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M&A Volume May Shift From Hospice to Home Health

Hospice News

Other provisions appeared in the 2024 home health final rule, which among other things prohibits the sale of a new hospice within 36 months. Even though a similar rule already exists in home health, the fact that the hospice requirement is new for this year could lead to some disruption.

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Federal Officials Call for Stronger Medicare Advantage Oversight

Hospice News

Assistant HHS Inspector General Erin Bliss raised concerns during the hearing about MA plans using chart reviews or in-home health risk assessments to diagnose patients, often without additional follow-up. Chartis projects that MA will account for 50% of all Medicare beneficiaries by 2025. billion in 2017 alone, she indicated.

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How Proposed Cuts to Home Health Payments Could Impact Hospice M&A

Hospice News

Disruption in home health reimbursement has an influence on the hospice mergers and acquisitions market, particularly among the rising number of companies offering both services. I would imagine we’ll have more clarity around 2023-2025 reimbursement by late this year or early next year.

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

AlayaCare

Read our guide Value-Based Purchasing and the Role of Home Care Technology to learn more about how the market is shifting towards HHVBP and what successful strategies home care businesses have implemented so far. The post What you need to know about the home health value-based purchasing appeared first on AlayaCare.

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

AlayaCare

Read our guide Value-Based Purchasing and the Role of Home Care Technology to learn more about how the market is shifting towards HHVBP and what successful strategies home care businesses have implemented so far. 2025 – first payment year with adjustments. HHVBP key dates. 2022 – pre-implementation year.

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Key Themes to Emerge at Home Care 100 Next Week

AlayaCare

That same data must also prove that home care is improving client care. Embracing Risk, 2020-2025 (Jan 21, 8:45 – 9:45 a.m.) Leaders from CLA, the LHC Group, Encompass Health, Highmark Health and the Visiting Nurse Service of New York will detail their insight into risk-based payment models.

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