2023 home care predictions, part I: The personal approach
By
Stephen Vaccaro
Feb 02, 2023
There’s little question that demand for home care will continue to surge for the foreseeable future. The aging population, of which nearly one-quarter will be over 60 by 2050, and value-based payment...
New partnership will launch large hospital-at-home program in Florida
By
Diane Eastabrook
Jan 27, 2023
Orlando Health announced earlier this week it has tapped healthcare technology platform Biofourmis to help roll out a hospital-at-home program across its 23-hospital system.
Risk can result in big gains for home health agencies, providers say
By
Diane Eastabrook
Jan 26, 2023
Home healthcare can potentially reap substantial financial rewards as managed care plans look to providers to take on more risk.
More effective post-acute care starts with these three things
By
Bill Miller
Jan 19, 2023
It’s a new year, which means many of us are thinking about what’s ahead in 2023 for the healthcare industry. One thing is clear: The future of post-acute care relies on finding new, innovative ways...
Medically Home rolls out ED in Home, program geared to sicker patients
By
Diane Eastabrook
Jan 13, 2023
Encouraged by the government’s two-year extension on acute care at home, hospitals are now poised to move emergency department care into the home as well.
Hospital executives cite barriers to expanding in-home care in survey
By
Diane Eastabrook
Dec 14, 2022
Hospitals and health systems want to move more care into the home, but they see workforce challenges, technology and patient engagement as hurdles to doing so. Those are the findings of a new survey by...
Canadian EMTs offer a model for in-home healthcare
By
Diane Eastabrook
Dec 09, 2022
Canada could provide a roadmap for the United States as it moves more healthcare into the home
Lackluster earnings prompted leadership overhaul, Amedisys CEO acknowledges
By
Diane Eastabrook
Dec 07, 2022
Amedisys Chairman and CEO Paul Kusserow admitted Tuesday that “predictability in earnings” is the reason the home care and hospice giant ousted former CEO Chris Gerard last month and reinstalled Kusserow...
Gerard departs as Amedisys CEO in leadership overhaul
By
Diane Eastabrook
Nov 18, 2022
Amedisys disclosed late Thursday Christopher Gerard is leaving the company as CEO of the Baton Rouge, LA- based home care and hospice firm, effective immediately.
Extend PHE flexibilities beyond spring, industry group urges
By
Diane Eastabrook
Nov 15, 2022
Although healthcare providers are applauding the extension of the COVID-19 public health emergency to next spring, some industry groups are pushing Congress to extend some PHE flexibilities even longer.