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The Top 10 Home Health Care News Stories of 2021
2021年12月21日 · The public health emergency continued to have an impact on home-based care providers in 2021. It didn’t define the year, however. As the top Home Health Care News stories of 2021 suggest, this year was about so much more than the COVID-19 crisis.
Top Home Health Trends For 2023 - Home Health Care News
2023年1月6日 · In 2020, there were 9,378 agencies, compared to 9,893 in 2019 and 10,852 in 2014, according to the Research Institute for Home Care’s 2022 Home Care Chartbook.
The Top 10 Home Health Care News Stories Of 2022
2022年12月22日 · Reflect back on this year in home-based care by revisiting 10 of HHCN’s most widely read stories. 1. CMS Backs Off Severe Cuts, Finalizes 0.7% Increase To 2023 Provider Payments (Oct. 31). Home health providers were likely part relieved, part disappointed after multiple months of advocacy against the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ (CMS) proposed rule ended up in a 0.7% increase ...
‘Overpayment’ Clawbacks Hanging Over Home Health Providers’ …
3 天之前 · With the passage of the most recent home health final rule, providers are reminded that clawbacks are still hanging over their heads. Broadly, temporary cuts, or clawbacks, are an attempt from the U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to recover perceived overpayments from home health providers in relation to the shift to PDGM.
ACHC Awards DispatchHealth With First In-Home Hospital Care ...
5 天之前 · The Accreditation Commission for Health Care (ACHC) has launched a new accreditation program to establish industry standards for safety, quality and patient-centered home-based acute health care. It also announced its first accredited organization. As health care organizations adopt new care models ...
Home Health, Hospice Still Have Highest Multiples in All of …
2021年6月23日 · Health care dealmaking is on a blistering pace in 2021, with particular action around the home health and hospice spaces. And while transactions are being driven by private equity firms with plenty of dry powder, they’re also propelled by regulatory shifts, emerging care models and the transformation of the sector, a new mid-year dealmaking report from PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) reveals.
‘Not About A Shiny New Toy’: How Home ... - Home Health Care …
2024年2月9日 · As home health patients become sicker and more complex, providers have been forced to find ways to keep their care models financially viable. In order to combat some of those “acuity creep” challenges, industry leaders are leaning on technology, data-driven decision making and more value-based care. “We continue to navigate through a very regulated industry,” Janice Riggins, chief ...
‘Time To Claim The Future’: The Hospital-At-Home Model’s …
2024年5月23日 · Earlier this month, Sens. Tom Carper (D-Del.) and Tim Scott (R-S.C.) introduced a bill that would push back the expiration date of the waiver program by five years. An extension bill was also introduced in the House.. That would make for an obvious tailwind for hospital-at-home stakeholders.
How Home Care Providers Can ‘Transform’ To Ride The Hospital …
2024年10月2日 · Since then, BrightStar Care — in partnership with Medically Home — has expanded this effort. In April, the company rolled out these services in California and New Jersey, and they’re offering this care in six states.