Home Health Care News March 24, 2023
Although home health providers want to see as many patients as possible to keep up with demand, it is impossible under current circumstances.
With that in mind, providers are questioning why they would willingly take on managed care beneficiaries knowing they’d be sacrificing dollars. Some industry experts believe providers should, at the very least, be more aggressive in negotiating managed care contracts.
To do that, self-evaluation and relationship-building with payers will be key.
“Ultimately, the provider community is going to get a lot more aggressive or it’s going to become a big issue, especially as more and more patients are doing Medicare Advantage,” McBee Associates President Mike Dordick told Home Health Care News. “Many providers that offer home health services...