Trella Health, a post-acute care data analytics company, announced Tuesday that it has acquired PlayMaker Health. “[The home-based care industry] has been asking for this,” J. Scott Tapp, president and CEO of Trella, told Home Health Care News. “Instead of having multiple vendors, they wanted a single [organization] that they could turn to.” Atlanta-based Trella […]
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This article is an excerpt from a newly released white paper from Home Health Care News and PlayMaker Health. A link to download the paper is at the end of this article. The COVID-19 pandemic resulted in a lot of unknowns for care services providers in 2021, especially for sales teams in home-based care that […]
This article is sponsored by PlayMaker. In this Voices interview, Home Health Care News sits down with PlayMaker Health Chief Revenue Officer Holly Miller to learn how the sales and marketing landscape has changed as a result of the pandemic. She also explains how home health marketers and liaisons can leverage data and technology platforms […]
Home health admissions saw a slight decline in volume during the fourth quarter of 2019. Meanwhile, referral trends appear to be holding steady. That’s according to recent data from PlayMaker Health, a post-acute growth platform that serves hundreds of organizations across the country. Specifically, Q4 saw a 2.45% decline in home health admissions, nationally. The […]
This article is sponsored by PlayMaker Health. In this interview, Home Health Care News sits down with PlayMaker Chief Executive Officer Gregg Boyle to learn about his career journey through health care technology, the most critical data points home health agencies need today, and how the specific challenges of the Patient-Driven Groupings Model (PDGM) and […]
During and after the COVID-19 public health emergency, U.S. home health providers will likely have to navigate sudden changes to both their patient volumes and admission sources. When it comes to the latter, any drastic shifts in referrals and admissions could throw a huge wrench into the planning that went into Patient-Driven Groupings Model (PDGM) […]
From the monumental Patient-Driven Groupings Model (PDGM) and the unexpected pre-payment phaseout to the expanding Review Choice Demonstration (RCD), 2019 was a whirlwind year for the home health industry. Those three regulatory hurdles — and other changes — likely set up an even more chaotic year in 2020. Home health industry insiders and top executives […]
Referral partnerships have always been important for in-home care providers, but under the Patient-Driven Groupings Model (PDGM) they are becoming more critical than ever. Because home health payments will reward quality of care based on specific patient characteristics, having the right referral conversations can make or break a provider’s business model. Data is a major […]
Referral partnerships have always been important for in-home care providers, but under the Patient-Driven Groupings Model (PDGM) they are becoming more critical than ever. Because home health payments will reward quality of care based on specific patient characteristics, having the right referral conversations can make or break a provider’s business model. Data is a major […]
With the implementation of the Patient-Driven Groupings Model (PDGM) less than four months away, agencies continue to prepare for the biggest reimbursement change the industry has seen in about 20 years. Technology and data providers are rolling out tools to help agencies rise to the challenge. Most recently, WellSky launched a new data analytics solution […]