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How Large Health Systems Are Integrating Home-Based Senior Care

Home Health Care

Hospital systems are now making a greater effort to collaborate with senior care providers – including those in home-based care – to elevate care delivery. Key players in this larger move to work more closely with senior care providers, or to integrate that care directly, are Kaiser Permanente and Trinity Health.

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Arizona agency's omnichannel approach to home health includes telehealth and RPM

Healthcare It News

Later this fall, we are offering in-person house calls and remote house calls with the use of MedWand connected technology, which enables our providers – doctors and nurse practitioners – to conduct a remote house call with all the clinical-grade data needed from body temperature to ECG/EKG readings.

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CMS is Taking Action to Address Benefit Integrity Issues Related to Hospice Care

Briggs Healthcare

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare Effective oversight and enforcement are important to protect the integrity of the Medicare program, especially for vulnerable, seriously ill individuals and their families. Unfortunately, hospices are profiting from fraud at the expense of beneficiaries far too often.

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Transactions: Compassus, BrightSpring Finalize Deals; Agape Care Group Expands

Home Health Care

“We are excited to welcome Haven Hospice into BrightSpring, expanding our existing hospice services into the CON state of Florida,” BrightSpring President and CEO Jon Rousseau said in a statement. ” Compassus provides home health, home infusion, palliative, hospice and home care services across 30 states. “We

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Future Leader: Sofia Koshevatsky, HealthFlex Home Health & Hospice CEO and Founder

Home Health Care

The program is designed to recognize up-and-coming industry members who are shaping the next decade of senior housing, skilled nursing, home health and hospice care. Sofia Koshevatsky, CEO and founder of Oakland, California-based HealthFlex Home Health & Hospice, has been named a 2021 Future Leader by Home Health Care News.

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UnitedHealthcare Donates $2.85M for Direct Service Workers in Indiana

HIT Consultant

Direct service workers (DSWs) are essential in providing care to long-term services and support recipients who choose to age and live in their homes, especially those in underserved communities and rural areas.

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How Trinity Health At Home Is Putting Value-Based Care, Virtual Care, Retention Initiatives To Work

Home Health Care

In response, we introduced a clinical advancement program last year for home care and hospice nurses. Additionally, we’ve expanded our virtual care program to reach patients beyond home care episodes. Trinity Health Home Care Connect — our virtual care program — continues to grow.