What was once known as health care’s “best kept secret” — the Program for All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE) model — is gaining more attention for its ability to curb costs for payers. Organizations InnovAge (Nasdaq: INNV), PACE Southeast Michigan and BoldAge PACE have it down to a science. These organizations have found that […] The post At-Home Care Is Cost-Saving Engine For PACE Organizations appeared first on Home Health Care News.| Home Health Care News
Shelly Sun Berkowitz, founder and executive chair of BrightStar Care, has stayed involved with the home care field even after selling her company and stepping from the CEO role into her current position as executive chair. The home care veteran still works directly with families to connect them with care, and she recently bankrolled a […] The post Sun Berkowitz: The Opportunities, Growing Problem In Store For Home Care Providers appeared first on Home Health Care News.| Home Health Care News
CareCentrix, a home care services provider formerly owned by Walgreens Boots Alliance (Nasdaq: WBA), is now an independent, privately held company. This transition was triggered by the $22 billion acquisition of Walgreens by private equity firm Sycamore Partners, which was finalized on Thursday. The separation of CareCentrix into an independent company restores its original ownership […] The post Sycamore Acquires Walgreens, CareCentix Goes It Alone appeared first on Home Health Care News.| Home Health Care News
New Day Healthcare is an active acquirer of home health, personal care and hospice organizations – but the company’s top executive is pumping the breaks on more home health deals. The proposed Medicare home health rate cut will impact “everything” for the multi-service line provider, CEO G. Scott Herman told Home Health Care News’ sister […] The post How Proposed Medicare Home Health Cuts Are Steering New Day’s Growth, Acquisition Plans appeared first on Home Health Care News.| Home Health Care News
Among the year’s most notable developments in the home-based care dealmaking space was Best Buy’s (NYSE: BBY) decision to sell its home-focused telehealth company Current Health. Now, the company is opening up about stepping away from its care-at-home initiatives through Best Buy Health. One of Best Buy’s fiscal strategic priorities for 2026 is identifying areas […] The post Best Buy CEO: Care-At-Home Initiatives Failed To Generate Timely Financial Return appeared first on Home Health...| Home Health Care News
Today’s tumultuous legislative environment, including the proposed rule for 2026 home health care and the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA), is challenging home-based care providers’ financial bottom lines. However, most home health care leaders see hope on the horizon and predict a positive outlook for 2025 – with some strategic adjustments. A common theme […] The post Tension Between Demand Growth, Rate Pressure Shape At-Home Care Playbooks appeared first on Home Health Care News.| Home Health Care News
As Medicare Advantage (MA) continues to see an increase in enrollment, home-based care providers that want to lean into these opportunities will need to have strategies and processes in place to build a lasting business in the space. No one understands this better than Frontpoint Health. The Dallas-based home health and hospice provider has centered […] The post The Strategies That Help Frontpoint Health Ride The Medicare Advantage Wave appeared first on Home Health Care News.| Home Health Care News
On Aug. 20, a three-judge panel of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals paved the way for the Trump administration to end temporary protected status (TPS) for over 63,000 immigrants from Nicaragua, Honduras and Nepal – some of whom are vital to the home-based care industry’s workforce. The panel of judges reversed a lower court […] The post Court Ends Immigration Protections For 3 Countries, Deepening Home-Based Care Staffing Crisis appeared first on Home Health Care News.| Home Health Care News
Home health operators and stakeholders have publicly criticized the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ (CMS) proposed home health payment rule for calendar year 2026 since its announcement in June. Now, interested parties are filing official comments as the public comment period for the proposed home health rule nears its end. The public comment […] The post CMS Faces Flood Of Comments Opposing 2026 Home Health Payment Rule appeared first on Home Health Care News.| Home Health Care News
A Place At Home has joined the ranks of a cohort of home care companies that care for individuals with dementia as GUIDE Model participants. The home care provider has already received encouraging patient feedback – and it sees the model not only as a way to enhance care but also as a promising new […] The post ‘It Just Made Home Care A Major Player’: A Place At Home Joins GUIDE Model appeared first on Home Health Care News.| Home Health Care News
