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The Pros, Cons And Inevitability Of Caregiver Registries In Home-Based Care
This article is a part of your HHCN+ Membership As in-home care providers try to keep up with the demand for services, companies that facilitate caregiver registries are hoping to fill a gap in an employee-needy marketplace. However, it’s been unclear how prominent caregiver registries will be in the space, as there’s been safety and regulatory concerns. Sign up for HHCN+ to read this exclusive content. Get Membership Already a member?
Addus CEO Slams CMS Medicaid Proposal: You're Going To See A Vast Majority Of The Small Mom And Pops Go Out Of Business
Of all the challenges home-based care providers are facing, it’s the U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ (CMS) proposed rule regarding Medicaid access that is top of mind for Addus HomeCare Corporation (Nasdaq: ADUS) leaders. Addus Chairman and CEO Dirk Allison called CMS’s proposal the company’s “biggest challenge” over the past several weeks. “They’re trying to expand coverage with personal care across the United States,” Allison said Wednesday at the Jefferies Healthcare Conference.
Enhabit Home Health Seeing Managed Care Contracts Improving After ‘A Lot Of Work, Time’
Just before the beginning of an investor presentation on Wednesday afternoon, Enhabit Inc. (NYSE: EHAB) CEO Barb Jacobsmeyer joked to the moderator at the Jefferies Healthcare Conference that the company may soon be the last pure home health player on the public market. Kindred at Home – now CenterWell Home Health – is a part of Humana Inc. (NYSE: HUM). LHC Group is now a part of UnitedHealth Group’s (NYSE: UNH) Optum. Amedisys Inc.
Home Health Industry Still Not Seeing Referral Rejection Rate Improvements
Home health providers’ referral rejection rates skyrocketed in 2021. Two years later, the issue does not seem to improving. Referral rejection rates capture providers’ need to turn down new patients being discharged from the hospital or other care settings, often due to staffing constraints. Overall, 64% of industry professionals believe that their referral rejection rates have stayed the same or worsened since last year.
Home Health Providers Curb Hospital Readmissions, Improve Visit Efficiency With Predictive Analytics
With widespread reimbursement uncertainty and staffing shortages, home health providers are looking for ways to offer high-quality – and efficient – care. A new study from the post-acute care technology and analytics company WellSky shows that using certain predictive analytics tools in patient management could be one way to improve. In the study, WellSky took a closer look at the providers that used its CareInsights for Home Health tools over a three-year period between 2019 and 2021.
Executive Home Care Brand President On Biggest Challenges, Billing Elasticity And Ideal Clients
This article is a part of your HHCN+ Membership In Kevin Porter’s view, home care was once the little kid on the basketball court hoping that his older brother and his friends would just throw the ball his way. But now home care is all grown up. And it’s now in a perfect position to play ball, to help health plan and health system partners care for patients with conditions such as COPD and CHF. Sign up for HHCN+ to read this exclusive content. Get Membership Already a member?
Mission Healthcare Paul VerHoeve CEO Steps Down Original
Paul VerHoeve is stepping down as the CEO of Mission Healthcare. VerHoeve made the announcement on his LinkedIn page on June 4. “After almost five years leading Mission Healthcare, I am stepping down as the CEO of the company,” VerHoeve wrote.
Advocacy Investments Paying Off For Home Health Giant Bayada
There’s a good argument to be made that one of the biggest successes in the history of Bayada Home Health Care came from a pre-dinner conversation in a parking lot 14 years ago. It was 2009, and Dave Totaro had just been hired by the company’s founder, Mark Baiada, as Bayada’s first chief marketing officer. “About six months into the new job, I had a conversation with Mark about our company’s creed, which states that our clients come first,” Totaro told Home Health Care News.
UnitedHealth Group’s Optum Makes Bid For Home Health Giant Amedisys
UnitedHealth Group’s (NYSE: UNH) Optum has made an unsolicited proposal to acquire all of the outstanding shares of Amedisys’ common stock in an all-cash transaction for $100 per share, the latter announced Monday morning. This could represent a “superior proposal” to Option Care Health’s (Nasdaq: OPCH) proposed deal for Amedisys. Option Care Health and Amedisys agreed last month to combine in a deal that valued Amedisys at $3.6 billion. The two were expected to merge by the back half of 2023.
Aligning Incentives: Jet Health’s New CEO Building Strategy Around Managed Care, At-Risk Provider Groups
Larry Nabb wants to usher Jet Health into a new era. He’s already getting started, too, after being named CEO at the end of May. Jet Health is a Fort Worth, Texas-based post-acute care company that delivers home health, hospice and personal care services in Texas, New Mexico, Colorado and Idaho. The company is backed by private equity firms SV Health Investors and Health Enterprise Partners.
