Home Health Care News June 11, 2020
Bailey Bryant

Home-based care providers are finally getting the attention they deserve for doing what they do best: safely caring for seniors in their homes while cutting health care costs in the process.

COVID-19 has elevated home-based care’s impact to the national stage, with skilled nursing facilities (SNFs) and hospitals leaning on providers to care for more medically complex patients. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has also demonstrated its appreciation for in-home care, granting providers long-overdue operational flexibility.

Next, some stakeholders think the coronavirus has the potential to help push accountable care organizations (ACOs) to include more home-based care providers in their programs in the future.

“Even just the...

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Topics: ACO (Accountable Care), Home, Patient / Consumer, Payment Models, Post-Acute Care, Provider, Value Based
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