Keeping older adults out of the hospital and moving care into the home has been effective in cutting costs and improving overall health outcomes. One home health company has been able to lower its hospital readmission rates by utilizing remote patient monitoring software. The company is Paramus, New Jersey-based Valley Home Care, a home health […]
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
In an effort to shift more treatment of chronic kidney disease into the home and ensure patients have greater access to coordinated care, federal policymakers have proposed a series of new payment models for certain kidney-related conditions. Officials from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid […]
Despite previously reported findings, traditional Medicare may have a better track record of lowering hospital-readmission risk compared to the Medicare Advantage (MA) program. While the re-hospitalization difference appears to be small, it’s an important observation for home health providers, especially those that work closely with MA plans. New insights into re-hospitalization rates in Medicare and […]
When Landmark Health and Blue Shield of California teamed up a year ago on a joint home-based care program, the goal was to improve access to services for the insurer’s most vulnerable members. Since then, the collaboration has yielded more than 15,000 home visits for medical, behavioral and social support services, as well as urgent […]
The home health industry won a major victory in its battle to scrap widely opposed provisions of the Patient-Driven Groupings Model (PDGM) Wednesday, as a group of bipartisan House lawmakers introduced a new bill targeting the payment overhaul’s behavioral assumptions. Introduced by Reps. Terri Sewell (D-Ala.), Vern Buchanan (R-Fla.) and Ralph Abraham (R-La.) — along […]
Cornerstone Healthcare — the large in-home care provider organization under The Ensign Group Inc. (NYSE: ENSG) umbrella — is actively seeking opportunities to acquire both well-performing and struggling home health, hospice and home care operations across the United States. That’s according to Cornerstone President and CEO Daniel Walker, who hinted at future M&A moves following […]
This week, our readers were keen on how home health house calls can reduce hospital admissions and care costs. They also wanted to know why one health network is looking beyond hospital readmission rates to form its home health partnerships. Here in the newsroom, we took notice of InnovAge’s decision to transition from a non-profit […]