Home Health Care News June 7, 2024
The value-based and home-based care enablement platform CareCentrix is in an interesting position. Not only is it in between home health providers and Medicare Advantage (MA) plans, but it’s also now owned by Walgreens Boots Alliance (Nasdaq: WBA) – one of the retailers diving head first into home-based health care services.
In a recent conversation with Home Health Care News, CareCentrix CEO Steve Horowitz explained the sometimes misunderstood value of home health care.
“You actually want more home health,” Horowitz said. “You want your home health costs to go up. You don’t want to overpay for anything, but you want your home health cost to go up, because it’s a cheaper setting than if you were taking care of the...