Home Health Care News April 27, 2020
Non-medical home care providers hoping to break into the Medicare Advantage (MA) space have been attentively watching for signs of how plans will respond to the coronavirus.
While some believe the COVID-19 virus will throw a wrench into MA home care opportunities, others believe the current public health emergency will only accelerate plans pushing into the home and shifting toward social determinants of health.
“There can be little doubt that there is some slowing in innovation on what providers can do to be ready [for MA],” Jeff Wiberg, CEO of Family Resource Home Care, recently told Home Health Care News in an email. “That being said, crises like COVID-19 can certainly...