Senior living less expensive than living at home for those who receive home healthcare
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Sep 18, 2024
The cost of living in a home in the greater community can easily exceed the cost of living in a senior living community for older adults using even a modest level of home healthcare, according to a new...
Amedisys receives $3.26 billion all-cash buyout offer from UnitedHealth Group’s Optum unit
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jun 06, 2023
Home health and hospice provider Amedisys received an unsolicited all-cash, $3.26 billion ($100 per share) offer Monday from UnitedHealth, through its Optum unit, to acquire all of the outstanding shares...
Home health, hospice among top private equity healthcare acquisition targets
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Feb 27, 2023
Private equity healthcare investments in 2022 were the second highest on record after 2021, in terms of disclosed deal value and deal count. Home health and hospice both made it into the top 15 categories...
Majority of home care providers support tech solutions, new survey shows
By
Aaron Dorman
Jul 07, 2023
A new survey showed that 57% of home care providers believed new technology could help with issues such as reducing costs or delivering better care.
Sharing ownership data good for enforcers, families, researchers, HHS secretary says
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Apr 21, 2023
Medicare-certified home health agencies and hospice programs will be subject to additional scrutiny with Thursday’s announcement by the Department of Health and Human Services of the release of ownership...
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
HarmonyCares to use $200M investment ‘to significantly upgrade’ home care technology, CEO says
By
Adam Healy
Jul 11, 2024
HarmonyCares recently raised $200 million of capital to leverage new technology to produce better outcomes for patients and clinicians.
Pennant sees ‘meaningful progress’ in fourth quarter
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Feb 27, 2023
Despite labor and inflationary pressures, the Pennant Group’s full-year and fourth-quarter 2022 financial results demonstrate progress in both senior living and home health / hospice, according to Brent...
At-home senior digital platform releases app to help families manage all aspects of care
By
Aaron Dorman
Sep 07, 2023
A platform that specializes in at-home support for seniors announced the release of its first mobile app this week.
Long-term care rates up 1 to 10 percent: survey
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Mar 13, 2024
Year-over-year rate increases in long-term care ranged from 1% to 10% across setting types, according to the results of Genworth’s Cost of Care Survey 2023, published Tuesday.