Home Health Care

APRIL 5, 2022

When Walgreens Boots Alliance (Nasdaq: WBA) invested $1 billion into VillageMD , it was largely viewed as a way for Walgreens to enhance its primary care approach, especially in underserved communities. And then we also made an investment in CareCentrix that really focuses the post-acute care episode of a patient’s journey.”.

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Primary Care Doctors Home Care Nursing 109

Home Health Care

DECEMBER 15, 2022

One of the largest Medicaid health plans in the country is teaming up with one of the most successful home-based care startups to serve around 40,000 members in Texas. On Thursday, the Texas-based Superior HealthPlan announced a home health partnership with MedArrive. But that’s certainly just the starting point.

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HIT Consultant

AUGUST 5, 2022

Policymakers are recognizing the need for payers to increase coverage and reimbursement for integrated behavioral health services, which entails primary care and behavioral health collaboration, to achieve better clinical and cost outcomes along with a healthier workforce.

Life Sciences 98

Life Sciences Telemedicine Healthcare Biotechnology 98

Home Health Care

APRIL 15, 2024

Last week, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Innovation Center announced a new proposed model that will undoubtedly affect home health providers, and also allow them the opportunity to get more involved in value-based care initiatives. TEAM would be yet another model furthering that goal, if enacted.

Accountability 66

Accountability Medicare Home Care Quality of Care 66

GoMoHealth

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

GoMo Health CEO and Chief Behavioral Technologist Bob Gold was featured in the Invest NJ 2022 North & Central Jersey report discussing the future of healthcare and the shift to at-home care models. Demand for At-Home Care Accelerated Due to COVID-19 Pandemic.

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Healthcare Home Care Remote Care Primary Care 81

Home Health Care

JANUARY 4, 2023

As in-home care providers look to use a more integrated approach to care, it’s critical to some that mental and behavioral health is part of the equation. Despite the added costs that come with offering those services, the need to care for patients with those ailments is undeniable. Lastly, we see the outcomes.

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Primary Care Nursing Medicare Integration 89

Home Health Care

JANUARY 3, 2024

trillion, and the complex populations we serve both comprise the majority of this spend and drive the highest growth within health care services,” the filing read. He specifically led Kindred’s home health, hospice, home care and home-based primary care businesses.

Rehabilitation 68

Rehabilitation Primary Care Medicare Home Care 68

Home Health Care

DECEMBER 21, 2022

Despite the hope that COVID-19’s effect on the world would wane in 2022, the year started with the highest case counts that home health and home care providers had seen, both among patients and staff. But as Home Health Care News’ top stories of the year suggest, COVID-19 did not define what went on in home-based care in 2022.

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Home Care Medicare Nursing Medicaid 90

Sheppard Health Law

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

According to the Congressional Research Service, which analyzed data from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) National Health Expenditure Accounts (“NHEA”) on the personal health expenditures for LTSS by payer, in 2021, an estimated $467.4 trillion spent on personal health care. [3] billion was spent on LTSS.

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Medicaid Medicare Accountability Nursing 52

Home Health Care

AUGUST 31, 2022

Help at Home Help adds chief human resources officer. The Chicago-based personal home care company Help at Home has named Lisa George as its new chief human resources officer. Help at Home has more than 190 locations across 12 states and employs nearly 50,000 caregivers. Empath Health beefs up legal team.

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Home Care Medicaid Patient Safety Primary Care 91

Home Health Care

MARCH 3, 2022

The company partners with both health plans and health systems to deliver various types of care to patients in their homes. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ (CMS) announcement of the ACO REACH Model as “extremely favorable” to a combined Signify and Caravan Health business model.

Accountability 81

Accountability Medicare Accountable Care Primary Care 81

NASHP

DECEMBER 10, 2021

The information on this map comes from a 50-state survey of a variety of stakeholders, ranging from Medicaid officials to Community Health Workers, on their states’ approaches?to?integrating?CHWs integrating?CHWs ACO Accountable Care Organizations. MCO Managed Care Organizations. MCE Managed Care Entities.

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Home Health Care

AUGUST 29, 2023

Since the start of his career as a primary care, internal medicine physician, Dr. Richard Feifer has sat at the intersection of geriatrics, population health and value-based payment models. The Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE) model has long been a passion of his. That’s PACE, and that’s what we do.

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Home Health Care

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

Jennifer Gentzlinger: Just a little background, Premier is our at-home care organization primarily based in the New York market. They’ve identified a cohort of Medicaid-Medicare duals, duly managed under the health plan with diabetes and hypertension as two of their primary comorbidities.

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Home Care Medicaid Primary Care Hospitals 84

Home Health Care

AUGUST 29, 2023

The Long Beach, California-based SCAN Group includes SCAN Health Plan – which is an MA plan – as well as multiple service lines, including home- and community-based senior care, home-based palliative care and home-based primary care, among others.

Primary Care 83

Primary Care Medicare Medicaid Integration 83

Home Health Care

AUGUST 17, 2022

Androscoggin Home Healthcare + Hospice President and CEO Ken Albert was busy at the National Association for Home Care & Hospice’s (NAHC) annual Financial Management Conference last month. And an appreciation for the integral role of home health care in the health care continuum.