Inbound Health Expands Into In-Home Post-Surgical Care For Elective Surgery
Inbound Health — an enablement platform that helps health systems and health plans develop hospital-at-home and SNF-at-home programs — is expanding to include post-surgical care for general surgery. The company’s home hospital care program will now include orthopedics, bariatrics and hernia as part of this expansion. One of the main goals is to help solve a major pain point for hospitals, Inbound Health CEO Dave Kerwar told Home Health Care News.
Home Care Groups: Industry Needs More Time To Review ‘One Of The Most Impactful Proposed Rules’ In Medicaid HCBS History
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. Among those provisions mandate thresholds on reimbursement, in which CMS would require that at least 80% of Medicaid dollars go toward worker compensation.
Study: In-Home Outpatient PT Reduces Costs By 52% Compared To Traditional Home Health Services
A new study from the on-demand physical therapy company Luna found that in-home outpatient PT models can reduce costs by 52% compared to traditional home health services for total knee and hip replacements. The study — done in conjunction with the nonprofit hospital system Hoag Hospital — was conducted between 2021 and 2023.
Home Health Industry Preparing For Potential CMS Clawbacks, Rate Cuts
This article is a part of your HHCN+ Membership June is upon us. The year is nearly halfway gone, and since the turn of the calendar, there have been a lot of learnings on where the home health industry currently sits — and where it may be headed. But everything will be reset in the next month when the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) drops its CY2024 proposed payment rule. Sign up for HHCN+ to read this exclusive content. Get Membership Already a member?
CMS To Immediately Stop Enforcing COVID-19 Vaccine Mandates For Home Health Agencies
The U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) will immediately stop enforcing the COVID-19 vaccine mandates for home health workers and other health care staff. In light of the public health emergency (PHE) ending on May 11, the Biden administration announced in early May that it planned to end vaccination requirements for federal workers and certain other groups.
Why Palliative Care Offerings Can Be A Differentiator For Home Health Providers
With a tricky payer landscape and lower margins, palliative care isn’t always the most obvious investment for home health providers. However, providers that have gained a foothold in the palliative care space have seen strong clinical value in it. Broadly, palliative care is both an approach to care, as well as an actual medical subspecialty, according to Rory Farrand, vice president of palliative and advanced care at the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization (NHPCO).
FFS Home Health Admissions Continue To Fall As Utilization Eclipses Pre-Pandemic Levels
Fee-for-service (FFS) home health admissions are decreasing quicker than FFS enrollment. Meanwhile, Medicare Advantage (MA) admissions are on the rise. That’s according to the 2023 post-acute care industry trends report from Atlanta-based analytics and metrics firm Trella Health. The report takes a closer look at a number of topics, including MA enrollment, home health admissions and other utilization data. Between Q2 of 2019 and 2022, annual FFS admissions fell by 16.4% on average.
CVS Health’s Value-Based Care Strategy Relies Heavily On Home-Based Care
Large retailers – like CVS Health (NYSE: CVS) and Walgreens Boots Alliance (Nasdaq: WBA) – that have invested heavily in home-based care aren’t just hoping for a boon from those capabilities. They’re banking on it. CVS Health has reworked its business model to capitalize off of the shift from fee for service to value-based payment in health care.
How Enhabit, Amedisys Are Working Through Staffing Woes Caused By More Part-Time Workers
This article is a part of your HHCN+ Membership A local restaurant may need three cooks, two cashiers and a manager to get by on a daily basis. It’s a simple equation to figure out. For home health providers, however, the amount of workers they need to provide care every day isn’t as simple.
New CMS Data Hints At Big Savings Under National HHVBP Model, Possible 'Volatility' In Home Health Market
This article is a part of your HHCN+ Membership The Home Health Value-Based Purchasing (HHVBP) model continues to save hundreds of millions of dollars each year, mostly because of its ability to reduce inpatient stays for Medicare beneficiaries. The model, which the U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) expanded from nine demonstration states to home health agencies across the country on Jan. 1, 2022, in a pre-implementation phase, is displaying other promising results as well.
6 Home Health Providers To Watch In 2023
This article is a part of your HHCN+ Membership Whether it’s because of their proven leadership teams looking to shake up the market or their roles in a jaw-dropping transaction, there are several home health providers that stand out among their peers in 2023. And the moves that these companies – new players and established powerhouses alike – make over the next 6-12 months will define the home health industry’s post-PHE identity for years to come. Sign up for HHCN+ to read this exclusive content.
NY State Senate Bill S1034A
S1034 - Details See Assembly Version of this Bill: A2681 Current Committee: Assembly Labor Law Section: Labor Law Laws Affected: Add §§218-b & 27-d, Lab L S1034 - Summary Prevents occupational exposure to an airborne infectious disease by implementing a model infectious disease exposure prevention standard and requiring employers to implement such model or a similar plan; provides that where an action brought by an employee under the provisions of this section, or a defense, counterclaim, or...
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