Long-term care should include more HCBS, panelists assert
By
Liza Berger
Mar 12, 2021
The long-term care system in coming years should include an expansion of home- and community-based services (HCBS), policy, advocacy and consumer experts said during a virtual roundtable discussion Thursday...
InnovAge grows members, centers in latest quarter as ModivCare weathers pandemic with personal care acquisition
By
Liza Berger
May 14, 2021
InnovAge, a new publicly traded company that contracts with Medicare and Medicaid through the Program for All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE), experienced signs of pandemic recovery in the fiscal...
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.
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....
Should home healthcare be a new focus for Medicare Advantage?
By
Jeff Fox
Apr 20, 2021
Home-based services are not a common, or even widely accepted, part of most Medicare Advantage plans. However, there have been some signs that the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) have begun...
New healthcare coalition makes a splash in Washington, lobbies for hospital-at-home extension beyond...
By
Diane Eastabrook
May 25, 2021
Just two weeks shy of its three-month anniversary, Moving Health Home, a coalition pushing for more clinical care done at home, has already tripled its membership and sharpened its policy focus in Washington.
UnitedHealthcare launches home health option for Medicare Advantage group retirees
By
Diane Eastabrook
May 10, 2021
Starting next January, seniors enrolled in UnitedHealthcare group retiree Medicare Advantage plans will have access to an array of benefits helping them transition home from a hospital or skilled nursing...
Help for home health? Due date approaching for repayment of COVID-19 loans
By
Diane Eastabrook
Mar 23, 2021
Some home healthcare providers soon may be in for a rude awakening. Bills for Medicare Accelerated and Advanced Payments to the federal government come due in a few weeks.
Denver-based eldercare firm InnovAge goes public on tailwinds of pandemic
By
Diane Eastabrook
Mar 08, 2021
The pandemic turned into a golden opportunity for InnovAge Holdings to launch an initial public offering last week. On Wednesday the Denver, CO-based elder care firm sold 16.7 million shares at $21 each,...
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.