CMS Home Health Admission-To-Service Policy Misses The Heart …
Nov 18, 2024 · With the 2025 home health final payment rule came the admission-to-service policy — an update to the Medicare Conditions of Participation. In many ways, experts consider it a formalization of measures home health providers are …
Choice Health at Home Acquires Accentra, Sets Stage For Further …
Nov 5, 2024 · Choice Health at Home is acquiring the Oklahoma City-based Accentra Home Health and Hospice. The company has also closed on $260 million of new leveraged capital to continue expanding throughout the Southwestern U.S., Choice CEO David Jackson told Home Health Care News.
As The Year End Looms, Home Care-Related Policy Proposals Heat …
Dec 6, 2024 · Additionally, a bipartisan group of 41 senators recently sent a letter to Senate leadership, warning that further cuts will reduce the quality of care. They highlighted that this marks the fifth consecutive year of funding cuts. “Persistent instability in the health care sector – partly due to continuous payment cuts – affects the ability of …
[Updated] CMS Finalizes 0.5% Home Health Payment Increase For …
Nov 1, 2024 · In June, CMS proposed a 1.7% decrease in payments for 2025, or an about $280 million aggregate reduction compared to 2024 levels.Within that proposal was also a permanent prospective adjustment to the CY 2025 home health payment rate of -4.067%. As detailed above, CMS is finalizing a permanent prospective adjustment of -1.975% to the CY 2025 home health payment rate, short of what was proposed ...
Hidden Changes: What Home Health Providers May Have Missed …
Dec 9, 2024 · With a presence in 18 states, Elara Caring provides an array of home-based care services across more than 200 locations, serving more than 60,000 patients.
Specific Training Is Crucial To Prepare The Next Generation For …
Nov 13, 2024 · “The demand will be high for a patient care model and a care delivery system that is focused in the patient’s home,” Brown said. “Our patients and their families deserve to have access to high-quality care, at the right time, with the right provider, in …
Enhabit To Shutter Handful Of Home Health Locations, ‘Close’ To …
Nov 7, 2024 · Enhabit Inc. (NYSE: EHAB) has a new CFO and a somewhat new strategy. It still faces a lot of the same problems. On Thursday, CEO Barb Jacobsmeyer said the company would be closing or consolidating certain locations that are underperforming, specifically when it comes to traditional Medicare business in home health care.
Home-Based Care Providers Scramble To Find The ‘Right’ Health …
Dec 13, 2024 · Lifespark COO Matt Kinne has noticed the same pattern with certain health systems. While his company has gone all in on risk- and value-based care, many of those health systems seem to be falling back on the fee-for-service operating model.
How BrightStar Care Got To 400 US Locations, And Where It Plans …
Oct 9, 2024 · In July, BrightStar Care reported that it signed 15 new franchisees in the first half of 2024. It also signed 24 new franchise agreements and opened 16 new locations during this period. First noted that BrightStar Care was able to break into new markets, such as New Mexico and Nebraska, for the first time.
As AI Proliferates, Do’s And Don’ts Emerge For Home Health …
Oct 16, 2024 · There are plenty of use cases for AI in home-based care, but providers are still in the early innings of adoption.. As AI proliferates, it will be important for providers to pick their spots. In the near-term future, there will be places where it can help, and places where it will not, WellSky CEO Bill Miller told Home Health Care News.