Home Health Care News March 7, 2024
Payer innovation success, continued progress with its people strategy and strong performance with quality outcomes. According to Enhabit Inc. (NYSE: EHAB) leaders, these areas were the company’s key achievements in 2023.
On the payer innovation front, CEO Barb Jacobsmeyer credits Enhabit’s hospital readmission rate for the company’s success when negotiating with payers and conveners.
“Our strongest factor in negotiating with payers and conveners, and in creating strong referral relationships, remains our 30-day hospital readmission rate that is 20.5% better than the national average,” Jacobsmeyer said during Enhabit’s fourth quarter earnings call on Thursday. “This quality is a solution to the challenge of rising health care costs, and helping payers manage their MLRs. Helping to control emergency room visits, hospitalizations, and...