On Thursday, the American Journal of Infection Control released a troubling study on home infusion delivery. The study’s findings seem – at the surface – like bad news for care-at-home progress. But after speaking with one of the study’s co-authors, what I’ve found is an opportunity for home-based care providers. Some believe that home health […]
Organizations far and wide are leveraging their internal innovation and home-based care to reduce readmissions and other avoidable hospitalizations. Three of those organizations — all unique in their own way — were on hand at Home Health Care News’ FUTURE event to discuss what makes their companies innovative and what disruptions they are making in […]
The public health emergency (PHE) was once considered an oasis of sorts, both for home health agencies and health systems looking to deliver hospital-level care in the home. But after being active for two and a half years, the length of it – and the continued, but uncertain, prolonging of it – is causing problems […]
A bill that would extend the Acute Hospital Care at Home waiver has finally been introduced. Dubbed the “Hospital Inpatient Services Modernization Act,” the bill is sponsored by Sens. Tom Carper (D-Del.) and Tim Scott (R-S.C.), as well as Reps. Brad Wenstrup (R-Ohio) and Earl Blumenauer (D-Ore.). The bill would extend the waivers that have […]
The hospital-at-home enabler Medically Home announced Monday that it was on the receiving end of another strategic investment, this one totaling $110 million. The Mayo Clinic and Kaiser Permanente made a $100 million investment into Medically Home in May of 2021. Before that, the company had raised $64 million. The most recent investment was led […]
With all eyes focused on the home, it’s no exaggeration to say there were dozens of blockbuster in-home care acquisitions last year. But while all transactions directly impact the buyers and sellers, only a handful help shape the trajectory of an entire market. As I started to think about my own home health and home […]
“Resistance to change is proportional to how much the future might be altered by any given act.” The quote, a line from American horror author Stephen King, perfectly describes the situation in which hospital-at-home programs find themselves. As of Nov. 11, 83 health systems and 187 hospitals in 34 states were participating in the Acute […]
Kaiser Permanente is one of the largest health systems and health plans in the entire U.S. And while home-based care has always been a part of the system’s integrated model, it now has its own division, “Care at Home,” underneath the massive brand’s umbrella. Angel Vargas has been enlisted to lead the budding enterprise in […]
Some of the most premier health care organizations in the U.S. are coming together to form the “Advanced Care at Home Coalition.” The newly formed entity will vie for legislation that will allow more patients to receive hospital-level care in their homes moving forward. Many of the provisions that have allowed health systems and home-based […]
The Future Leaders Awards program is brought to you in partnership with PointClickCare. The program is designed to recognize up-and-coming industry members who are shaping the next decade of senior housing, skilled nursing, home health and hospice care. To see this year’s future leaders, visit https://futureleaders.agingmedia.com/. Linda Chow, senior consultant of outsourced agency management at […]
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