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Choice Health at Home Acquires Accentra, Sets Stage For Further …
Nov 5, 2024 · Choice Health at Home is acquiring the Oklahoma City-based Accentra Home Health and Hospice. The company has also closed on $260 million of new leveraged capital to continue expanding throughout the Southwestern U.S., Choice CEO David Jackson told Home Health Care News.
Compassus To Gain 24 New Home Health Locations In Latest JV …
Oct 23, 2024 · Meanwhile, Providence is a nonprofit health system based in Renton, Washington. In addition to providing home-based care to its patients, the organization has 51 hospitals, more than 800 non-acute facilities, and assisted living facilities across the Western U.S.
Specific Training Is Crucial To Prepare The Next Generation For …
Nov 13, 2024 · “The demand will be high for a patient care model and a care delivery system that is focused in the patient’s home,” Brown said. “Our patients and their families deserve to have access to high-quality care, at the right time, with the right provider, in …
How Providers Are Turning The Home Into A Hospital
Nov 27, 2024 · Research has indicated that patients needing care prefer to receive it in their homes rather than in a hospital setting. Health care models like Hospital at Home (HaH) facilitate this preference, but how do providers ensure that patients’ homes are safe for delivering these services?. For this evolution to be successful, homes must adapt. They must be designed and modified to meet residents ...
CMS Home Health Admission-To-Service Policy Misses The Heart …
Nov 18, 2024 · With the 2025 home health final payment rule came the admission-to-service policy — an update to the Medicare Conditions of Participation. In many ways, experts consider it a formalization of measures home health providers are …
DOJ Reportedly Delays Lawsuit Decision On UnitedHealth Group …
Oct 29, 2024 · Amedisys (Nasdaq: AMED) and UnitedHealth Group (NYSE: UNH) leaders were reportedly set to meet with officials from the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) this week over their pending deal. The DOJ’s decision on whether to file a lawsuit to block the deal, however, has now reportedly been postponed until after the Nov. 5 presidential election.
Home-Based Care Provider HarmonyCares Thrives In ACO …
Nov 13, 2024 · Formerly U.S. Medical Management, the home-based care company HarmonyCare raised $200 million in June.On Wednesday, it touted its success in the Accountable Care Organization (ACO) “REACH” Model, the successor to the The Global and Professional Direct Contracting Models (GPDC).
While Home Infusion Is The Next Big Thing In Home-Based Care, …
Nov 8, 2024 · “Home infusion is often recommended alongside other home health services,” Fano-Schultze said. “Home-based care providers who can offer high-quality HIT are better equipped to meet patients’ growing needs and desires for care at home.
Transactions: Elevance Health’s Home-Based Care Bet; Eden Health ...
Nov 26, 2024 · “Carelon recently entered into an agreement to acquire CareBridge, a value-based manager of HCBS for chronic and complex members that will serve as the foundation for Carelon’s home health business, and we are excited to continue to serve all its customers and members,” Elevance CEO Gail Boudreaux said during the company’s most recent earnings call.