Home Health Care News July 7, 2020
Robert Holly

It’s time for policymakers, hospitals and everyone else at the health care roulette table to bet all their chips on proactive, pre-acute home-based care.

During the coronavirus pandemic, the U.S. health care system has undergone a massive change marked by the skyrocketing use of telehealth technology and the shift away from brick-and-mortar medical appointments. In fact, from April 2019 to April 2020, telehealth claim lines have increased by more than 8,300% nationally, according to FAIR Health data.

For the most part, though, traditional home-based care has felt like a secondary priority over the past few months, with home health providers and home care agencies largely overshadowed by telehealth trends, hospital capacity...

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