Home Health Care

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

Policy and regulations for home care haven’t kept pace with the growing demand for services and the overall increased visibility of the sector. that point to the increasing need for more senior care services. This has implications for the safety of home care clients as well.”.

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Home Health Care

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

“We introduced a $1 billion value creation initiative earlier this year to increase our investment in our Medicare Advantage products and achieve greater organizational efficiencies that better meet the needs of our evolving business. The company officially completed its rebrand of Kindred at Home to CenterWell Home Health in September.

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Home Health Care

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

Sampson noted that receiving clarity from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) regarding the 80/20 rule would also strengthen these tailwinds. This includes fostering member engagement through our innovative care center and virtual front door services and devices,” Sampson said.

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Home Health Care

JULY 22, 2023

While Medicare Advantage (MA) has been spotlighted as a potential new source of revenue for home care providers over the last couple of years, long-term care insurance (LTCI) has gone under the radar. Increasingly, home care providers have become bullish on LTCI plans and the untapped opportunities they may offer.

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Home Health Care

DECEMBER 19, 2022

What started out as a very segmented industry is becoming more integrated, as larger companies acquire smaller ones in hopes to have more pieces of the care continuum puzzle in house. McCauley said the specialization of health care in the U.S. has actually helped the home-based care industry.

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Home Health Care

OCTOBER 23, 2023

In this Voices Interview, Home Health Care News sits down with Kris Novak, Managing Director, Home Health, Home Care and Hospice, The Braff Group, to share the lessons he’s learned as a buyer of home health and hospice agencies that every seller should know.

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Home Health Care

APRIL 25, 2023

The in-home care provider, which specifically serves complex behavioral health patients, has opened up shop in Colorado. Those patients are more likely to be high utilizers of services compared to traditional Medicare home health beneficiaries. It also leverages a cloud-based infrastructure and a fully integrated EMR.

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Home Health Care

MARCH 6, 2024

In 2023, Medicare Advantage (MA) plan members represented more than half of all Medicare beneficiaries for the first time. In 2024, while penetration continues, there are other trends within MA that home-based care providers should be paying attention to. UnitedHealth Group is directly involved in home health care.

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Home Health Care

AUGUST 25, 2022

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has awarded one of its ACO REACH contracts to Upward Health, a multidisciplinary at-home care provider. ACO REACH is a risk-sharing program between companies and the government, standing for Accountable Care Organization (ACO) Realizing Equity, Access, and Community Health.

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Home Health Care

AUGUST 19, 2024

This article is a part of your HHCN+ Membership Home health providers have lately been hamstrung by payment rate cuts , staffing woes and Medicare Advantage (MA) penetration. Dombi, president of the National Association for Home Care & Hospice (NAHC). This calls for staff that is currently in short supply.

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Home Health Care

DECEMBER 19, 2021

This year saw home care providers further build on the spotlight the public health emergency placed on the industry. As part of our annual tradition, Home Health Care News caught up with eight home care leaders to document their predictions on trends, challenges and opportunities for the coming year.

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Home Health Care

AUGUST 13, 2024

Before retiring at the end of year, National Association for Home Care & Hospice (NAHC) President William A. On the top of this list is the previously announced NAHC and National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization (NHPCO) merger. Their forecast says it’s about community-based health care services.”

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Home Health Care

FEBRUARY 13, 2022

Like any regulations that home-based care agencies have been subjected to of late, it’s been hard for some providers to adjust and easier for others. Broadly, EVV applies to Medicaid-reimbursed home care providers. Managed care organization (MCO) choice, where MCOs select the vendor and cover most costs. “We

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Home Health Care

JANUARY 17, 2022

The end of 2021 brought a handful of key home health policy issues to a temporary conclusion, including the congressionally secured delay to Medicare sequestration. starting with Choose Home. Read on to learn more about: — The major policy and regulatory issues impacting home health and home care in 2022. —

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Home Health Care

FEBRUARY 6, 2022

Home care’s stock has continued to rise, as partners and payers increasingly acknowledge the value of non-medical support. But as home care providers increasingly solidify their role in the larger care continuum, they will need to beef up their sales and marketing efforts in order to truly capitalize on opportunities.

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Home Health Care

JUNE 9, 2022

Yet onehome, a home-focused post-acute care organization that operates under a full-risk model, is just as important to the Louisville, Kentucky-based health insurer’s in-home care strategy. There is a tremendous need for a care model that provides high quality, fully-integrated care in the home at reduced cost.”.

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Home Health Care

APRIL 3, 2022

For the longest time, home care providers were just trying to gain a foothold in the broader health care sector. Now times have changed, as home care services have proven to be an integral part of the overall system, especially during the public health emergency. Michael Slupecki, CEO of Griswold Home Care.

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Home Health Care

OCTOBER 24, 2021

And while home-based care has always been a part of the system’s integrated model, it now has its own division, “Care at Home,” underneath the massive brand’s umbrella. He believes that home-based care will be the reason why people are choosing Kaiser in the future. . 380 per year*. per member.

