Study: ACOs hesitate to expand home-based care without solid ROI
By
Diane Eastabrook
May 17, 2022
A new study predicted accountable care organizations will scale back expansion into home care services if they don’t see a return on their investment.
No place like home — even for hospital care
By
Liza Berger
May 13, 2022
t’s hard not to be a little gaga over hospital-at-home, which essentially lets people undergo their hospital stay at home after an in-hospital assessment.
Hospital-at-home places undue burden on family caregivers
By
Alexandra Drane
Mary Naylor
Becky Preve
Sarah Stephens Winnay
May 10, 2022
During COVID-19, the trend of “hospital-at-home” was fueled by good intentions to get patients out of the hospital and into a safer setting. But it has resulted in sending some patients home without...
Resilient Healthcare launches rural health initiative in Texas
By
Diane Eastabrook
May 05, 2022
Last summer, Resilient Healthcare CEO Jackleen Samuel vowed to start providing hospital-at-home services to rural communities
No losers with Medicare services shift to home, experts say
By
Liza Berger
Apr 22, 2022
More traditional home care agencies can benefit from the massive migration of Medicare services from facilities to the home. But they have to be open to offering new services. That is according to Oleg...
Hospital-at-home model ‘transforming care,’ speakers say
By
Amy Novotney
Apr 15, 2022
The COVID-19 pandemic sparked explosive growth in hospital-at-home, mostly thanks to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ Hospital Without Walls waiver program, which fueled the model by giving...
Reimagine Care launches first in-home oncology pilot
By
Diane Eastabrook
Apr 13, 2022
Less than three months after raising $25 million in venture capital funding, Reimagine Care is living up to its name.
Hospital-at-home makes inroads in rural America
By
Diane Eastabrook
Apr 04, 2022
Blessing Health System in rural Quincy, IL, is a guinea pig of sorts for hospital-at-home in the heartland.
Optum’s purchase of LHC offers MA plan savings, primary care complement
By
Liza Berger
Mar 31, 2022
Optum’s acquisition of LHC Group Tuesday may have made a big news splash, but the deal was not exactly a surprise, finance and policy experts who follow the industry told McKnight’s Home Care Daily...
Gas prices? Medicare cuts? When it rains, it floods for home care
By
Liza Berger
Mar 18, 2022
Feeling a bit of a crunch lately with workforce costs? That is understandable as inflation, gas prices and this persistent caregiver shortage create upward pressure on home care and labor expenses.