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. […]
Humana Inc. (NYSE: HUM) will be exiting 13 Medicare Advantage (MA) markets in 2025, company leaders said during the Wells Fargo Healthcare Conference. The company had already announced that it was planning to leave markets next year, but offered up more specifics last week. Humana CFO Susan Diamond said the company’s exit from those 13 […]
Earlier this year, I had the chance to interview CenterWell President Sanjay Shetty on stage and off stage at the Digital Healthcare Innovation Summit in La Jolla, California. Last month, at Home Health Care News’ FUTURE conference in Nashville, I did the same with Kirk Allen, the president of home solutions at Humana Inc. (NYSE: […]
Help at Home, one of the largest home care providers in the country, has announced three transactions. The company acquired Care By Your Side, One Care Health and AAMedcare, which are all home care providers based in Georgia. “Bringing our unique value proposition to more Georgia communities enables us to provide great days and meaningful […]
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recently released new data on the health and needs of caregivers around the country. Specifically, the study took into account the status of family caregivers, and how that changed from 2015–2016 to 2021–2022. One in five adult Americans provides care support to a friend or family […]
Earlier this month, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia upheld the decision to dismiss a proposed class action lawsuit taking aim at home health care’s shortcomings in the U.S. The suit – first introduced in 2022 – accused the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) of failing to properly […]
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 […]
Reimagine Care – a home-focused, on-demand cancer care provider – has unveiled a partnership with Memorial Hermann Health System. After initial trials proved effective, the two parties will expand their partnership to offer more digital, virtual and in-home care options for cancer patients. “We have seen firsthand the transformative impact of this partnership on our […]
The National Association for Home Care & Hospice (NAHC)-National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization (NHPCO) Alliance has named its new leader. Dr. Steve Landers – a longtime home health veteran – will serve as the inaugural CEO. Landers is the former CEO of the Visiting Nurse Association (VNA) Health Group, a nonprofit home health, hospice […]
Home-based care leaders are gaining some gusto. They are at the helm of the organizations that should, theoretically, be the beneficiaries of an overload of demand over the next decade. In the past, providers have pleaded for a “seat at the table” in the health care continuum. But, to a certain extent, they now hold […]
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