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New Leadership at Interim HealthCare; Former Amedisys CEO to Lead TheKey

Hospice News

“With the high patient demands facing health care right now, I’m confident in the expertise of our staff and entrepreneurial energy of our franchisees to continue leading the charge in home health care.” Mastrapa since 2021 has been an advisor and consultant to multiple health care companies.

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What Hospices Can Learn from Home Health Agencies on New Program Integrity Rules

Hospice News

Arizona had 239 new Medicare-certified hospices appear between 2018 and 2022, representing 52% of all providers in the state. The earlier experiences of home health providers informed those recommendations as well. “We In that time frame, Nevada saw 56 newly certified hospices, and 369 emerged in Texas.

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Addus Acquires Apple Home Healthcare

Hospice News

In addition to home health care, the company offers heart failure and diabetes management, psychiatric home health, social services, telemonitoring and fall prevention, among other specialty care programs. The previous year Addus bought Chicago-based Summit Home Health for an undisclosed amount.

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Hospice M&A Takes Downturn in Early 2023, May Rebound in Second Half of the Year

Hospice News

Among the reasons for the downturn are resurgent interest in home health assets, as well as spiking operational and labor costs, according to Les Levinson, partner and co-chair of the Transactional Healthcare Practice Group at Robinson+Cole LLP. above average compared to the same periods in 2018 and 2019, according to the report.

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CMS Proposes ‘36-Month Rule’ to Curb Hospice License ‘Flipping’

Hospice News

Arizona had 239 new Medicare-certified hospices appear between 2018 and 2022, representing 52% of all providers in the state. If finalized, this would mirror the current regulation for home health providers. In that time frame, Nevada saw 56 newly certified hospices, and 369 emerged in Texas.

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What you need to know about the home health value-based purchasing

AlayaCare

Agencies were evaluated quarterly receiving reports on their performance compared to their baseline in previous quarters, as well as comparing their performance against competing agencies within the same state. In those chosen nine states, the agencies did not see payment adjustments for their 2016 performance until 2018.

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What you need to know about the home health value-based purchasing

AlayaCare

In those chosen nine states, the agencies did not see payment adjustments for their 2016 performance until 2018. This is the onslaught. ” - Naomi Goldapple, VP of AlayaLabs, Navigating Value-Based Care in Home Health with AlayaCare Webinar. Those with the lowest performance results will see a decrease in their pay.

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