As federal payors continue to push the national health system toward value-based purchasing with financial incentives for coordinated care, major hospital systems are partnering up with businesses that can improve patient outcomes after a discharge. Locus Health is one of those companies that provides coordinated care with remote patient care management technology. The Virginia-based company […]
Last year saw home care startups snag major funding rounds, winning over investors with plans to use technology to match caregivers with clients and bring more data collection and analysis to the sector. Now, these startups are evolving into more complex, differentiated companies. The latest moves come from HomeHero, which on Tuesday announced it is […]
When the numbers came in last summer, they did not look good for New Jersey: 97% of the Garden State’s hospitals would see their Medicare payments reduced because of how many patients had been readmitted. That was the highest percentage of any state in the country. Given that stat, it’s no wonder that a private […]
People who use home health care in New Jersey following their hospital stays are less likely to be readmitted, saving the state’s health care system millions of dollars, according to a new study released by the Home Care and Hospice Association of New Jersey. In fact, patients who receive in-home services are 30% less likely […]
This week, Home Health Care News readers were curious to learn how providers can reduce COPD hospital readmissions and what agencies are doing in response to the U.S. Department of Labor overtime rule. Readers also tuned in to see why an insurance company cut eight home health providers from its commercial and Medicare Advantage networks for […]
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 […]
Reducing medical expenditures and lowering hospital readmission rates are only part of the equation when it comes to one health network’s all-encompassing home care initiative. More than anything, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania-based Allegheny Health Network (AHN) is focused on maintaining control over the quality of care and services delivered once patients leave the hospital, made possible through […]
Rehospitalization rates among Medicare patients from a home health setting are on the decline, and with an increased emphasis on coordination of care, the positive trend should continue, according to data recently updated by the Alliance for Home Health Quality and Innovation, a national non-profit consortium of home health care providers and organizations. The Home […]
Three big names in health care technology are furthering their reach into home care by offering new products to capture, share, and analyze patient data from wearable devices and sensors. The offerings—one from Cerner Corp. (NASDAQ: CERN) and Qualcomm Life, Inc., (NASDAQ: QCOM) and the other from Royal Philips (NYSE: PHG; AEX: PHIA)—are meant to […]
Home health leaders are voicing support for the recent introduction of bipartisan Medicare reform legislation that could put home health providers more in the drivers’ seat for coordinating post-acute care yet also increase the financial risks associated with hospital readmissions. The Bundling and Coordinating Post-Acute Care (BACPAC) Act is meant to support the coordinated delivery of clinically advanced […]
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