Care delivery is a mission-driven business, but it is also just that: a business. If the underlying business struggles, care delivery does too. That’s what makes Visiting Nurse Health System’s partnership with HCHB so important. After bringing on HCHB’s Revenue Cycle and Authorization Services, VNHS — an Atlanta-based non-profit provider of home-based care services — […]
Artificial intelligence is likely to be a society- and business-altering technological development. But, just like the advent of the internet before it, AI’s emergence will undoubtedly lead to as many empty promises from business leaders as it does actual use cases. That’ll particularly be the case in the early innings of AI, which I believe […]
Home-based care providers have faced many headwinds over the past few years. They’ll continue to do so in 2024. But uncertainty has also plagued providers, and there may be less of that this year. Providers know the threat of fee-for-service Medicare cuts. They know Medicare Advantage (MA) penetration is an unstoppable force. They know staffing […]
Regulatory headwinds and other industry challenges haven’t stopped Visiting Nurse Health System from beefing up its toolbox and sharpening existing tools. The Atlanta-based Visiting Nurse Health System provides a variety of home-based care services to over 7,000 patients across Atlanta. In order to push the organization forward, there has been a focus on leveraging partnerships […]
The end of the year tends to light a fire under those looking to bring their organization’s goals to fruition. Thus is the case for some of home health’s top leaders during the last three months of the year. In the remaining months of 2022, leaders across home health care are focusing on addressing the […]
Medicare-reimbursement cuts to home health agencies in 2023 threaten to destabilize the workforce, namely through handcuffing operators by limiting their ability to offer competitive compensation. The 2023 home health proposed payment rule from the U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) seeks to cut agency payments by an aggregate 4.2%, or $810 million, next […]
In mid-May, I stumbled upon a story. I had been talking to providers for other assignments when I heard a few of them mention off hand that the staffing situation for their companies had gotten better. Some had reasons why they believed that was turning, while others didn’t offer anything but gratitude that it was. […]
The staffing situation has been dire in home-based care for a long time, but there could finally be tailwinds slowly gaining momentum at providers’ backs. There is an increasing amount of evidence suggesting that the home health and home care labor markets could get a boost from two somewhat unexpected types of workers: sidelined ones […]
Certificate of Need (CON) laws for home health agencies vary by state. In some states, there are no restrictions. In others, there are strict restrictions on how many home health and hospice providers are allowed to operate. There are also ones with CON laws in hospice, and not in home health – or vice versa. […]
The Choose Home Care Act of 2021 was introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives early Friday morning. The legislation was previously introduced in the Senate at the end of July. If enacted, the landmark Choose Home legislation would create an add-on payment to the traditional Medicare Home Health Benefit, allowing providers to mix in […]
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