New assessment tool aims to improve dialysis experience for patients
By
Diane Eastabrook
Mar 31, 2021
A new tool assessing patient experience could encourage more Americans with kidney disease to dialyze at home.
Humana’s new CenterWell brand could offer in-home care
By
Diane Eastabrook
Mar 29, 2021
In-home healthcare could be in the future for Humana’s CenterWell primary care centers.
Move to healthcare at home helps to empower patients, former CMS administrator says
By
Diane Eastabrook
Mar 24, 2021
Moving healthcare into the home is helping shift the balance of power from healthcare systems to patients, former Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Administrator Donald Berwick, M.D., said Monday....
Two major kidney care providers join forces in equipment-sharing deal
By
Diane Eastabrook
Mar 24, 2021
he nation’s two largest kidney care providers are teaming up to expand in-home dialysis services across the U.S.
Addus CEO is bullish on Presbyterian Health Plan partnership
By
Joe Jancsurak
Mar 11, 2021
Addus HomeCare Corp., a provider of home care services as well as hospice and home health, disclosed on Wednesday that it has entered a value-based post-acute care navigation agreement with Presbyterian...
Avalere report finds CareCentrix post-acute care model lowers total cost of care
By
Joe Jancsurak
Mar 09, 2021
In an analysis released today, Avalere, a healthcare research and consulting firm, found that the CareCentrix model of technology-enabled and coordinated post-acute care results in lower hospital readmission...
HHS: Medicare overpaid Brookdale $3.3M for improperly billed claims for home health provided to assisted...
By
Lois A. Bowers
Mar 02, 2021
The Medicare program made approximately $3.3 million in overpayments to Brookdale Home Health for claims that were incorrectly billed for home health services provided to assisted living residents and...
Pennant puts acquisitions on hold for senior living but not home health, hospice
By
Lois A. Bowers
Feb 26, 2021
In the midst of a “challenging operating environment” for senior living, The Pennant Group does not plan to allocate capital for acquisitions in the sector in the near term “as our leaders focus...
Brookdale announces $400 million sale of majority stake in home health, hospice, therapy business to...
By
Lois A. Bowers
Feb 24, 2021
Brookdale Senior Living has agreed to sell its majority stake in Brookdale Health Care Services — provider of home health, hospice and therapy services — to HCA Healthcare, the country’s largest...