Changing industry dynamics might be slowing home health care’s labor arbitrage. Prior to 2020, a major workforce priority for several home health providers was making sure their clinicians were “operating at the top of their license.” Generally, the belief was that operators could stretch staffing capacity and reduce visit costs by shifting certain duties from […]
As predicted by many at the onset of the pandemic, home health providers gained a larger share of post-acute referrals in recent years than they did prior to COVID-19. At the same time, data shows that patients coming to post-acute care are sicker and have more complicated care needs than before, all while staffing shortages […]
For home-based providers, maximizing the seamlessness of a post-hospital care transition is paramount. As hospitals are sending more patients than ever to the home, the ones that can take the patient with the most ease are more likely to win out. RML Specialty Hospital — a long-term acute care hospital that offers critical care — […]
Face-to-face encounter documentation remains a pain point for home health providers. It makes sense why, too. The rules and regulations around it are often inconsistent, but there are also ways for providers to fight back against claim denials. Face-to-face documentation is already one of the top reasons for those claim denials in Medicare and Medicaid, […]
Patients being discharged from hospitals and into the post-acute space, including to home health providers, tend to be higher acuity and more complex than in the past. The findings are part of a new report from CarePort, a WellSky company. The report examines data from over 1,000 hospitals and 130,000 post-acute care providers and focuses […]
This article is brought to you by WellSky. The article is based on a panel discussion that took place during the Home Health Care News Capital and Strategy event with Steve Morgan, Chief Operating Officer at WellSky, Kris Novak, Vice President, Mergers & Acquisitions at Amedisys Inc., Bruce Vanderlaan, Managing Director at Mertz Taggart, and […]
Traditions Health announces Serenity Health Management acquisition Traditions Health continues to be acquisitive. The College Station, Texas-based home health and hospice agency announced the acquisition of Serenity Health Management last week, moving it into Kansas for the first time from a home health perspective. Serenity is also a provider of both home health and hospice […]
Home health providers continue to struggle with capacity challenges, as an increasing number of them are forced to turn away referrals from the acute care setting. Home health “rejection rates,” or providers’ tendency to “say no” to new patients recently discharged from the hospital, has become a key data point for the industry since early […]
This article is brought to you by WellSky. The article is based on an interview that took place during a live Q&A session with Andy Eilert, President of Emerging Markets at WellSky, who interviewed Kunu Kaushal, Founder and CEO of Senior Solutions Home Care and the Founder and Advocate of the Independent Home Care Alliance, […]
This article is sponsored by WellSky. In this Voices interview, Home Health Care News sits down with Wes Little, Chief Analytics Officer and General Manager, for WellSky. Wes describes his new role and how the development of WellSky is impacting data analytics and the future of home-based care. Home Health Care News: You’ve recently taken […]
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