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.
The top home care stories of 2021
By
Liza Berger
Dec 22, 2021
COVID-19 vaccination mandates, pivotal home care deals, palliative care advances.
House passes bill phasing in Medicare cuts in 2022, delaying PAYGO reductions until 2023
By
Liza Berger
Dec 08, 2021
The House late Tuesday passed a bill that would delay pending Medicare cuts until April and postpone scheduled PAYGO reductions until 2023.
Minnesota partnership proving the value of palliative care
By
Diane Eastabrook
Nov 17, 2021
A two-year partnership between Minneapolis-based palliative care provider Livio Health and Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota could help prove the value of home-based palliative care to payers, including...
How COVID-19 has reinforced the critical role of home healthcare
By
Susan Mills
Nov 02, 2021
Most discussion of COVID-19 has focused on hospitals, but as inpatient beds became scarce and people sought other options for care, home health has risen to the challenge, underscoring the benefits it...
Key congressional committee members back palliative care demonstration model
By
Diane Eastabrook
Sep 24, 2021
The prospect of a palliative care demonstration model got a big boost this week from members of the House Ways and Means Committee.
Pandemic driving more acceptance, understanding of palliative care, experts say
By
Diane Eastabrook
Sep 22, 2021
The COVID-19 pandemic and changing policy perspectives in Washington are “supercharging” interest in palliative care, according to Davis Baird, government affairs director for the National Association...
CMS further delays start of Primary Care First-Seriously Ill Population model
By
Joe Jancsurak
Sep 15, 2021
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has disclosed another delay — but no definitive timeline — of its Primary Care First-Seriously Ill Population physician payment model, which the hospice...
Only one in five older, sick adults have a DNR order at admission
Sep 10, 2021
The authors say that advance care planning discussions with clinicians are needed earlier.
Overcoming barriers to palliative care among culturally diverse communities
By
Terri Maxwell, Ph.D.
Sep 09, 2021
Despite the many benefits of palliative care for seriously ill people and their families, deeply held cultural traditions and beliefs of some racial and ethnic groups impact the adoption and utilization...