. to its network of technology-enabled and thoroughly […]
CareLinx has landed a new AARP partnership with “massive” business upside, according to Sherwin Sheik, the online home care network’s CEO. Founded in 2011, San Francisco-based CareLinx connects individuals across the country in need of home care services to its pool of more than 300,000 vetted, licensed and technology-enabled caregivers. The company — purchased in […]
Home care providers are already under pressure to offer educational opportunities to their workers, as a means of boosting recruitment and retention in an industry plagued by labor shortages and high turnover. Changes in the insurance landscape and shifting workforce demographics could ratchet up that pressure to new levels of intensity in the coming years. […]
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