Home Health Care

JULY 17, 2024

New York home care advocates scored a major win when lawmakers passed a budget that included a $7.7 billion investment in a higher minimum wage for home care workers. New York is a state with a rapidly growing home care workforce. New York is a state with a rapidly growing home care workforce.

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JULY 24, 2023

This article is a part of your HHCN+ Membership The cost of out-of-pocket home care services in the U.S. Private-pay home care providers generally bill two times more than what they pay caregivers, meaning they can hand off rising costs to the client. has steadily risen. While costs have gone up, so has revenue.

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DECEMBER 5, 2022

24 Hour Home Care has acquired the New Mexico-based home care company Inteli-Care, which will allow the former to broaden the types of patients it can care for. But 24 Hour Home Care is still a mission-driven organization that wants to serve as many people as possible in the home.

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APRIL 22, 2024

The “Ensuring Access to Medicaid Services” rule has been finalized. Most importantly, the bemoaned “80-20” provision has gone through as proposed, meaning providers will eventually be forced to direct 80% of reimbursement for home- and community-based services (HCBS) to caregiver wages.

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Home Health Care

JANUARY 29, 2024

Home care leaders are not just operating in their own individual bubbles. These leaders are part of a larger ecosystem of organizations that make up the home-based care space. In a sea of providers, the best leaders are the ones who are able to recognize which of their home-based care peers are standouts.

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Home Health Care

JULY 8, 2024

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ (CMS) Guiding an Improved Dementia Experience (GUIDE) Model is live. Among its participants are a wide range of home-based care providers. One of its primary goals is keeping dementia patients out of brick-and-mortar facilities and in their homes and communities.

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Home Health Care

JUNE 1, 2023

Three major home-based care groups are asking the U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) for more time to review the agency’s recent Medicaid proposal, which features a handful of provisions that could prove challenging for operators.

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Home Health Care

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

One way to do so would be by mirroring the regulatory model state Medicaid programs use for home- and community-based services. The report suggests that the Medicaid model is the answer. Medicaid] has always kind of relied on that regulated agency model that the states have kind of set up around caregivers entering the home.

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Home Health Care

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

Despite projections, low wages and other challenges continue to plague the workforce, further compounding the recruitment and retention issues seen across the home-based care space. That’s the key takeaway from a recent report from PHI, a New York-based direct care workers advocacy organization that conducts research and analysis.

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Home Health Care

DECEMBER 4, 2023

Most Americans will need some sort of in-home care support as they age. To age in place, seniors either need to be completely independent or have some sort of personal care afforded to them. If they qualify for Medicaid, home- and community-based services are an option. And it’s 50% margin.

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Home Health Care

JANUARY 29, 2024

The company continued to steadily grow as it doubled down on value-based care efforts as a strategic partner in the post-acute space. It was also able to take advantage of the dollars that were being funneled into the in-home care space during the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic. In June 2020, the company landed $135.8

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Home Health Care

MAY 28, 2024

One of the faster-growing home care providers in the country is non-franchised and has taken no private equity funding to date. With over 60 locations now spanning 19 states, the company’s goal is to serve as many seniors in need of home care as possible, no matter the area or the payer.

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Home Health Care

DECEMBER 7, 2023

While home care providers are working to mitigate headwinds – such as the rising cost of delivering care and staffing challenges – they also have their eye on where the industry goes from here. As 2024 approaches, home care leaders are embracing AI, alternative payer sources, employee-centric solutions and much more.

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Home Health Care

JUNE 18, 2024

Nurses of Mass General Brigham’s hospital-at-home program have voted to unionize, and the clinicians at the health system’s home care segment are hoping to follow suit. On May 16, 80 of the health system’s home-at-hospital nurses voted to join the Massachusetts Nurse Association (MSA).

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Home Health Care

APRIL 22, 2024

The White House teased the finalized Medicaid Access Rule early Monday, and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) later revealed more intricate details attached to the rule. I think disappointed is probably a better word,” National Association for Home Care & Hospice (NAHC) President William A.

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Home Health Care

MARCH 12, 2024

The pricing increases in home care have again outpaced other long-term care sectors, according to Genworth’s (NYSE: GNW) annual cost of care report. In 2023, the cost of a home care aide increased by 10% to an annual median cost of over $75,000, according to Genworth. .”

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Home Health Care

DECEMBER 6, 2023

The home care provider Best of Care is expanding its portfolio once again, this time on its 43rd anniversary. On Wednesday, the company announced that it had acquired Barton’s Angels, also a home care provider. Best of Care has diversified its portfolio through acquisition over recent years.

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Home Health Care

APRIL 23, 2024

BrightStar Care has built a reputation as one of the home care industry’s innovators. Past examples of the home care franchise company’s pioneering spirit include its investment in small-home senior living residences and its educational partnership with Chamberlain University.

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Home Health Care

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

HouseWorks announced Thursday that it has signed an agreement to acquire Connected Home Care, a home care provider that operates in Eastern Massachusetts. As a company, Connected Home Care mainly serves Medicaid dual-eligible and private-pay clients.

