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While Home Infusion Is The Next Big Thing In Home-Based Care, Barriers Remain. Enhabit To Shutter Handful Of Home Health Locations, ‘Close’ To New Deal With UnitedHealthcare. What The Election Result Means For Home-Based Care Providers. Choice Health at Home Acquires Accentra, Sets Stage For Further M&A In 2025.
Top Home Health Trends For 2024
Jan 17, 2024 · According to data from the most recent Home Health Chartbook released by the Research Institute for Home Care (RIHC), there were 11,353 active home health agencies in 2022, 11,474 in 2021, 11,565 in 2020, and 11,569 in 2019. HHCN’s forecast, more specifically, is that the pace of consolidation will speed up by a noticeable degree.
The Top 10 Home Health Care News Stories of 2021
Dec 21, 2021 · Reflect back on this year in home-based care by revisiting 10 of HHCN’s most widely read stories. 1. Honor to Buy Home Instead, Creating $2 Billion Home Care Services Company (Aug. 6) In August, Honor shocked the home care world by revealing plans to acquire Home Instead Senior Care for an undisclosed sum.
Top Home Health Trends For 2023 - Home Health Care News
Jan 6, 2023 · The patients going into the hospital in 2023 will be sicker than usual. In turn, when they are referred out to home health agencies, they will still be sicker. Average length of stay for patients inside the hospital was 11% longer in October 2022 than it was in October 2019, according to WellSky.
‘Everything Is Lining Up’: Home-Based Care M&A Expected To …
1 day ago · Transactions have yet to return to pre-pandemic levels. Home health, home care and hospice reached 156 transactions in 2019, but are projected to see only 105 this year, according to Mark Kulik, senior managing director of home health, home care …
How Home Care Providers Can ‘Transform’ To Ride The Hospital …
Oct 2, 2024 · Shulman is a hospital-at-home pioneer, and previously told HHCN that “the tipping point is coming” in relation to that type of care in the U.S. In 2023, BrightStar Care expanded its higher-acuity care services by rolling out primary in-home clinician and transport services in Arizona. “We’re a franchise organization, so we went and ...
Reimagining The Health Care System, With The Home At The Center
Aug 27, 2024 · Dr. Pippa Shulman, the chief medical officer at Medically Home, believes the home will eventually become the lynchpin of the U.S. health care system. “What you’re going to see is a full shift to the idea of hospitals, as a place where you seek ICU care, surgical care and emergency care for trauma, but that everything else can be delivered ...
Hospital-At-Home Care’s Future Still Hangs In The Balance
Oct 7, 2024 · In 2020, the hospital-at-home model had its breakthrough. Though the model was common internationally, it was considered niche in the U.S. This changed with the introduction of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ (CMS) Acute Hospital Care At Home program. A recent report from CMS found that the program has been largely successful.. Simply put, the CMS waiver created a mechanism for ...
‘Not About A Shiny New Toy’: How Home ... - Home Health Care …
Feb 9, 2024 · 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 ...
Home-Based Care Leaders See M&A, New Payment, Technology …
Aug 19, 2024 · Home health providers have lately been hamstrung by payment rate cuts, staffing woes and Medicare Advantage (MA) penetration.However, despite these obstacles, the industry still holds significant potential and numerous untapped opportunities.