Home Health Care

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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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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Home Health Care

FEBRUARY 26, 2025

The move could be a step towards major cuts to the Medicaid program, which has raised concerns across the at-home care sector. While the budget calls for $2 trillion in spending cuts, it doesnt specifically name Medicaid. Plus, Republican leaders have downplayed the impact on Medicaid. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.)

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Home Health Care

JANUARY 22, 2025

has been charged with Medicaid fraud and endangering vulnerable individuals under her care. Although licensed as a home care agency offering non-medical care, Bell operated shared-care homes where Medicaid recipients resided. Tina Bell, the owner of the now-defunct Superior Health Inc.,

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Home Health Care

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

The Home Care Association of America (HCAOA) is backing home care-focused legislation introduced by Vice President-elect J.D. It would also require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to move to establish national quality standards of care for these services. Vance (R-OH) and Senator Maggie Hassan (D-NH).

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Home Health Care

DECEMBER 10, 2024

Home care worker jobs are experiencing significant growth in the U.S., With an aging population, many individuals who require assistance with daily living activities prefer to stay in their homes rather than move to a facility. Despite this increase, wages for home care workers remained stagnant at $11 to $12 per hour.

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Home Health Care

APRIL 1, 2025

More than 400,000 seniors and medically fragile individuals in Pennsylvania rely on home care but caregivers and nurses are leaving the industry at an alarming rate to work in neighboring states or settings that offer more competitive wages. Pennsylvanias home care reimbursement rate is $20.63

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Home Health Care

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

CenterWell is Humanas provider services arm, which includes home health, pharmacy and primary care. Both CenterWell and Medicaid are important enablers of our long-term strategy, Humana CEO Jim Rechtin said during the companys fourth quarter earnings call on Tuesday.

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Home Health Care

APRIL 21, 2025

Private equity firm Waud Capital Partners has acquired MedTec Healthcare, a provider of in-home care and adult day services. The deal, announced Monday, is part of Waud Capitals strategy to build a home-based services platform through a newly announced holding company, Altocare.

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Home Health Care

MARCH 24, 2025

Differentiating an in-home care business can be challenging and requires a diverse portfolio of services. Home Health Care News recently interviewed Kevin Smith, CEO of Best of Care, based in Quincy, Massachusetts. The home care landscape and climate are currently in flux.

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Home Health Care

APRIL 30, 2024

This article is a part of your HHCN+ Membership Now that the Medicaid Access Rule has been finalized , home-based care’s company leaders have had time to digest it, and consider what it means for the future of the space. Also excluded are all the other costs that come with running a home care agency.

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Home Health Care

FEBRUARY 25, 2025

Leaders with Addus HomeCare Corporation (Nasdaq: ADUS) are closely watching the potential changes to the Medicaid program being discussed by the new administration and Congress. Based in Frisco, Texas, Addus provides home care, home health and hospice services to over 62,000 consumers through 257 locations across 23 states.

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Home Health Care

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

Home care leaders at companies like Comfort Keepers, Nova Leap and TheKey are navigating various barriers amid their efforts to further scale. At Comfort Keepers, the Ensuring Access to Medicaid Services rule is top of mind. Irvine, California-based Comfort Keepers is one of the largest personal home care providers in the U.S.

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Home Health Care

APRIL 8, 2025

New Yorks tumultuous ongoing transition to a single fiscal intermediary for the states self-directed home care program, the Consumer Directed Personal Assistance Program (CDPAP), has caught the attention of the U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). Costs in the NY State Medicaid CDPAP program rose from $2.5B

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Home Health Care

MARCH 18, 2024

The budget proposal includes over $1 billion in cuts to the states’ home care programs. The move is an effort to reduce Medicaid spending. CDPAP is a state Medicaid program that allows people who need care, known as home care consumers, to hire the caregiver of their choice.

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Home Health Care

APRIL 16, 2025

This expands Aveannas private-duty services, home health and hospice care, and medical solutions in 27 states. Home Health Care News spoke with Aveanna CEO Jeff Shaner about this acquisition, future M&A plans, the impact of potential Medicaid cuts and the value of home-based care.

