As more advanced care moves into the home setting, traditional home-based care providers can ensure they aren’t left behind by forming innovative partnerships. The collaboration between BrightStar Care and Medically Home is one example of this. “More care is moving into the home, and higher acuity care is moving into the home,” Shelly Sun Berkowitz, […]
Dr. Pippa Shulman, the chief medical officer at Medically Home, believes the home will eventually become the lynchpin of the U.S. health care system. “What you’re going to see is a full shift to the idea of hospitals, as a place where you seek ICU care, surgical care and emergency care for trauma, but that […]
Medically Home’s board of directors has appointed a new president and CEO. Graham Barnes will take the helm of the company, effective immediately. “[Graham Barnes’] track record of growing and nurturing health care companies gives us deep confidence in his ability to elevate Medically Home and build on the strong market position that has been […]
Hospital-at-home care has a chance to become a mainstay in the larger home-based care ecosystem. As its stakeholders aim to get it there, there are a few factors that need to be considered. Firstly, without payment, there is no hospital-at-home model. Early pioneers of the model in the U.S. know that all too well. But […]
BrightStar Care has built a reputation as one of the home care industry’s innovators. Past examples of the home care franchise company’s pioneering spirit include its investment in small-home senior living residences and its educational partnership with Chamberlain University. On Tuesday, the Gurnee, Illinois-based BrightStar announced its latest innovation effort, which will include an expansion […]
The hospital-at-home movement continues to gain steam. Boston Medical Center (BMC) on Wednesday announced the launch of its new hospital-at-home program. The initiative is aimed at providing high-quality medical care to patients in the comfort of their own homes. “BMC Hospital at Home is anchored in BMC’s commitment to deliver transformative models of care that […]
The largest hospital-at-home players are again pleading with lawmakers in Washington, D.C., to extend the Acute Hospital Care at Home waiver. The waiver – which is largely responsible for hospital at home’s considerable growth over the last three or so years – is set to expire on Dec. 31. In a letter to the Senate […]
Empirical evidence suggests that hospital-at-home care is safe and effective. Anecdotal evidence suggests that the model is still not nearly as widespread as it should be, however, with patients regularly asking their health care providers about the option. “Not a week goes by now where we don’t hear a story of a patient or a […]
About 15 years ago, Scott Powder — the president of Advocate Health Enterprises — was excited about a new idea. It was 2008 and the project was dubbed “Clinically Home”. The mission was to scale a hospital-at-home program pioneered by Johns Hopkins University. Advocate Aurora Health, Amedisys Inc. (Nasdaq: AMED) and Raphael Rakowski – now […]
One of the most intriguing story lines in home-based care over the next year will be whether home health providers can successfully make themselves an integral part of hospital-at-home care in the U.S. When hospital at home first began to increase in prevalence in 2020 due to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ (CMS) […]
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