Advocates of the hospital-at-home model are continuing to make a strong push for the extension of the Acute Hospital Care at Home waiver. Specifically, hospitals that have taken advantage of the waiver are saying it needs to stick around because it is actively driving both patient and provider satisfaction. “One of the focuses of [the […]
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The ability to deliver higher-acuity care in the home is now table stakes. That’s especially true for health plans and health systems following the introduction of the COVID-related Acute Hospital Care at Home Waiver by the U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) in November 2020. Eventually, though, the public health emergency is going […]
When Amedisys Inc. (Nasdaq: AMED) purchased Contessa Health, it touted the acquistion as a future-facing move that would allow the company to care for patients across the continuum. The company’s leaders knew it would be a near-term drag, and some analysts and home health insiders scratched their heads. Still, Amedisys reiterated the opportunity it saw […]
When Medically Home announced that it had received another round of funding in January, the $110 million in the form of a strategic investment was led by a diverse group of companies. Kaiser Permanente and the Mayo Clinic were again partakers after they had already made significant investments into Medically Home in the past. But […]
The traditional brick-and-mortar hospital system is broken, often leaving patients in a condition that’s worse than when they first arrived. That’s according to a May report from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (HHS-OIG). The findings throw further support for facility-based care alternatives, including the types of hospital-at-home models […]
Though it’s by definition the delivery of high-acuity care in the home setting, hospital-at-home programs tend to be operated by, and centered around, hospitals. But there are cost benefits to building these programs around home-based care providers, a Health Affairs article published on Tuesday suggests. The research came about as authors from Milliman Inc. and […]
Seniors in rural areas often face more hurdles to gaining access to home-based care, especially in comparison to their urban counterparts. Resilient Healthcare’s recent Rural Health Initiative aims to address this. The program is the latest development for the rapidly growing in-home care provider, which specializes in treating higher-acuity patients. “Rural Health Initiative started when […]
Contessa Health’s leaders see palliative care as the true linchpin of their business and have plans to grow the segment in the near future. Though Amedisys Inc. (Nasdaq: AMED) purchased Contessa last year, it has allowed the company to operate independently, which has enabled Contessa leaders to maintain focus on their own growth trajectory, particularly […]
Unlike some of the newer higher-acuity care in the home models that have launched in recent years, Resilient Healthcare was formed out of personal experience – not from pandemic-related challenges. In part, that’s why Resilient CEO Jackleen Samuel and her team were ready for the overarching shift that is now underway. Among its services, the […]
Traditions Health announces Serenity Health Management acquisition Traditions Health continues to be acquisitive. The College Station, Texas-based home health and hospice agency announced the acquisition of Serenity Health Management last week, moving it into Kansas for the first time from a home health perspective. Serenity is also a provider of both home health and hospice […]
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