‘This Has Been Haunting Us’: How Sloppy Cost Reporting Leads To Home Health Payment Cuts

It’s easy for home health agencies to point the finger at the U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) for slashing reimbursement rates. However, some argue that agencies also should take a close look in the mirror, with a point of reflection being around cost reporting. “These cuts that we’re getting — and the […]

How Home-Based Care Providers Are Planning To Get Involved With The GUIDE Model

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) first announced the Guiding an Improved Dementia Experience (GUIDE) Model in late July. Home-based care providers have now had time to think about the opportunity the model may bring with it. The goal of the model is to “support people living with dementia and their unpaid caregivers.” […]

Home Health Giant Enhabit Launches Strategic Review, Could Result In Sale Or Merger

Enhabit Inc. (NYSE: EHAB) has officially launched a review of strategic alternatives, it announced late Wednesday. That review could ultimately lead to a sale, merger or “other strategic transaction.” The company first announced its intent to launch a strategic reviews process on Aug. 10. Now, that process has been initiated. “Enhabit is a leader in […]

Controlling The Controllables: Home Health Giants Improving MA Contracts, Staffing Amid Rate Cuts

The odds are stacked against home health providers. Even while more care is heading to the home, providers have three fundamental problems. The first is that there is an insufficient workforce to meet demand. The second and third are both rate-related. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is actively reducing home health reimbursement […]

Enhabit Leaders Dive Deeper Into Strategic Review Process, Fee-For-Service ‘Erosion’

On Wednesday — ahead of its earnings call with investors and stakeholders — Enhabit Inc. (NYSE: EHAB) announced plans to launch a strategic review process. Specifically, the company is looking to take steps to satisfy the conditions of its Tax Matters Agreement with Encompass Health Corp. (NYSE: EHC). Enhabit CEO Barb Jacobsmeyer shed more light […]

Enhabit Announces Intent to Launch Strategic Alternatives Process

Enhabit Inc. (NYSE: EHAB), one of the largest freestanding home health and hospice companies in the market, intends to launch a strategic review process that could ultimately end in another industry-shaping transaction. The Dallas-based Enhabit announced Wednesday in its second-quarter earnings results that it is getting ready to explore all options for the future of […]