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Home Health Care

APRIL 23, 2024

This article is a part of your HHCN+ Membership On Tuesday, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) officials vehemently backed the thought process behind the “80-20” wage mandate in home- and community-based services (HCBS). National Association for Home Care & Hospice (NAHC) President William A.

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Home Health Care

JANUARY 23, 2024

Drawing parallels between the intentions of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) and the narrative of a Charles Dickens novel is an uncommon venture. However, the metaphor is there for the taking when it comes to potential Medicaid policy. The image of home care is something that needs to be improved.

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Home Health Care

MARCH 11, 2025

At Addus HomeCare Corporation (Nasdaq: ADUS), the impact of Medicaid redetermination resulted in a slowdown of new patients. We didn’t lose a lot of patients, Addus CEO Dirk Allison said last week at the Cowen Health Care Conference. Through the Gentiva deal, Addus also became the largest provider of home care services in Texas.

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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

MARCH 12, 2025

Self-direction programs, also known as consumer-directed programs, are typically available to Medicaid recipients. Sometimes, they are part of disability waivers and senior care waiver programs that support home-based care services, Maria Perrin, president of Public Partnerships LLC, told Home Health Care News.

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Home Health Care

APRIL 1, 2025

New York State Department of Healths transition to a single fiscal intermediary for its self-directed home care program has been dealt another blow. Ehrich believes that the controversy around the CDPAP transition is harmful to the home care industry and could have been largely avoided. In October, the U.S. New York Gov.

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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

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

Home health, home care and hospice M&A was historically high in 2021, with high valuations serving sellers and solid return on investment serving buyers. The Braff Group, headquartered in Pittsburgh, is an M&A advisory firm specializing in health care services.

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Home Health Care

DECEMBER 19, 2024

The rapidly growing home care provider Village Caregiving is expanding once again. Since then, the provider has expanded its network widely looking for new markets that have a need for more home care services. In May, Stevens laid out his growth strategy to Home Health Care News.

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Home Health Care

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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Home Health Care

FEBRUARY 3, 2025

In-home care advocacy group Moving Health Home recently penned a letter urging Congress to include a five-year extension for the U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Acute Hospital Care at Home waiver in the March government funding package.

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Home Health Care

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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Home Health Care

MARCH 27, 2025

billion in 2023, the pediatric home health market is expected to grow at a compound annual growth rate of 7.85% through 2030, according to Grand View Research. About 25 to 30 years ago or so is when the concept of taking a medically fragile child home and out of the hospital really began.

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Home Health Care

OCTOBER 24, 2024

To combat this trend, increased vetting is essential when hiring individuals to care for seniors in their homes. Background checks help home care agencies screen prospective caregivers before hiring them. Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania-based Visiting Angels is a nationwide provider of home care services. “In

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Home Health Care

APRIL 10, 2025

Mertz Taggart Mertz Taggart Eight deals closed in the home health sector, while 17 stemmed from the home care industry. Demand for home health is at an eight on a scale of one to 10, Mertz said in the report. The number of home care deals was almost double compared to Q4 2024.

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Home Health Care

MARCH 10, 2025

Addressing social determinants of health (SDoH) is becoming increasingly important due to new regulations from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) and the shift toward value-based care payment models. Care Integration aims to help clients find the right level of care at the right time, she explained.

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Home Health Care

DECEMBER 5, 2024

We know that most adults want to age in place at home, which is the right place as its proven to be better for overall health and well-being and more cost-effective than an institutionalized setting, Help at Home President Tim ORourke told Home Health Care News.

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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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Home Health Care

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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Home Health Care

JANUARY 21, 2025

This article is a part of your HHCN+ Membership As home care leaders look to the rest of 2025, they are considering how their current payer mix will impact their organizations and leaning into the business opportunities that will move them forward. The companys current payer sits at 90% private pay and 10% Medicaid.

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Home Health Care

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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