Electronic visit verification will become industry standard in near future, expert predicts
By
Adam Healy
Feb 07, 2024
Electronic visit verification, or EVV, will become industry standard soon, a marketplace executive predicts.
Amedisys’ Contessa division partners with Michigan healthcare system
By
Diane Eastabrook
Oct 01, 2021
Home care giant Amedisys is expanding its reach into Michigan through a new partnership between its Contessa division and Detroit’s Henry Ford Hospital. The agreement will bring an array of in-home acute...
Intermountain and SCL merger brings expanded home health to six states
By
Diane Eastabrook
Sep 20, 2021
The mega merger of Intermountain Healthcare and SCL Health could bring expanded home health services to patients in a half dozen western states.
New York hospitals and home health agencies chart collaborative course
By
Diane Eastabrook
Sep 10, 2021
A statewide collaboration between New York hospitals and home health agencies could provide a national blueprint for treating patients at home, rather than hospitals or long-term care facilities.
Home hospital model creates capacity, delivers quality care
Aug 26, 2021
Findings show model can successfully free up hospital beds by treating some patients at home during a pandemic.
Peer-to-Peer: Interim Healthcare of the Upstate, continues to expand continuum of care
By
Diane Eastabrook
Aug 23, 2021
When veteran healthcare executive Charles McDonough landed the CEO post at Interim Healthcare of the Upstate last fall, it was the best of times and worst of times to get into the home healthcare space.
More than 80 percent of health systems to expand home care platforms
By
Diane Eastabrook
Aug 20, 2021
Regulatory flexibility from the pandemic, increased patient satisfaction with telehealth and broadband expansion are prompting health systems to expand the use of remote care technology over the next year.
Hospital-at-home a huge opportunity for home health agencies: expert
By
Diane Eastabrook
Aug 17, 2021
The recent deal between home health giant Amedisys and hospital-at-home leader Contessa Health could be the wave of the future.
Boost Home Healthcare is looking for more than a few good franchisees
By
Diane Eastabrook
Aug 16, 2021
What started as an experiment last spring led to the launch last week of Boost Home Healthcare by Best Life Brands.
Pandemic has revealed ‘what’s possible’ in home care, OSU Wexner Medical Center leader says
By
Diane Eastabrook
Jul 26, 2021
When The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center (OSUWMC) opened in 1834, physicians traveled to patients’ homes via horse and buggy to make house calls.