Home Health Care

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

With more eyes than ever on the home care industry, experts are trying to read the tea leaves to determine if greater standardization will eventually follow. Once considered the “youngest kid” in the larger health care continuum, home care has been ushered into the spotlight over the past couple of years.

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MAY 25, 2023

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) recently published two proposed rules that have major implications for home-based care providers. said during a Home Care Association of America webinar on Thursday. The provision may also lead to providers dropping Medicaid services. “As

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Home Health Care

APRIL 27, 2023

About a dozen years ago when Will Putman took over the business development side of Continuous Home Care, his dad — the co-founder of the company — had an unofficial benchmark nicknamed “blackjack.” Continuous Home Care is a Pennsylvania-based home health provider with about 350 employees.

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NASHP

OCTOBER 22, 2021

Supporting the Continuum of Care for Serious Illness in Medicaid Managed Care October 25, 2021 / by Salom Teshale, Kitty Purington, Wendy Fox-Grage, and Mia Antezzo. Comprehensive care coordination. billion on chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) per year. Assessment and management of pain and other symptoms.

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Home Health Care

SEPTEMBER 18, 2024

Ringold sat down with Home Health Care News to discuss his career trajectory and centering home care business around the caregivers. I started my career in the home care industry in 2010, but my first experience with home care was as a patient. What quality must all Future Leaders possess?

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Home Health Care

AUGUST 25, 2021

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is sure to add more fuel to the fire for the “Choose Home” initiative and other movements aiming to bring more care into the home. The Choose Home benefit does not have any cost sharing or cost shift to beneficiaries,” Dombi responded. Introduced to the U.S.

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Home Health Care

APRIL 23, 2022

With more eyes than ever on home-based care, there are a number of legislative and regulatory developments that will be critical for providers to stay on top of. For providers like Help at Home, which is working in the Medicaid space along with private pay, the short-term gains have been apparent. “If

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Home Health Care

SEPTEMBER 3, 2022

The study from RAND Corporation, a nonprofit research organization, looked at 15 different quality measures from patients on MA plans during 2016 and 2017 and found that the quality of care was only slightly better when compared to plans that didn’t have any monthly premiums.

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Home Health Care

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

Self-directed care providers will allow seniors and people with disabilities to choose their own non-medical caregiver. Then, those chosen caregivers are generally paid out by state Medicaid programs. The dramatic rise in consumer-directed care is not just evident in the home-based care space, but in the health care world at large.

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Home Health Care

OCTOBER 7, 2024

Rodgers has over 25 years of health care experience, including home care, insurance, consulting and employee benefits. He was also formerly CEO of OptumHealth Collaborative Care, a division of UnitedHealth Group (NYSE: UNH) that owns, manages, and provides administrative and technology services to health care delivery systems.

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Home Health Care

SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

At a time when home care providers are swerving into new lanes, Help at Home is doubling down on personal home care services. Based in Chicago, Help at Home has more than 180 branch locations across 11 states. It provides personal care services to more than 66,000 clients via more than 53,000 caregivers.

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Home Health Care

AUGUST 27, 2024

Hochul’s 2025 budget and the effort to reduce Medicaid spending, which directly impact the state’s Consumer Directed Personal Assistance Program (CDPAP). HHCN: Let’s start with some background on yourself and Special Touch Home Care. I am always exploring new technologies and processes to keep us at the forefront of home care.

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Briggs Healthcare

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

Many aging veterans rely on nursing home care to meet their daily needs. billion for veteran nursing home care provided in state veterans homes. GAO conducted a nationwide survey to collect information on the 153 state veterans homes providing nursing home care. The Full Report is found here.

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Home Health Care

OCTOBER 3, 2024

HHCN: For the listeners that are unfamiliar with Vesta, can you go into detail about your company’s business model and how it works with home care providers? Klein: We are a specialized medical group for people with long-term home care. I grew up in a home care family. My dad worked for a health plan.

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Home Health Care

FEBRUARY 21, 2022

HouseWorks announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to purchase Greater Boston Home Health Care Inc. Founded in 1992 by Edward McGonagle, Greater Boston Home Care provides personal care services. “I Boston-based HouseWorks is one of the nation’s largest independent home care companies.

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Home Health Care

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

This article is a part of your HHCN+ Membership In the last home health proposed rule from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), the federal agency in charge of reimbursement rates sent out a request for information on home health aide utilization. For Dombi, the response felt insufficient.

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Home Health Care

MARCH 9, 2022

health care system has learned that home-based care companies are well-positioned to respond to unique challenges, with at-home care approaches often boosting patient satisfaction, lowering costs and improving quality of care. Over the past few years, the U.S.

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Home Health Care

JULY 19, 2024

This article is a part of your HHCN+ Membership The home health industry has its very own boogeyman — the bad actor. The outright fraud, where it’s very overt and purposeful, is the greatest concern,” he told Home Health Care News. “The

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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. Much of the specifics are still to be decided,” NAHC President William A.

