Home Health Care News October 28, 2025
Home health services are touted as cost-saving for payers, and industry stakeholders often advise providers to share data demonstrating these savings with payers and policymakers.
The cost-saving nature of home health may not always be evident, however. UnitedHealth Group (NYSE: UNH) reported that home health services have contributed to elevated medical cost trends when discussing Medicaid margins on the company’s third-quarter earnings call on Tuesday.
“As we think about 2026, we expect some margin degradation due to the continued dislocation of premium funding and what we’re seeing in terms of elevated medical cost trends, but we do see 2026 as the trough for that performance,” Mike Cotton, CEO for UnitedHealthcare’s Medicaid division, said on the call. “Our elevated trends are...
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