Home Recovery Care Plus Shows Value Of Hospital- And SNF-At-Home With Expanded Model

Since launching five years ago, a partnership among Contessa, Highmark Health and Allegheny Health Network (AHN) has expanded and started to prove out the value–to patients, clinicians and payers–of delivering more acute care in the home. Highmark, AHN and Contessa in 2020 announced a partnership to launch a home-based acute care model for Highmark health […]

Business Briefs: SimplyHome Receives $200,000 For New Tech Platform

SimplyHome Receives $200,000 Grant for New Platform SimplyHome, LLC, a player in the field of customized assistive technology, announced their receipt of a $200,000 specially adapted housing assist technology (SAHAT) grant from the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). The grant will be used to develop a new platform meant to simplify the user experience of voice commands […]

Insurer Cuts 8 Home Health Providers

Insurance company Highmark has shed eight Pennsylvania home health agencies from its commercial and Medicare Advantage networks for 2016, a move that reflects insurers’ push to partner with the best performing agencies. The agencies cut from Highmark’s network include Renaissance Home Care, Inc. in Mt. Lebanon, Pennsylvania; Visiting Nurse Association of Erie County; Titusville Area […]