Home Health Care News August 7, 2024
Staying on course with its payer innovation strategy, Enhabit Inc. (NYSE: EHAB) has decided to walk away from certain Medicare Advantage (MA) payers – and namely UnitedHealth Group’s (NYSE: UNH) UnitedHealthcare.
That decision, and the recent home health proposed payment rule, were top of mind for Enhabit leaders on Tuesday.
Specifically, Enhabit President and CEO Barb Jacobsmeyer expressed the company’s support for the Preserving Access to Home Health Care Act, which would help stop payment cuts.
“The National Association for Home Care & Hospice and the Partnership for Quality Home Healthcare have continued to work with our congressional allies to streamline the focus of the bill and draft offsets that would provide pay-fors,” she said during the company’s second-quarter earnings...