A federal judge in Delaware has ordered home health and hospice provider VitalCaring and its private equity backers to share future profits with Encompass| Home Health Care News
Amedisys Inc. (Nasdaq: AMED) and Optum – the diversified health care services arm of UnitedHealth Group (NYSE: UNH) – have agreed to combine. Under terms| Home Health Care News
UnitedHealth Group’s (NYSE: UNH) path to acquire Change Healthcare (Nasdaq: CHNG) was cleared Monday as a federal judge denied the U.S. Department of| Home Health Care News
The U.S. Department of Justice’s (DOJ) lawsuit against Amedisys Inc. (NASDAQ: AMED) and UnitedHealth Group (NYSE: UNH) will go to mediation on Aug. 18.| Home Health Care News
Headwinds facing the home-based care market have led a Minnesota agency to discontinue its home care operations. On Tuesday, Medicare-certified LB| Home Health Care News
More than 400,000 seniors and medically fragile individuals in Pennsylvania rely on home care – but caregivers and nurses are leaving the industry at an| Home Health Care News
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced Thursday that it would no longer approve funding for some services previously covered by| Home Health Care News
Home-based care industries are experiencing a generational shift in their workforce, coupled with rapidly advancing technology and growing concerns about| Home Health Care News
Both the U.S. House of Representatives and the Senate have passed the Republican-led “One Big Beautiful Bill” and sent it to the White House for| Home Health Care News
Home-based care providers are always innovating new ways to recruit and retain care staff, but companies are still getting the most mileage out of| Home Health Care News
Home-based care stakeholders are laser-focused on workforce challenges assailing the industry. In particular, they’re turning to creative approaches –| Home Health Care News
A class action lawsuit, filed on behalf of consumers of New York’s self-directed Medicaid home care program, has reached a settlement with the state’s| Home Health Care News
With wound care services becoming more prevalent in the home health care world, the risk of being liable for negligence has become greater for| Home Health Care News
While the home health industry has been laser-focused on the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) CY 2026 home health proposed rule rate cuts| Home Health Care News
As home health leaders continue to identify areas where artificial intelligence (AI) can be most beneficial to their businesses, some are beginning to| Home Health Care News
As CMS proposes sweeping cuts to home health payments, providers face mounting cost pressures and must innovate to stay solvent and protect access to| Home Health Care News
Indiana Medicaid now requires providers of attendant care and family caregiver services to directly pass a specific portion of Medicaid funds to frontline| Home Health Care News
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announced Thursday that it will no longer approve funding for new Medicaid workforce initiatives for| Home Health Care News
Thus far, 2025 has been tumultuous for home-based care providers. Regulation and policy shifts have prompted industry stakeholders to engage in a| Home Health Care News
Medicaid cuts contained in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBA) are not the only element of the bill that may be of concern to the home-based care| Home Health Care News
There’s no question that Homewatch CareGivers is one of the fastest-growing and largest home care franchises networks operating in the U.S. This doesn’t| Home Health Care News
Hackensack Meridian Health expands hospital-at-home program Hackensack Meridian Health is expanding its Hospital From Home program to two more locations.| Home Health Care News
Maria Perrin, president of Public Partnerships LLC (PPL), the sole fiscal intermediary of New York’s self-directed Medicaid home care program, has| Home Health Care News
Demand for wound care in the home is intensifying, and investors and providers alike are zeroing in on the service line’s potential, drawn by high| Home Health Care News
The One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBA) is poised to reframe Medicaid, creating significant uncertainty regarding some optional services – including home-| Home Health Care News
Strong payer strategies, innovative clinical models and a bullish approach to M&A are just some of the qualities that have distinguished six home| Home Health Care News
The U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released its CY 2025 home health final payment rule Friday. It comes with an estimated| Home Health Care News
Ananth Mohan, who has served as Elara Caring’s chief operating officer since 2021, stepped into the role of CEO last month. With Mohan at the helm,| Home Health Care News
On Monday, Senate Republicans unveiled a proposal with even deeper cuts than those previously passed by the House, which have drawn strong criticism from| Home Health Care News
