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Leadership Transitions at 4 Hospice Providers

Hospice News

He currently serves on the board of directors of the Research Institute for Home Care, formerly the Alliance for Home Health Quality & Innovation, and also on the Hospice & Home Care Foundation of North Carolina. He is licensed to practice in Connecticut and in Washington, DC., as well as the U.S.

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UnitedHealth Group Taps CFO John Rex as President

Hospice News

Rex was tapped to become UnitedHealth Group’s executive vice president and CFO in 2016. He came to the mammoth insurance company in 2012 through its subsidiary and health care services arm Optum. UnitedHealth Group, via Optum, has made massive investments in home health and hospice in recent years. Morgan Securities LLC.

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Pennant Group CMO Derrel Walker: Hospice, Home Health Can Complete the Care Continuum

Hospice News

We started to develop that process in 2014 through 2016 with pilot programs. So we have a little bit of variation in these mobile provider programs, but generally they are embedded in home health and hospice. Then I kind of wandered. We started doing the house calls, mobile palliative care, geriatric primary care work.

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Home Infusion Therapy: Plan for the Demand

AlayaCare

Yet this brings about a new set of challenges for home care providers, who must keep pace with the demand and with legislation. In fact, the 21st Century CURES Act , which President Obama signed into law in 2016, added many stipulations to home infusion services.

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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.

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Ep.17: How Home Care Agencies Can Reduce Hospital Readmissions

Home Care Pulse

With over 25 years of experience in the post-acute care space, she’s worked with many top regional healthcare and home care facilities in Texas, as well as some of the best known agencies nationwide. Readmissions have been tracked and monitored by c M S for over a decade now.