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Home Health Care News
04.05.2024
Sens. Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.) and Susan Collins (R-Maine) recently sent a letter to Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Administrator
When the “Ensuring Access to Medicaid Services” rule was finalized last week, the 80-20 provision stole the show, due to its unpopularity among home-based
Modivcare Inc. (Nasdaq: MODV) is currently facing financial hurdles, but believes its “wins will outpace the losses” by the end of 2024.
03.05.2024
At BrightSpring Health Services (Nasdaq: BTSG), home health is one of the key ingredients to dramatically reducing hospitalizations. The other ingredient
Health care is hard – an idea reinforced this week when Walmart (NYSE: WMT) announced the abandonment of its previously grand health care ambitions. There
02.05.2024
A senior Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) official stood behind the “80-20 rule” — which has drawn major pushback from the home-based
Internal and external headwinds have conjoined to curtail dealmaking in home-based care over the last couple of years. Amid those headwinds, however,
01.05.2024
A new study found that post-acute patients and caregivers greatly prefer home-based care to facility-based care, although with some caveats.
Now that the Medicaid Access Rule has been finalized, home-based care’s company leaders have had time to digest it, and consider what it means for the
AccentCare has a new leader at the helm of its hospice and personal care services operations. Andy Johnston has joined AccentCare’s executive
30.04.2024
Last summer, the National Association for Home Care & Hospice (NAHC) made waves when it filed a lawsuit against the Centers for Medicare &
Jeff Bevis – who co-founded FirstLight Home Care – has been named the next CEO of Concierge Home Care, a home-based care company backed by Waud Capital.
27.04.2024
Signify Health was purchased by CVS Health (NYSE: CVS) for $8 billion in March 2023. Now, it’s one of the core tenants of CVS Healthspire, the health care
ShiftMed — a staffing platform — has acquired CareerStaff Unlimited from Genesis HealthCare, a long-term care services provider. “The integration of
One policymaker is attempting to put a halt to the 80-20 rule. At the start of the week, the “Ensuring Access to Medicaid Services” rule was
26.04.2024
Home health providers’ fight against cuts to fee-for-service Medicare payment has become a year-by-year battle. But the yearly cuts are compounding, which
On April 23, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) voted 3-2 to finalize a new rule largely prohibiting employers from enforcing non-competes against
The latest episode of the Disrupt podcast is now available! For this episode of Disrupt, we caught up with Paymon Farazi, the president of Signify Health.
25.04.2024
This article is sponsored by Homecare Homebase, (HCHB). In this Voices interview, Home Health Care News sits down with Lynn Carroll, VP Product Management
Both home health care and Medicare Advantage (MA) are currently in rough rate environments. But Humana Inc. (NYSE: HUM) leaders believe in the company’s
While waiting for UnitedHealth Group’s (NYSE: UNH) purchase of it to finalize, Amedisys Inc. (Nasdaq: AMED) continues to grow its home health segment –
Home-based care stakeholders are navigating a very different environment than they were in the past. No one understands that better than prolific
24.04.2024
BrightStar Care has built a reputation as one of the home care industry’s innovators. Past examples of the home care franchise company’s pioneering spirit
On Tuesday, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) officials vehemently backed the thought process behind the “80-20” wage mandate in home-
23.04.2024
The White House teased the finalized Medicaid Access Rule early Monday, and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) later revealed more
The “Ensuring Access to Medicaid Services” rule has been finalized. Most importantly, the bemoaned “80-20” provision has gone through as proposed, meaning
The White House on Monday announced that the nursing home minimum-staffing rule has been finalized. Effectively, the rule requires all nursing homes that
20.04.2024
Every year, home health providers await the release of the U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ (CMS) proposed payment rule. While home
The home health, home care and hospice industries are barely exhibiting signs of life when it comes to M&A, sans a few active companies. Transactions
19.04.2024
Elevance Health (NYSE: ELV) continues to point to its provider capabilities – which include home-based care services – as a strategic priority. The
Transaction volume for home health, home care and other in-home care businesses dipped in 2023, with inflation, higher interest rates and global unrest
Traditions Health taps new VP of operations The large home health and hospice provider Traditions Health has named Angela Collins as the vice president of
18.04.2024
COVID-19 took a lot out of Americans, both personally and professionally. For Shelly Sun, the founder and then-CEO of BrightStar Care, 100-hour work
Elara Caring has teamed up with the digital health company Constant Therapy Health. The partnership will enable Elara Caring to deliver AI-driven
17.04.2024
Home-based care dealmaking remains in a lull, one it hasn’t been able to shake since the historical M&A highs of 2020 and 2021. “We didn't
A group of policymakers has introduced legislation aimed at strengthening the long-term care workforce. The Long-Term Care Workforce Support Act was
It was a turbulent start to the year for the health care giant UnitedHealth Group, driven by the cyberattack on Change Healthcare and a U.S. Department of
16.04.2024
Home care agencies that are part of larger franchise networks get to reap the benefits of operating under established names and reputations. But that
Last week, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Innovation Center announced a new proposed model that will undoubtedly affect home
13.04.2024
In past years, Medicare-certified home health agencies and Medicaid personal care services providers have been big focus areas for government