On Monday, I moderated a HHCN+ TALKS episode – our exclusive opportunity for HHCN+ members to hear from and engage directly with leading experts in real| Home Health Care News
Bayada Home Health Care — one of the largest U.S. providers of home-based care — has reduced its headquarters staff by 10%, or roughly 100 jobs. The| Home Health Care News
The National Association for Home Care & Hospice (NAHC) hasn’t given up on efforts to push back on Medicare home health payment calculations. NAHC has| Home Health Care News
The National Association for Home Care & Hospice (NAHC) is suing the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) after the agency proposed| Home Health Care News
As the second Trump administration begins to reshape federal health care priorities, home-based care leaders are cautiously optimistic but sounding the| Home Health Care News
On Monday, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) proposed reinstating the companionship exemption, which covers certain home care workers under specific| Home Health Care News
On Monday, the U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) unveiled its proposal for the 2026 home health payment rule. Providers and industry| Home Health Care News
When there are as many problems to hurdle in a space such as home health care, leaders have to prioritize. Interestingly enough, not many companies have| Home Health Care News
In the midst of the first full performance year for the expanded Home Health Value-Based Purchasing (HHVBP) model, providers are figuring out where they| Home Health Care News
Elara Caring hires chief operating officer Elara Caring has named Ananth Mohan its chief operating officer. “Ananth is joining Elara Caring at a| Home Health Care News
Kindred at Home remained at the top of the home health care mountain in 2020, checking in as the largest provider in the country, according to the latest| Home Health Care News
The U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released its CY 2026 home health proposed payment rule on Monday. The rule projects a 6.4%| Home Health Care News
This article is sponsored by Homecare Homebase. This article is based on a Home Health Care News discussion with Luke Rutledge, President of Homecare| Home Health Care News
Best Buy (NYSE: BBY) has signed an agreement to acquire the home-focused technology platform Current Health in an effort “to help make home the center of| Home Health Care News
New York home care caregivers and consumers on Monday rallied in Latham outside of Public Partnerships LLC (PPL) headquarters. The group called for| Home Health Care News
New York’s transition to a single fiscal intermediary for its Consumer-Directed Personal Assistance Program (CDPAP) has hit another legal hurdle. Two| Home Health Care News
A class action lawsuit seeking to protect caregivers and consumers during New York’s rocky transition to a single fiscal intermediary for its| Home Health Care News
New York’s transition to a single fiscal intermediary for its self-directed home care program has been delayed yet again. On Tuesday, a federal| Home Health Care News
New York State Department of Health’s transition to a single fiscal intermediary for its self-directed home care program has been dealt another| Home Health Care News
Amid calls to delay the April 1 registration deadline for New York’s consumer directed personal assistance program (CDPAP), individuals will be given more| Home Health Care News
Public Partnerships LLC (PPL) — an Alpharetta, Georgia-based financial management services company — has been awarded the fiscal intermediary contract in| Home Health Care News
An executive order designed to root out anticompetitive regulations could raise discussions about the 80/20 rule requiring that 80% of Medicaid dollars on| Home Health Care News
New York has always been a challenging operating environment for Addus HomeCare Corporation (Nasdaq: ADUS). Thus, it came as no surprise when the company| Home Health Care News
Addus HomeCare Corporation (Nasdaq: ADUS) is selling its New York personal care business, along with its fiscal intermediary services for the state’s| Home Health Care News
People with Alzheimer’s disease, dementia and other forms of memory loss must receive specialized care. Thankfully, numerous communities are ready to make| Home Health Care News
When asked to summarize the company's 2024 thus far, InnovAge Holding Corp. (Nasdaq: INNV) CEO Patrick Blair called it “a year of continuous| Home Health Care News
More eyes than ever are on the Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE) model due to its proven senior care track record throughout the| Home Health Care News
InnovAge, a Program of All-Inclusive Care for Elderly (PACE) provider, went public Thursday. Its goal: to reduce America's reliance on nursing homes.| Home Health Care News