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Home Health Care

JANUARY 17, 2022

starting with Choose Home. Potential cost-saving is what is attracting bipartisan support for this legislation,” Bill Dombi, president of the National Association for Home Care & Hospice (NAHC), told Home Health Care News during a recent HHCN+ TALKS episode. How NAHC views the in-home care workforce situation.

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Home Health Care

AUGUST 25, 2021

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) first released its home health proposed payment rule for 2022, its nationwide expansion of the Home Health Value-Based Purchasing (HHVBP) Model was recognized as a potential game-changer for the home health industry.

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Home Health Care

JANUARY 31, 2023

This is because most of the biggest issues have already been addressed by Congress and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). For example, CMS early on in the pandemic made permanent the ability of home health agencies to use virtual visits, if authorized by the treating physician or treating practitioner.”

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Home Health Care

DECEMBER 13, 2021

Now, being partners with the large MA plans and large hospital systems, via our Contessa acquisition, we can drive our risk-taking solutions into traditional home health and hospice, as well as increase our market size into high-acuity home care. Consumers expect health care to come to them. Nasdaq: AMED). * * *.

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Home Health Care

JANUARY 2, 2024

The company delivers in-home care by combining Medicare Advantage coverage with its virtual and in-home care provider — Devoted Medical — as well as partnerships with other home health providers.

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Home Health Care

MARCH 31, 2023

Traditions provides home health, hospice and palliative care services in 18 states. Klementz believes there’s a disconnect between home health providers and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), and that disconnect is partially driven by managed care rates.

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Home Health Care

JUNE 14, 2024

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) audits have suggested plans frequently get their prior-authorization decisions wrong. By removing prior authorization requirements for home care services, we’ll help hospitals to expedite discharges at a time when many are struggling with overcrowding.

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NASHP

MAY 20, 2022

Medicaid is the largest source of public funding that can be leveraged to support family caregivers. States can support family caregivers through a range of Medicaid authorities and state plan amendments. Those services can include caregiver education, counseling, and training as well as adult day and respite care.

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Home Health Care

JUNE 28, 2023

Riggins is a veteran of the home health space, but has been thrust into RCD given the VitalCaring’s footprint in Texas and Florida, two of the five states where the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) demonstration is active. For them, if they run into an issue, it’s typically a one-off.” National expansion next?

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Home Health Care

NOVEMBER 7, 2021

Now that the final home health payment rule for 2022 has been floating around for a few days, industry insiders have had time to pick it apart and zero in on key changes, including the nationwide expansion of the Home Health Value-Based Purchasing (HHVBP) Model. This delay will give home health providers across the U.S.

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Home Health Care

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

Help at Home, one of the largest home care providers in the country, has announced three transactions. The company acquired Care By Your Side, One Care Health and AAMedcare, which are all home care providers based in Georgia. The recent activity in Georgia is further evidence of that.

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Home Health Care

JUNE 9, 2022

“We’re seeing a massive shift to value-based care versus our previous form of care, which was volume-based,” says Erika Sessions, director of compliance and policy development for online caregiver training platform CareAcademy. That will ultimately benefit the quality of care.”. This article is sponsored by CareAcademy.

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NASHP

JANUARY 12, 2024

Direct care workers — such as personal care and home care aides as well as certified nursing assistants — provide care services to individuals and older adults with complex needs. In 2024, people with Medicare and Medicaid coverage (i.e.,

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Home Health Care

OCTOBER 9, 2023

The ensuing public health emergency acted as a catalyst that underscored the critical need for high-quality health care accessible within the comfort of one’s home. As a result, at-home care emerged as a lifeline and organizations like Axxess were ready to answer the call.

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Home Health Care

JANUARY 8, 2025

Overall, technological advancements will significantly enhance care delivery in the home, making it more sophisticated, robust and safe as we expand the types of support we offer. What challenges do you anticipate in integrating new technologies into existing health care frameworks for home care?

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Home Health Care

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

Early trials of the model found the total cost of at-home care was 32% less than traditional hospital care, the length of stay was one-third shorter and the incidence of complications was dramatically lower. HaH can reduce hospital overcrowding and provide care that aligns with patient preferences,” O’Sullivan said. “One

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Home Health Care

DECEMBER 1, 2022

HHCN: Matt, what’s your background in home health and home care, for our audience who might not be familiar with your work? Wolfe : I am an attorney with the law firm Baker Donaldson and I represent health care providers across the continuum of care. That includes home health, home care and hospice providers.

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Home Health Care

AUGUST 9, 2023

But for the industry to rise to the next level and better leverage innovative technologies, a greater degree of interoperability is needed, according to Tim Ingram, executive vice president of interoperability at Dallas-based home health, hospice, palliative and home care technology company Axxess.

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