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4 Strategies to differentiate yourself from competitors in home health  

AlayaCare

The home health industry in the USA is growing rapidly due to an aging population and an increased demand for healthcare services provided in the home. Scott Herman, CEO of Elara Caring , oversees a home care business spanning 17 states with over 25,000 caregivers and 60,000 patients.

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Columbia Nursing Study Demonstrates the Need for Verbal Communication Data in Home Health Care

Daily Nurse

Bowles, School of Nursing at the University of Pennsylvania and Center for Home Care Policy & Research, VNS Health; Margaret V. McDonald, Sridevi Sridharan, and Sasha Vergez, Center for Home Care Policy & Research, VNS Health; and Ali Zolnour, School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Tehran.

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NAHC President Bill Dombi: History Repeating Itself on Hospice Program Integrity

Hospice News

Issues of fraud in the hospice industry echo events that previously affected the home health space, and providers can learn from that prior experience. This is according to Bill Dombi, president of the National Association for Home Care and Hospice (NAHC), who spoke Thursday in a Relias webinar.

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Despite Headwinds, Aveanna Still Sees Big Upside to Its Home Health and Hospice Business

Hospice News

NASDAQ: AVAH) was a company mostly focused on in-home care to pediatric populations. When the Atlanta-based provider filed to go public in April 2021, however, it revealed ambitious plans to expand into the arenas of Medicare-certified home health and hospice care. “We million, a 6.5% increase year over year.

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Health Systems Pursue Palliative Care Skill-Building Initiatives

Hospice News

“The ideas underpinning all of this is that when patients’ needs are really complex, everyone should have access to a specialty team of palliative care specialists in whatever setting they’re receiving care,” Bowman said at the C-TAC-CAPC Leadership Summit in Washington D.C. “We

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

Hospice News

A large contingent of these companies were established with the purpose of selling the license at a profit, with little concern for patient care. The earlier experiences of home health providers informed those recommendations as well. “We This rationale is “perplexing,” according to Dombi.

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Fortis Health, Grant Avenue Capital ‘Intensely Focused’ on Hospice Expansion

Hospice News

initially to invest in the home health and hospice space? Gumina: I first invested in home health and hospice prior to my time at Grant Avenue back in the early 2000s. For example, I was the first institutional investor in Encompass Home Health back then, and also started a hospice business called Voyager.

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