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Hospitals Primary Care Integration Medicaid 101

Home Health Care

AUGUST 29, 2021

Sarasota, Florida-based Empath Health provides home health, hospice and home care services, in addition to primary care, palliative care and more. Empath Health also runs a Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE) operation. Empath Health adds to senior leadership.

Remote Care 73

Remote Care Home Care Primary Care Medicaid 73

NASHP

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

This map highlights state activity to integrate CHWs into evolving health care systems in key areas such as financing, education and training, certification, and state definitions, roles and scope of practice. Medicaid Reimbursement. Medicaid Reimbursement.

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Medicaid Primary Care Prevention Nursing 52

Home Health Care

MAY 10, 2022

Seniors in rural areas often face more hurdles to gaining access to home-based care, especially in comparison to their urban counterparts. The program is the latest development for the rapidly growing in-home care provider, which specializes in treating higher-acuity patients. under the waiver.

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Hospitals Medicare Urgent Care Nursing 94

NASHP

MARCH 22, 2024

It includes examples from various states organized by the framework buckets: integrated primary and behavioral health care, crisis continuum of care, in-home and in-community based, and out-of-home and community.

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Medicaid Integration Primary Care Nursing 52

Health Populi

JUNE 20, 2024

Furthermore, nearly 3 in 5 consumers with less than $35,000/yr believe digital health tools can help with diet and activity, an opportunity to engage people say on Medicaid to adopt digital therapeutics and wearable tech for mindful management of activity and medication adherence, as examples.

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Accountability Doctors Medicaid Nursing 71

Home Health Care

DECEMBER 19, 2023

One of the most well-established independent home care companies in the nation is heading into the new year with a new identity – and a much larger overall business. Now, with 2024 in sight, the provider is approaching $400 million in revenue with a diversified payer mix increasingly weighted toward Medicaid.

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Home Care Medicaid Integration Primary Care 114

Home Health Care

JUNE 20, 2023

This article is a part of your HHCN+ Membership In the broader at-home care space, Dr. Michael Le is considered an innovator. As the co-founder and former chief medical officer of Landmark Health, he was integral in helping build a company that would eventually catch the eye of UnitedHealth Group’s (NYSE: UNH) Optum.

Home Care 97

Home Care Nursing Hospitals Prevention 97

NASHP

JULY 25, 2022

Indiana’s Approach to Supporting Mobile Integrated Health Programs July 25, 2022/ by Jodi Manz. In the wake of the enormous strain caused by the COVID-19 pandemic across the health care system, states are considering opportunities to improve access to care while identifying ways to innovate the delivery of care.

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Integration Medicaid Hospitals Prevention 98

Health Populi

MAY 20, 2020

Payors, both commercial and public sector (Medicare, Medicaid), have relaxed rules and regulations for telehealth across platforms (from purpose-built telemedicine programs to HIPAA-relaxed approvals for using FaceTime, Zoom, and other commercial channels), and have various plans to pay for virtual care visits between clinicians and patients.

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Telemedicine Hospitals Doctors Prevention 77

Home Health Care

MARCH 1, 2024

Beyond geographic PACE expansion, the National PACE Association also sees a future where the model evolves to reach a larger demographic of seniors, including those that fall outside of the category of Medicaid-eligible. Traditionally, PACE cares for dual-eligible seniors in a given community. “We We refer to them as Medicare-only.

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Medicaid Medicare Primary Care Quality Improvement 114

Home Health Care

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) wants to move health care providers toward value-based care, as do private payers. Home-based care providers have begun to adjust accordingly. That’s where we can connect immediately to emergency care, but also to help with care coordination.

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Primary Care Medicare Doctors Medicaid 96

NASHP

AUGUST 24, 2023

There are a number of strategies state health officials can use as they build sustainable access to palliative care services in their Medicaid programs. Target Populations That Could Benefit from Palliative Care Services Use data to identify Medicaid enrollees with serious illness.

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Medicaid Quality Assurance Quality of Care Hospitals 52

Home Health Care

DECEMBER 21, 2021

Even more than the pandemic, the past 12 months have been about industry-shaping deals that will continue to shape the in-home care narrative for years to come. Reflect back on this year in home-based care by revisiting 10 of HHCN’s most widely read stories. and several other countries. That’s not our future.

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Home Care Nursing Quality of Care Hospitals 82

Health Populi

DECEMBER 13, 2021

Financial stress is integral to overall health and well-being based on consumers’ own definition of “health.” Independence Blue Cross (IBX) announced an alliance with Quartet Health to integrate physical and mental health via digital platforms. enabling enrollees in Medicare and Medicaid to order fresh produce online.

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Medicaid Primary Care Medicare Integration 77

Home Health Care

JULY 15, 2022

This article is sponsored by Integrated Home Care Services. In this Voices interview, Home Health Care News sits down with Integrated Home Care Services (IHCS) co-founder Paul Pino to learn the top challenges in the home-based care space, and how the IHCS model addresses those challenge s.

Home Care 52

Home Care Integration Medicare Accountability 52

Health Populi

DECEMBER 20, 2023

A fast-changing food-scape and grocery store profile in 2024 Consumers adopted grocery stores as health/care destinations in the COVID-19 pandemic, as grocers were essential retail sites for sourcing not only food but hygiene and home care products.

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Medicare Primary Care Medicaid Home Care 87