These days, landing a large personal care services acquisition can often feel like finding a needle in a haystack. As a result, potential buyers may have to become increasingly more creative to grow their home care footprint, M&A experts say. The recent agreement between Amedisys Inc. (Nasdaq: AMED) and ClearCare Inc. — which allows Baton […]
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In an effort to expand its capabilities and open the door for future Medicare Advantage (MA) opportunities, Amedisys Inc. (Nasdaq: AMED) recently struck an agreement with ClearCare Inc. to create a network of personal care agencies. Already, that network is spreading like wildfire, with 308 agencies representing 32,000 caregivers in 39 states, Amedisys CEO and […]
Date: May 16Time: 1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. CTRegister Now The health care industry is undergoing transformative change as the entire ecosystem recognizes the impact of non-clinical factors on health outcomes, quality of life and overall cost. Functional limitations and social determinants related to health outcomes have an exponential effect on costs for complex chronic populations. […]
Date: May 16Time: 1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. CTRegister Now The health care industry is undergoing transformative change as the entire ecosystem recognizes the impact of non-clinical factors on health outcomes, quality of life and overall cost. Functional limitations and social determinants related to health outcomes have an exponential effect on costs for complex chronic […]
Date: May 16Time: 1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. CTRegister Now The health care industry is undergoing transformative change as the entire ecosystem recognizes the impact of non-clinical factors on health outcomes, quality of life and overall cost. Functional limitations and social determinants related to health outcomes have an exponential effect on costs for complex chronic populations. […]
The overall economic burden associated with diabetes, heart disease, dementia and other chronic medical conditions in the United States now adds up to more than $4.5 trillion, a new report has found. While already staggering, that economic burden is projected to double within the next three decades as well, propelled by the wave of aging […]
Online home care platform ClearCare announced Monday the launch of a new tool for helping home care agencies better handle client condition changes and track hospitalizations. San Francisco-based ClearCare currently provides caregiver scheduling, billing and other software solutions to more than 4,000 home care agencies in total, including several of the industry’s largest. Its latest […]
The health care industry is experiencing an increase in the severity and frequency of insurance claims — and the home-based care sector is no exception. Despite the threat of increased costs, agencies can drive down their premiums by adding automated systems and implementing periodic caregiver screenings. “Profit margins are generally not very padded [for home […]
Catch up on the latest in home health and home care by checking out our must-read news from across the web. Keep reading to see our top HHCN stories rom the last week. Medicare’s financial problems have reportedly gotten worse, and the program is now expected to be broke in eight years, or three years earlier […]
When the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced it was allowing non-skilled in-home supports to become a supplemental benefit in Medicare Advantage plans next year, it was evident new solutions would be needed to facilitate the addition. Now, technology providers and in-home care agencies are seeing opportunities to work together to make inroads […]