The Home Care Association of America (HCAOA) is backing home care-focused legislation introduced by Vice President-elect J.D. Vance (R-OH) and Senator| Home Health Care News
“Opposed.” That was the one-word response a home health provider left for the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ (CMS) during the comment| Home Health Care News
Two Republican senators are urging the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to “use full authority under law” to preserve the Medicare home| Home Health Care News
Best Buy (NYSE: BBY) reported significant restructuring costs in Q1 as it overhauled its health care business, which is experiencing slower-than-expected| Home Health Care News
We’re now about one month away from the end of the hospital-at-home waiver that has been keeping the program alive. With the March 31 deadline fast| Home Health Care News
One of the most renowned hospitals in the U.S. recently celebrated the three-year anniversary of its hospital-at-home program. In 2019, Mayo Clinic CEO| Home Health Care News
The Halifax Group has acquired the worldwide home care division of Sodexo, which includes the Comfort Keepers brand. Overall, more than 700| Home Health Care News
GuideWell Mutual Holding Corporation subsidiary PopHealthCare recently launched value-based national medical group Emcara Health. The new company will| Home Health Care News
Some home-based care organizations are looking to a different model of care to fill a longstanding gap by introducing short-hour care models that aim to| Home Health Care News
Elara Caring has a new CEO at its helm. On Wednesday, the company announced that it appointed Ananth Mohan to the role, effective immediately.| Home Health Care News
Although Humana (NYSE: HUM) is known as a major insurance company, these days, it is positioning itself as a health services company. CenterWell, which| Home Health Care News
Best Buy (NYSE: BBY) has sold its home-focused technology company, Current Health, back to the company’s co-founder and former CEO, Christopher McGhee.| Home Health Care News
The home health, home care and Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE) landscape saw a fresh crop of deals this month. h/care adds American| Home Health Care News
The deadline for caregivers to complete registration with Public Partnerships LLC (PPL) for New York’s self-directed Medicaid home care program, the| Home Health Care News
Historically, a growing geographic footprint has been a key indicator of success for home-based care providers. Now, that metric is giving way to a new| Home Health Care News
On Monday, a cohort of about 50 health insurance plans — including UnitedHealthcare, SCAN Health Plan, Kaiser Permanente, Humana and more — announced a| Home Health Care News
InnovAge Holding Corp. (Nasdaq: INNV) — one of the largest providers of the Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE) model — has agreed to a| Home Health Care News
The National Alliance for Care at Home (the Alliance) has voiced its support for a bill that would update Medicaid’s approach to private duty| Home Health Care News
The people make the place. While often said, it’s especially true for care organizations like home health, home care and hospice agencies, where care| Home Health Care News
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The Department of Justice’s (DOJ) health care fraud unit is investigating UnitedHealth Group (NYSE: UNH) for criminal Medicare fraud, according to a| Home Health Care News
The Department of Justice (DOJ) officially sued Tuesday to block UnitedHealth Group’s (NYSE: UNH) takeover of Amedisys (Nasdaq: AMED), calling the deal| Home Health Care News
Amedisys Inc. (Nasdaq: AMED) filed paperwork Friday with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission saying it has agreed to divest “certain” locations to| Home Health Care News
As Medicare Advantage (MA) enrollment continues to surge, home health providers have seen slim margins deteriorate further. Some providers have openly| Home Health Care News
Landmark Health and Southwestern Health Resources (SWHR) have formed a new value-based care partnership designed to serve older adults with complex| Home Health Care News
In April 2019, the U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) rolled out a new suite of direct-contracting payment models, with the goal of| Home Health Care News
Questions always abound when a new presidential administration comes in, but Republicans’ focus on cost-cutting hold potential for home-based care — if| Home Health Care News
The Pennant Group (Nasdaq: PNTG) has completed its purchase of certain Oregon assets of Signature Healthcare at Home. The company previously acquired| Home Health Care News
Avenues Home Care, which launched earlier this year, has already made a splash on the M&A market. The company announced Monday that it acquired Clear| Home Health Care News
Help at Home has agreed to acquire Penn Highlands Healthcare’s Helpmates, which is a personal care provider. The deal was announced Oct. 17 and will| Home Health Care News
