New research uncovers racial inequities in home health patients’ health outcomes
By
Adam Healy
Aug 22, 2023
A study found that patients belonging to minority race populations show less functional improvement as a result of home health than white patients
About 10 percent of Medicare home health providers do not use EHRs, study finds
By
Adam Healy
Jan 05, 2024
Home health agencies that don’t have EHR systems are at a disadvantage, but many still lack this technology, according to a recent study.
Nursing home, home health spending up year over year
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Sep 27, 2023
“July’s growth in health spending on nursing home care and home healthcare remained faster than the broader health spending trends,” Corwin (Corey) Rhyan, research director of health economics and...
UCSF telehealth program cuts costs and improves outcomes for seniors with dementias
By
Aaron Dorman
Sep 25, 2023
A telehealth program out of UCSF has achieved the coveted goal of cutting costs and improving patient care for seniors with dementia, researchers state.
Compassus scores Gold in Quality category for tool to reduce hospitalizations
By
Foster Stubbs
Dec 06, 2023
With their home health virtual care product, Compassus aims to reduce rehospitalizations among Medicare recipients. The innovation earned the company Gold in the Quality category in the Home Care track...
FFS admissions grow 5.8% for skilled nursing, drop 8.6% for home health: report
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
May 10, 2023
Medicare fee-for-service admissions increased among skilled nursing facilities by 5.8% and decreased among home health providers year-over-year in the third quarter of 2022, according to a report released...
Rate growth slows for SNFs, home care
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Apr 17, 2024
Rates for both nursing home care and home healthcare grew more slowly in March than in February, according to Altarum’s monthly Health Sector Economic Indicators brief, released Tuesday.
Home health is fastest-growing component of national health spending
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jan 08, 2024
Year-over-year growth in the home health space was 13.5% in October, making it the fastest-growing component of national health spending, according to Altarum’s monthly Health Sector Economic Indicators...
Federal government to investigate private equity’s influence on nursing homes, HCBS, home health
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Mar 07, 2024
The Justice Department, Federal Trade Commission and Health and Human Services Department have announced plans to jointly investigate private equity’s influence on healthcare.
National health spending reached $45 trillion in 2022, or $13,493 per person, according to an analysis from the Office of the Actuary at the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services published Wednesday...