The rollout of the U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ (CMS) Review Choice Demonstration (RCD) has been anything but smooth. The initiative implemented to reduce improper billing and fraud in select states has been plagued by issues like COVID-19-related delays and missteps by CMS and its contractors, among others. Despite the flaws, the demo […]
The home health industry is at a pivotal moment, with operators weighing exciting new opportunities while simultaneously working through emerging challenges related to the COVID-19 virus. Amedisys Inc. (Nasdaq: AMED), LHC Group Inc. (Nasdaq: LHCG), Aveanna Healthcare Holdings Inc. (Nasdaq: AVAH) and other publicly traded providers discussed many of the industry’s biggest developments during their […]
UnitedHealth Group (NYSE: UNH) is one of the largest and most pioneering health care organizations in the country. As such, one of its main strategic priorities is bringing more care into the home. Internally, it’s clear that UnitedHealth Group and its different departments view investments around home-based care as a way to deliver cost-effective, highly […]
Seniors’ overwhelming preference to receive care and remain in their homes has opened the door for companies looking to disrupt the aging-in-place sector. One startup, UpsideHōM, is doing this with its tech-enabled co-living space for older adults. As part of its business model, the company creates co-living environments by partnering with existing apartment complexes and […]
Alivia’s new home health transaction Alivia Care Inc. has acquired Summerfield, Florida-based home health provider Better Life Home Health. Financial terms were not disclosed. Alivia Care is the parent company of Jacksonville, Florida-based Community Hospice & Palliative Care, which provides services for more than 1,200 patients across Florida. In total, the deal puts Alivia Care […]
President Joe Biden’s recent executive order on “Promoting Competition in the American Economy” has, overall, 72 separate initiatives that it is looking to push forward. But one of the main ones takes on something that is very prevalent in home-based care, often from the executive level on down: non-compete agreements. Specifically, the executive order requests […]
Honor captured most of the headlines last week when the San Francisco-based company announced it had acquired Home Instead Inc., the international home care franchiser founded by Paul and Lori Hogan more than 25 years ago. Even as somebody who follows both Honor and the home care franchising world closely, this deal caught me off […]
In June, the U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) proposed to expand the Home Health Value-Based Purchasing (HHVBP) Model to all 50 states starting next year. The Visiting Nurse Service of New York (VNSNY) is among the home health organizations excited about the move’s potential to better align care and reimbursement, CEO Dan […]
Since the onset of the COVID-19 emergency in early 2020, home-based care providers have had to navigate seemingly countless challenges around keeping both patients and staff safe. Providers are now gearing up to face a new and more aggressive strain of the coronavirus: the Delta variant. Among its major distinctions, the Delta variant is more […]
Non-medical home care was on the rise prior to 2020, as Medicare Advantage plans and health systems began investing more heavily around social determinants of health and activities of daily living. The COVID-19 pandemic, however, has arguably made home care the hottest corner of the senior care world. There are dozens of home care companies […]
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