Top Home Health Trends For 2025

The year ahead will be a fascinating one in home health care. As 2025 dawns, the industry faces many uncertainties, and the next 12 months will be pivotal in shaping the future. Regulatory decisions will have an outsized impact on home health providers in the near-term, and their effects could stretch well into the future. […]

The Top 10 Home Health Care News Stories Of 2024

Major deals hit snags. Home health cuts continued. Regulatory noise came in from all sides, in Medicare and in Medicaid. All of those realities made their way into Home Health Care News’ most popular stories for the year. In order to summarize the 2024 that providers had, HHCN is revisiting 10 of its most widely […]

As Home Health Providers Dive Into AI, Study Examines Its Effect On Reducing Documentation Time

Artificial intelligence-powered documentation does not enhance clinician efficiency but may improve their work-life balance, according to a study published in the New England Journal of Medicine. Researchers at Atrium Health in Charlotte, North Carolina, and the Wake Forest University School of Medicine conducted a study in mid-2023 comparing 112 primary care clinicians who used Nuance’s […]

Pinnacle Home Care CEO: Home Health Margins Will Increase ‘Significantly’ With AI

If you don’t like change, you’re going to hate extinction. That’s a phrase that should be hung up on home health providers’ walls across the country, according to Pinnacle Home Care CEO Shane Donaldson. There’s traditional Medicare rate cuts, Medicare Advantage (MA) penetration, staffing shortages and regulatory challenges in the home health market. But Donaldson […]

Why Home Health Providers Want Employees Working At Top Of License 

As home health organizations fight for a margin in tough labor and payment environments, they are increasingly seeking ways to help employees practice at the top of their licenses. By applying top-of-license assignments in organizations, less complex work is handed off to the level below. This allows organizations to see more patients, bill for more […]

‘Opportunity Is Still Out There’: AI, Regional Payers And The Other Factors Exciting Home Health Leaders

Top home health leaders maintain that they’re operating in a space filled with “tons of opportunity.” Payment uncertainty and other contemporary operating dynamics can muddy the waters, but there’s a way through those challenges, those leaders believe. “I’m going to sound delusional,” Pinnacle Home Care CEO Shane Donaldson told me on stage last week at […]

Transactions: HCS-Girling’s Deal With Pinnacle Home Care; BrightSpring Health To Acquire Haven

HCS-Girling Backs Pinnacle Home Care HCS-Girling and Pinnacle Home Care announced earlier this month that the two companies have a definitive agreement to enter into a strategic partnership. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.  The New York-based HCS-Girling provides home health and home care services, and Pinnacle Home Care is one of the […]

Home-Based Care Providers Continue To Find New Use Cases For AI

More home-based care providers have become curious about the benefits of artificial intelligence (AI), especially when it comes to its potential around easing clinician and caregiver workload and improving patient outcomes. Companies like Homewatch CareGivers and Pinnacle Home Care moved past the curiosity stage, and have implemented AI tools into their operations and clinical processes. […]