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Healthcare It News

OCTOBER 19, 2022

Minneapolis-based Allina Health, working with Flare Capital Partners, has launched a new company, Inbound Health, designed to help health systems and payers design and build hospital-at-home and home-based skilled nursing programs. WHY IT MATTERS. ON THE RECORD.

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Home Health Care

OCTOBER 4, 2022

With the annual enrollment period just around the corner, Medicare Advantage (MA) organizations are starting to tout what benefits they’re offering seniors for the upcoming year. MA is a form of Medicare that is administered by private insurers. Medicare open enrollment runs from October 15 to December 7, 2022. Humana Inc.

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Home Health Care

JANUARY 21, 2022

The article is based on an interview that took place during a live panel discussion with Adrian Schauer, Founder and CEO of AlayaCare; Vicki Hoak, Executive Director of Home Care Association of America; Todd Austin, Chief Operating Officer for Home Care Pulse; and Shiwan Chung, leader of MedTec Healthcare.

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Home Health Care

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

Brent Korte was the chief home care officer at the Washington-based EvergreenHealth Home Care for more than eight years. During that time, it went all the way from a home health agency that was a financial drag on a hospital system to the point where it was an integral part of it. Why Dallas, to start.

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Home Health Care

DECEMBER 20, 2023

Staffing shortages, rate cuts and Medicare Advantage penetration will continue to be trends in the home health market in 2024. Home health leaders are focused on mitigating margin compression, utilizing more technology, leveraging Artificial Intelligence, working smarter with MA plans and more in the new year. Those aren’t new.

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Home Health Care

MAY 23, 2023

Nasdaq: AHCO), a home medical equipment (HME) provider. AdaptHealth will become the “capitated provider of durable HME and supplies” for at least one million Humana Medicare Advantage (MA) members in 33 states and the District of Columbia. The partnership is a part of Humana’s overarching home- and value-based long-term care strategy.

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Home Health Care

MAY 23, 2024

This article is a part of your HHCN+ Membership Hospital-at-home care has a chance to become a mainstay in the larger home-based care ecosystem. Firstly, without payment, there is no hospital-at-home model. We think Medicare wants to go the bundled route for making this permanent. know that all too well.

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Home Health Care

OCTOBER 12, 2021

With enrollment up and more plans launching each year, Medicare Advantage (MA) organizations have had to figure out how to differentiate themselves in an increasingly competitive field. For many, MA differentiation has meant embracing in-home care and actually acquiring, or investing in, provider partners.

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HIT Consultant

JULY 9, 2024

What You Should Know: – HarmonyCares , a provider of value-based in-home longitudinal care, raises $200M to make its integrated, physician-led in-home care model available to more vulnerable patients nationwide. are already struggling to get the care they need,” said Matthew Chance, CEO of HarmonyCares.

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Home Health Care

MARCH 1, 2024

The Medicare Advantage-focused home health provider Frontpoint Health has acquired High Plains Senior Care Group (HPSC), expanding its footprint considerably on the way. In the Dallas market, we are now one of the largest [home health] providers,” Korte said. It’s also taking an interesting approach to integration.

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HIT Consultant

AUGUST 13, 2024

By leveraging cutting-edge generative AI and large language model (LLM) technology, Vivid Health simplifies longitudinal care management through an innovative SaaS platform. This platform integrates seamlessly with leading healthcare technology systems, enhancing efficiency and precision in patient care.

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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.

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Home Health Care

MAY 10, 2024

At a time when many home care providers are shutting the door on Medicare Advantage (MA), Avid Health at Home has managed to go the other way. Avid Health at Home is a home care platform backed by Havencrest Capital. Can you talk a little bit about the payment structure at Avid Health at Home?

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Home Health Care

DECEMBER 6, 2021

Now that the Louisville-based company is integrating Kindred at Home, it’s putting on a balancing act between what makes it money and where health care is going. What we’ve learned over the last number of years is that the home health industry does very much operate on a fee-for-service basis.

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Home Health Care

OCTOBER 4, 2023

This article is based on a Home Health Care News discussion with Lucas O’Connell, VP of Operations at AssuranceSD, Francesca Rinaldo, head of clinical strategy for home care at Sharecare, and Christina Andrews, senior director of professional services at Axxess. The article below has been edited for length and clarity.

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Home Health Care

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) due to its attempt to claw back billions of perceived overpayments from Medicare Advantage (MA) plans. With that said, we are committed to working productively with CMS to ensure the integrity of the program is maintained.” Humana operates one of the largest MA plans in the country.

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Home Health Care

JUNE 4, 2024

Home Health Care Solutions has new CEO Brad Harris has been appointed CEO of Home Health Care Solutions. Part of Miller’s Health System, Home Health Care Solutions is a diversified in-home care provider that delivers services across the majority of Indiana.

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Home Health Care

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

Many are finding that home care benefits management is key. At BlueCross BlueShield of South Carolina, Integrated Home Care Services (IHCS) serves as the home care benefit administrator. IHCS has also formed strong connections with BlueCross BlueShield of South Carolina’s medical management staff.

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Home Health Care

MARCH 14, 2024

Individuals who are dually eligible for both Medicare and Medicaid make up a sizable portion of the overall home-based care population. Too often, though, this dual status comes with frustrating challenges around care plans and coordination. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS).

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