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Home Health Care

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

The company’s Modivcare Home division includes its personal care, remote patient monitoring (RPM) and nutritional meal delivery service offerings. Barbara Gutierrez, Modivcare’s CFO, also touched on the impact Medicaid redetermination has been having on the company. million members,” she said during the call.

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Home Health Care

MAY 3, 2024

This article is a part of your HHCN+ Membership When the “Ensuring Access to Medicaid Services” rule was finalized last week, the 80-20 provision stole the show, due to its unpopularity among home-based care leaders. But experts have pointed out that the rule is much more than just the 80-20 provision.

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Home Health Care

APRIL 9, 2024

President Joe Biden made remarks on the care economy – including home care – in a speech Tuesday at Union Station in Washington, D.C. You know, take home care,” he said. The cost of long-term care for aging loved ones and people with disabilities rose 40% in the last decade. It’s amazing. Think about it.”

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Home Health Care

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

Coming out of COVID-19, multiple home care franchise systems are really beginning to rev their growth engines again. That will likely be a theme in the broader home care industry this year. One, in particular, is FirstLight Home Care. But we also have to know when to say no.”

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Home Health Care

APRIL 11, 2022

For months, organizations and individuals alike have rallied and advocated for higher wages for home care workers in New York. The Fair Pay for Home Care Act – which gained considerable traction in the state – seems to have hit a wall. The minimum wage for home care workers will increase by $2 on Oct.

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APRIL 3, 2023

Home care company leaders are increasingly being challenged to find creative ways to solve some of the sector’s most persistent issues, while looking to thrive in a space that has more eyes on it than ever. One thing that is on the mind of most home care CEOs is the way they’ve seen billing rates change over the past year or two. “I

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APRIL 16, 2024

In 2023, there were 7 Medicaid home care transactions, which was the same amount of deals that took place the previous year. The post Recent Monetary Policy Updates Could Create Choke-Hold On Home Health, Home Care Dealmaking appeared first on Home Health Care News.

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Home Health Care

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

The report found that 53% of Medicaid long-term services and support spending for seniors and adults with physical disabilities went to home- and community-based services. Plus, 12 states spent the majority of Medicaid long-term services and support funding on home- and community-based services. North Carolina 42.

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Home Health Care

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ (CMS) Acute Hospital Care at Home waiver was a major boost for organizations hoping to implement or expand hospital-at-home programs. 21 2023, 305 hospitalsand 129 systems in 37 states have been approved to provide hospital-at-home care under the CMS waiver program.

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Home Health Care

JULY 26, 2023

One of the biggest challenges adult day faced during those years was the inability to collect federal funds in the same way home health, hospice and home care providers did. Adult day is generally paid for by private pay, Veterans Affairs (VA), or Medicaid. in 2021 was $1,690.

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Home Health Care

APRIL 20, 2023

When Medicare Advantage (MA) plans began offering expanded supplemental benefits, it opened the door for more engagement with home care providers. Flashforward to 2023, and nearly a quarter of plans are offering some level of in-home support services. That’s according to Tyler Overstreet Cromer, principal at the Washington, D.C.-based

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MAY 28, 2024

Helping these kinds of home-based care companies see success in these arrangements has become Integrated Home Care Services’ sweet spot as a driver of value-based care. I had started doing deals, or transactions, within the home care space, and I was introduced to someone within the home care sector.

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Home Health Care

MARCH 25, 2024

The home care workforce has traditionally been a tough one to organize. Recently, University of Rochester Medicine Home Care (URMHC) workers “overwhelmingly” chose to join a labor union. Home care providers have had greater challenges than we’ve ever seen before.

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Home Health Care

AUGUST 4, 2023

Through these continued centralizations, Modivcare also expects these initiatives to mitigate the headwinds of Medicaid redetermination and higher utilization. For its home care segment, revenue came in at $183 million, a 10.2% increase in rate per hour in its home care segment. increase year-over-year.

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Home Health Care

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

This article is a part of your HHCN+ Membership Medicare Advantage (MA) only became a real opportunity for home care providers five years ago. Login The post Home Care Providers Are Getting Creative To Reach MA Beneficiaries appeared first on Home Health Care News. Contact us for more information. *

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JANUARY 18, 2024

The funding will help these companies drive value-based care among the Medicaid population. This is a demonstration grant,” Bob Roth, co-founder and managing partner of Cypress, told Home Health Care News. They want to instill innovation into the Medicaid sector. Together, the companies were awarded $419,210.06.

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Home Health Care

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

. – 94% believing that government oversight was important to help direct care workers in nursing homes and home care agencies protect older adults. Nearly half of respondents not believing they would need direct care support as they aged, although 66% will in reality.

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Home Health Care

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

Two senators introduced a bill Thursday that would create a pilot program aimed at expanding the scope of hospital-at-home care in the U.S. Dubbed the At Home Observation and Medical Evaluation (HOME) Services Act, the bill was introduced specifically by Sens. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) and Tom Carper (D-Del.). As of Feb.

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