Yet another significant cut to home health payments has been proposed by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) for 2025. For providers, that means more pushback against cuts is in order, locally and in Washington, D.C. But it also means preparing for a world where Medicare fee-for-service is no longer a reliable backbone. […]
Pinnacle Home Care
Top home health leaders maintain that they’re operating in a space filled with “tons of opportunity.” Payment uncertainty and other contemporary operating dynamics can muddy the waters, but there’s a way through those challenges, those leaders believe. “I’m going to sound delusional,” Pinnacle Home Care CEO Shane Donaldson told me on stage last week at […]
Home-based care providers that are open to receiving employee and client feedback, and then open to acting upon that feedback, have a natural leg up on competitors that don’t do either. In fact, providers that collected employee and customer feedback, and acted on it, were able to recruit 90% more employees, according to data from […]
HCS-Girling Backs Pinnacle Home Care HCS-Girling and Pinnacle Home Care announced earlier this month that the two companies have a definitive agreement to enter into a strategic partnership. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. The New York-based HCS-Girling provides home health and home care services, and Pinnacle Home Care is one of the […]
More home-based care providers have become curious about the benefits of artificial intelligence (AI), especially when it comes to its potential around easing clinician and caregiver workload and improving patient outcomes. Companies like Homewatch CareGivers and Pinnacle Home Care moved past the curiosity stage, and have implemented AI tools into their operations and clinical processes. […]