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What’s Causing Fewer Primary Care Visits in the US?

Health Populi

Americans who have commercial health insurance (say, through an employer or union) are rarely thought to face barriers to receiving health care — in particular, primary care, that front line provider and on-ramp to the health care system. So what is primary care, anyway? visits per 100 member-years.

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What Major Primary Care Deals Mean for In-Home Care Operators

Home Health Care

There are multiple big-time, primary care deals on the horizon. . They are also tied heavily to the home-based care space. Cano Health is a senior primary care company with 137 medical centers in six states. And the names tied to those deals are behemoths in size and influence. 2–5 members. 380 per year*.

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Humana’s CenterWell Launches At-Home Primary Care Program

Home Health Care

CenterWell Senior Primary Care – a part of Humana Inc. NYSE: HUM) – is expanding into the home. It announced Wednesday that, in select Georgia and Louisiana locations, patients would be able to receive at-home primary care services under its “CenterWell Primary Care Anywhere” program.

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Five Home Care Leaders To Watch, According To Other Home Care Leaders

Home Health Care

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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Humana Finds That 20% of Medicare Advantage Expenditures Can Be Addressed Via Home Care Services

Home Health Care

Home care has become a crucial part of care plans for primary care providers (PCPs), according to a new value-based care report conducted by Humana (NYSE: HUM). The company has its own goal of having half of its Medicare Advantage (MA) members in a value-based home health model by 2027.

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CVS Health CFO Shawn Guertin Takes Lead On Company’s Home-Based Care, Primary Care Initiatives

Home Health Care

CVS Health (NYSE: CVS) believes that its home-based care and primary care capabilities will unlock value and create long-term earnings power for the company. And we said we needed to build out national provider capabilities either through primary care or in the home.” Walgreens has a U.S.

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Study Shows SNF-at-Home Care Feasible, Less Costly

Home Health Care

Half of the patients were treated at their homes and half were treated at a SNF. The pilot was similar to the one the same researchers performed about five years ago, which was the country’s first randomized control trial of hospital-level in-home care. Now we need to do the rest of the work to replicate it in a bigger sample.”.

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