E-commerce giant Amazon is launching a new section in the United States, Home Services, where customers can shop for professional help, the company announced Monday. Services include house cleaning and other household chores, and may present competition for some private-duty home care agencies that provide those services for clients. At launch, the Amazon Home Services store […]
Providers have a golden opportunity to boost their bottom lines thanks to the rising demand for private duty home care, but they need to be creative about their service offerings and pursue various payment streams to find success. “There should be no reason you can’t make a profit in a private duty agency,” said Joshua […]
It’s no secret that many home health agencies are turning to the latest technology and software to improve patient outcomes and reduce hospital readmissions, but other strategies require getting back to the basics of connecting with patients. “Hospital readmissions are a driving factor in escalated health care costs,” said Rosann Prosser, director of clinical operations […]
As hospitals begin to feel some impact from readmission penalties, partnerships with home health agencies are being embraced with unprecedented enthusiasm, said leaders of home health, hospice and comprehensive post-acute health care services provider LHC Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: LHCG), during a conference call Thursday. Hospitals’ attention to partnerships with home health agencies is shifting in a “big […]
The Obama Administration’s FY 2014 budget released earlier this week included several proposals that put essential home health services at risk, according to industry professionals. The budget included a co-payment for home health services of $100 per home health episode. This would apply to episodes with five or more visits not preceded by a hospital […]
Home health and hospice providers can now receive insight into their competition with the releases of PlayMaker CRM’s TargetWatch this week. One of the leading customer relationship management IT solutions in home health and hospice markets, PlayMaker CRM’s new technology allows providers to examine their competitive landscape by analyzing home health and hospice market share […]
The owners of a Virginia home health care agency were sentenced last week to 121 months in prison for their roles in a health care fraud scheme. From January 2008 through June 2011, Irvine Johnston King, 46, and Aisha Rashidatu King, 40, of Woodridge, submitted more than $2.1 million in false claims to Virginia Medicaid and Anthem […]
The upcoming sequestration, which cuts Medicare reimbursements to health care providers by 2%, could be the straw that breaks home health care agencies’ backs in an industry that has been experiencing rate cuts for years. The impact of sequestration is expected to be particularly acute in the healthcare industry, according to public accounting and consulting […]
A recently proposed bill will grant health care providers in Washington state legal immunity to honor the last wishes of elderly patients. If approved by the full legislature, the “do not resuscitate” bill will close a loophole for senior care providers, according to the Seattle Times. In states like Washington, facilities that care for seniors—such […]
Pennsylvania’s governor is pushing to privatize the state’s lottery management through a contract he says will provide additional money to expand and fund at-home care for seniors, reports the Post-Gazette. Gaining an estimated $50 million of additional revenue would be timely, as demand for home services grows. The state’s senior population—one of the highest in […]
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