Demand for home health care is growing — recent data reports a total market value of more than $181 billion in 2020 and predicts a compound annual growth rate of at least 8 percent through 2025.1 As noted by Home Health Care News, increasing interest in home-based services will lead to the expansion of franchise…
Compliance is critical for home health providers. As noted by recent data from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (OIG), reports have identified “high error rates” across home health care agencies (HHAs) regarding Medicare claims and payments.1 And while the shift to 30-day billing periods under the patient-driven groupings…
Home health care is on the rise. According to the CDC, more than 4.5 million patients received in-home care from one of 12,000 home health agencies in 2016.1 Pandemic priorities combined with increasing pressure on traditional healthcare systems, meanwhile, are now helping home home providers make even greater inroads. A recent Forbes article puts it…
More than three-quarters of Americans over 50 would prefer to remain in their home as long as possible, but just 59 percent believe aging-in-place is a realistic possibility.1 As noted by the CDC, however, a burgeoning home health care market offers potential pathways to in-place assistance. There are now more than 12,000 home health care…
Home health visits are on the rise. As noted by Home Health Care News, demand for home care workers in New York is skyrocketing, with 17 percent of positions now left unfilled.1 Evolving federal infrastructure plans are also looking to expand in-home care with a $400 billion boost as more seniors prefer to age-in-place.2 And while…
Expanding care markets mean that seniors now have an abundance of choices when it comes to selecting their best-fit care provider. As noted by Home Health Care News, comprehensive home care will quickly become the “glue” that holds this increasingly competitive landscape together, especially as seniors and their families seek out providers that do more…
Home health professionals strive to offer the highest quality of care when providing assistance in a patient’s home. Essential parts of this care include making sure that home visits are made on a regular basis, medications are given as needed, and follow-ups are coordinated in a timely manner. With EHR software solutions, tedious paperwork is…
Since 2013, the federal law has required a 2% reduction to the reimbursement (applied to the 80% of the allowed charge) that a participating provider would receive directly from Medicare; this reduction in payment is referred to as “sequestration” because a set percentage of money is automatically removed (or “sequestered”) from the amount of funding…
As the promise of a post-pandemic future brightens, skilled nursing facilities must both embrace new public health expectations around patient care, while simultaneously managing operations under the PDPM model. Download this eBook for practical insight around the current state of SNF care, what’s on the horizon for post-pandemic operations, and how PDPM will interact with…
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