After another poor proposed payment rule from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), home health leaders are trying to focus on the positive parts of the business they’ve chosen to be be a part of. Virtually none of those leaders believe anything positive is coming from the proposed payment rule itself, or from […]
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In early May, Humana Inc. (NYSE: HUM) entered into an agreement with AdaptHealth Corp. (Nasdaq: AHCO), a home medical equipment (HME) provider. AdaptHealth will become the “capitated provider of durable HME and supplies” for at least one million Humana Medicare Advantage (MA) members in 33 states and the District of Columbia. The partnership is a […]
Humana Inc. (NYSE: HUM) has cemented its position as a home-based care powerhouse. The company has largely accomplished this through buying and building CenterWell Home Health, along with a number of other efforts in the home, including strategic partnerships. Now, Humana is focused on accelerating value-based care and integrating all of its services that fall […]
Coming off an unfavorable final rule for Medicare Advantage (MA) plans, Humana Inc. (NYSE: HUM) is still riding high. The company’s leaders explained the strategy behind recent success in MA, and future success in home health care, on an earnings call Wednesday. During the call, Humana CEO Bruce Broussard applauded the Centers for Medicare & […]
CenterWell Home Health – a subsidiary of Humana Inc. (NYSE: HUM) – has agreed to acquire Trilogy Home Health. Based in West Palm Beach, Trilogy has 11 locations across the state of Florida. The company provides home health care, personal care and care coordination services. Trilogy’s employees were notified about the deal on Monday, a […]
Top home-based care leaders from across the country gathered at the end of March in Washington, D.C. We got to hear from many of them at Home Health Care News’ Capital + Strategy event last Thursday. While they are advocating for a better regulatory environment – whether in personal home care or home health care […]
Humana Inc. (NYSE: HUM) released its annual “Impact Report” Wednesday, highlighting how it believes it’s making health care “more equitable and accessible for each person.” Its current and future home-based care initiatives were highlighted throughout, lending further insight into the breadth of the company’s resources and goals. “Expanding access to healthcare: Humana integrated CenterWell home […]
In less than two weeks, there may be far fewer eligible Medicaid beneficiaries. Medicaid membership ballooned during the pandemic. Millions of people were suddenly eligible for public health care when companies went through layoffs and when unemployment spiked. Over the past three years, states were told not to disenroll people who didn’t specifically request it. […]
Gentiva – the company comprised of the hospice and personal home care assets of what was formerly Kindred at Home – has agreed to acquire ProMedica’s Heartland home health and hospice assets for $710 million. Led by the former CEO of Kindred, David Causby, Gentiva is backed by both Humana Inc. (NYSE: HUM) and the […]
After the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released a final rule that poses sizable risk to its Medicare Advantage business, Humana Inc. (NYSE: HUM) leaders insisted panic was not necessary. “The rule did not provide the details needed to fully understand the potential impact of the future audits,” Humana CEO Bruce Broussard said […]