The home health industry is never going to “figure out” staffing. Most providers understand that. They can’t snap their fingers and increase the amount of nurses there are in the country, nor can they make the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) pay them the rates they feel like they deserve. But there’s so […]
Solving the toughest workforce issues in home-based care will come down to consistent messaging, a detail-oriented focus and intense advocacy. That was the message during a joint webinar from the Home Care Association of America (HCAOA) and the National Association for Home Care & Hospice (NAHC), which took a closer look at ways to combat […]
Now that the public health emergency (PHE) is ending, home health stakeholders are taking stock of what ripple effects will impact the industry most. The Trump Administration first declared the PHE in March of 2020, retroactive to Jan. 27, 2020. In January, the Biden administration announced that the PHE would end on May 11. Broadly, […]
Home-based care has experienced a series of symbolic wins in 2023, many of which came from President Biden himself or his administration. But not all home-based care providers feel like victors. Home-based care is a broad term, and there is a large chunk of providers that haven’t felt the warmth from policymakers in Washington, D.C., […]
The pursuit of growth is a never-ending journey for home health providers, and there are plenty of ways to err on that pursuit. Many leaders, through observation and first-hand experience, are able to recognize what should be avoided for companies that are aiming to accelerate. To get a better understanding of what home health operators […]
Bayada’s home health care leader, Michael Johnson, has taken over the company’s hospice practice as well. In one world, he is trying to perfect easing patients back to their regular lives, or better health. In the other world, he is trying to perfect easing them to death with grace. Those are near-opposite frames of mind, […]
Medicare fee-for-service rates are not where home health providers want them to be. That’s forced their hand when negotiating rates with other payer sources. “We are payer agnostic, but we’re payer selective,” Traditions Health CEO David Klementz said Thursday at Home Health Care News’ Capital + Strategy event in Washington, D.C. Traditions Health is a […]
Maribel Health — a company that helps health systems design and deliver advanced home-based care services — has completed a $25 million Series A. The funding round was led by General Catalyst. The big idea behind Maribel Health is that patients want to receive care in their homes, but hospitals and health systems don’t always […]
Help at Home expands Georgia footprint The Chicago-based Help at Home continues to grow. Last week, the company announced that it agreed to acquire Prosper Home Care, a home care provider based in Atlanta. “Adding Prosper Home Care to the Help at Home family allows us to bring like-minded organizations together to address the growing […]
While the home health sector deals with rate cuts, the home care industry is fighting its own monetary battle: the rising cost of services. That’s just one dynamic that could change the way home care agencies do business in the new year. At the same time, providers are also investing in what they believe to […]
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