Home Health Care News July 7, 2020
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...