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APRIL 29, 2024

One way hospitals dealt with staffing shortages and the need for beds during COVID-19 was to use flexibilities allowed by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to treat acute care patients at

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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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OCTOBER 24, 2024

LiveWell Partners recently acquired Hope Home Care, an Ohio-based home health provider. The deal is one of many finalized in recent weeks, reflecting a strengthened M&A environment in home-based care. On its end, Hope Home Care is a Medicare-certified home health provider that is based in Miamisburg, Ohio.

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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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JULY 29, 2024

Medicaid home- and community-based services (HCBS) vary by state, in many ways. a keen understanding of the different ways state Medicaid agencies pay for services. Broadly, Medicaid is a state and federal partnership. Terzaghi noted that these problems eventually led to the “Ensuring Access to Medicaid Services” rule.

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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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JUNE 17, 2024

This article is a part of your HHCN+ Membership The Medicaid Access Rule has been heralded by home care providers as a mostly good rule with one misguided piece: the 80-20 provision. Billing rates have already soared in private-pay home care since the COVID-19 pandemic, which has forced providers to get creative.

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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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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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OCTOBER 22, 2024

That’s a phrase that should be hung up on home health providers’ walls across the country, according to Pinnacle Home Care CEO Shane Donaldson. There’s traditional Medicare rate cuts, Medicare Advantage (MA) penetration, staffing shortages and regulatory challenges in the home health market.

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OCTOBER 2, 2024

However, years after nationwide implementation, EVV still remains a burden for home care providers. Simply put, EVV confirms the details of in-home visits. The app sends the necessary information from their devices to their agency’s home care software. 1, 2020, and home health agencies by Jan.

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NOVEMBER 14, 2024

Last month when Public Partnerships LLC (PPL) was awarded the fiscal intermediary contract in New York, it was also announced that the financial management services company would work with a network of home care agencies as part of the agreement. All Metro Health Care, BestCare Inc., Community Home Care Inc.,

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NOVEMBER 5, 2024

30 by a federal grand jury after allegedly defrauding Missouri Medicaid out of more than $3 million over a decade. Childress was indicted on four counts of health care fraud. In some cases, the care recipients were in the hospital and could not have received care, the indictment states.

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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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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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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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SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

have set their sights on lifting age-based restrictions in the Medicaid buy-in program. Their proposed legislation has the potential to widen the addressable market for home care providers. On Wednesday, the policymakers introduced the Ensuring Access to Medicaid Buy-In Programs Act. Bob Casey (D-Penn.)

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OCTOBER 10, 2024

An indictment was unsealed on Wednesday in Brooklyn, New York, charging eight defendants with allegedly scheming to defraud Medicaid of approximately $68 million. This was done through the operation of two social adult day care organizations and a home care financial intermediary that paid kickbacks and bribes for services not provided.

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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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DECEMBER 2, 2024

The saga involving New York’s self-directed home care program has taken yet another turn. Last week, a home care company that was not chosen to be the fiscal intermediary for the program moving forward sued the state, alleging that the selection process was rigged. The lawsuit was filed by Freedom Care LLC.

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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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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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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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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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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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OCTOBER 1, 2024

This week, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) published a report on a study of its Acute Hospital Care at Home (AHCAH) program. This program permits specific Medicare-certified hospitals to provide inpatient-level care to patients in their homes.

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OCTOBER 2, 2024

million settlement had been reached with two Brooklyn-based home care agencies for allegedly defrauding Medicaid and underpaying thousands of workers. million back to Medicaid. Edison and Preferred cheated employees out of years of pay and cheated New York taxpayers by defrauding Medicaid for their own benefit.

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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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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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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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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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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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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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SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

Founded in 2008, New York-based HHAeXchange is a home care management software company focused on the Medicaid home- and community-based services (HCBS) population. The post Home Care Worker, Client Bonds Increase Job Satisfaction And Retention appeared first on Home Health Care News.

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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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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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AUGUST 7, 2023

At its core, Best of Care is a family business. But that hasn’t stopped the Quincy, Massachusetts-based personal home care agency from thinking big and evolving. Best of Care has over 400 home care aides, administrative staff, care managers, nurses and move managers. Now, you have this healthy mix.

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