When Landmark Health and Blue Shield of California teamed up a year ago on a joint home-based care program, the goal was to improve access to services for the insurer’s most vulnerable members. Since then, the collaboration has yielded more than 15,000 home visits for medical, behavioral and social support services, as well as urgent […]
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The home health industry won a major victory in its battle to scrap widely opposed provisions of the Patient-Driven Groupings Model (PDGM) Wednesday, as a group of bipartisan House lawmakers introduced a new bill targeting the payment overhaul’s behavioral assumptions. Introduced by Reps. Terri Sewell (D-Ala.), Vern Buchanan (R-Fla.) and Ralph Abraham (R-La.) — along […]
Cornerstone Healthcare — the large in-home care provider organization under The Ensign Group Inc. (NYSE: ENSG) umbrella — is actively seeking opportunities to acquire both well-performing and struggling home health, hospice and home care operations across the United States. That’s according to Cornerstone President and CEO Daniel Walker, who hinted at future M&A moves following […]
This week, our readers were keen on how home health house calls can reduce hospital admissions and care costs. They also wanted to know why one health network is looking beyond hospital readmission rates to form its home health partnerships. Here in the newsroom, we took notice of InnovAge’s decision to transition from a non-profit […]