Healthcare is Heading Home
Advocacy Web Golinkin, Forbes Books Author Healthcare is Heading Home, and That's a Good Thing! As the Baby Boomer generation ages, the home healthcare market is expanding. GETTY During my long career in healthcare, one of the biggest trends in healthcare delivery has been the...Here We Go Again
Clinical by Tim Rowan, Editor Emeritus OIG Accuses Medicare Advantage Providers of Padding Patient Assessments...Again “Hello, this is your Medicare Advantage company calling. I am one of their clinicians and it is time for us to update your health assessment. If you...The Great Hospital/Home Health Divorce Movement
Admin by Tim Rowan, Editor Emeritus Hospitals Divesting Home Health Departments Is this an early omen of two related trends? A number of hospitals are divesting their home health departments, while large health insurance companies are swallowing up large home health...End of an Era
Advocacy by Kristin Rowan, Editor NAHC President Bill Dombi Retires Earlier this year, with the announcement of the merging of NAHC and NHPCO, Bill Dombi announced his retirement from his position as President of the Association. Shortly after that announcement, The Rowan...UnitedHealth Study: Is Medicare Advantage Killing Seniors
CMS by Tim Rowan, Editor Emeritus Is Medicare Advantage Killing Us? Dr. Steve Landers has long been eloquent in his speaking and writing about the importance of Home Health over the years. Though I was already impressed, I gained a new level of respect this week....Home Health and Hospice Face Another Election Year
Editorial by Tim Rowan, Editor Emeritus Home Health Hospice and the Election It happens every four years. Once the Olympic torch has been extinguished, Americans turn their attention from athletics to politics, specifically to choosing their next President. While watching the...Medicare Advantage Predatory Marketing
CMS by Kristin Rowan, Editor Leading Associations Attempt to Curb Medicare Advantage Marketing Practices that Prey on the Unsuspecting For some time now, we’ve been reporting on the marketing practices that Medicare Advantage uses to lure new members. And,...MA Past, Present, and Possible Future: Nothing Good to Report
CMS by Tim Rowan, Editor Emeritus Past For at least the last five years, every Home Health conference this reporter has attended has featured at least one keynote speaker or expert panelist complaining about sparse and shrinking payments from Medicare Advantage plans. As...Payer or Competitor?
Admin by Tim Rowan, Editor Emeritus UnitedHealth Making Home Health Visits Payer or Competitor…that is the question. According to a report in the Wall Street Journal, and questioned by the insurance industry’s lobbying arm, AHIP, UnitedHealth Group has increased...When Social Media Goes Too Far
Admin by Kristin Rowan, Editor Access to Information: Pro & Con The advent of social media has allowed millions upon millions of users worldwide to connect with distant friends and family, meet new people, and share information among followers. From Six Degrees in 1997...Is the Covid Boost for Telehealth Over?
Clinical by Tim Rowan, Editor Emeritus In 2020, doctors flooded telehealth companies with requests for help caring for patients reluctant to leave home to come to their appointments. Following suit, many Home Health agencies that had never considered investing in home...SNF Abuses Could be Selling Point for In-Home Care Providers
Clinical by Tim Rowan, Editor Emeritus For as long as I can remember, Home Health and Home Care owners and advocates, including their national and state associations, have struggled to develop concrete data to prove what we all know to be true: In-home care is a great deal for...MedPAC Exposes More Medicare Advantage Crimes
CMS by Tim Rowan, Editor Emeritus This week, we look at the state of the healthcare industry, vis a vis payers that do not pay. While Home Health and Hospice leaders talk at every gathering about refusing to accept Medicare Advantage clients, some large Integrated...Could Jimmy Carter’s Hospice Care Lead to Covered Palliative Care Services?
Clinical By Kristin Rowan, Editor The news this week has been filled with stories about former president Jimmy Carter, 99, who entered hospice care last year. His wife, Rosalynn Carter was in hospice care for only a few days before she passed away in November. Advocates and...
