Home Health Care News January 6, 2020
In all likelihood, 2019 will go down as one of the most important years in Medicare-certified home health care history.
While many industry-shaping changes didn’t officially begin last year, 2019 did set the stage for several new regulatory and business trends in 2020. Almost all of those trends are somehow linked to the Patient-Driven Groupings Model (PDGM), the massive home health reimbursement overhaul that went live on Jan. 1.
Thriving under such a vastly different business environment will dictate how providers operate over the next 12 months, with small and large agencies each experiencing a unique set of challenges and opportunities. Consolidation will be a theme of 2020, as will adaptation.