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CMS Plans 4.3% Medicare Advantage Payment Increase for 2026

The U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) in 2026 plans to raise payments to Medicare Advantage plans by 4.3% in 2026. CMS has issued an advance notice of policy change...

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Embracing Innovation: Home Health Providers Set for a Promising 2025

Despite initial challenges, 2025 appears promising for home health providers, as indicated by industry experts in Home Health Care News’s recent webinar, Home Health Outlook 2025. During...

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Walgreens Sale To PE Firm Is ‘Less Likely’

In December, word spread that Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc. (Nasdaq: WBA) was reportedly considering selling itself to the PE firm Sycamore Partners. A month later, experts believe that the heat on...

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How Private-Duty Nursing Empowers Children with Complex Needs At Home

The U.S. is currently caring for a higher number of children with severe and medically complex diagnoses than ever before. As these children transition into adulthood, the health care system will f...

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Traditions Health Appoints Chief Growth Officer; Contessa Health President Steps Down

Traditions Health has named Kim Baldwin as its new chief growth officer. “We are thrilled to welcome Kim to the team as our chief growth officer,” Brian Lantier, CEO of Traditions Healt...

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Aveanna Healthcare Boasts Strong End To 2024, Looks Forward To A Bright 2025

Aveanna Healthcare (Nasdaq: AVAH) projects an annual growth rate of approximately 4% from 2023 to 2028. CEO Jeff Shaner, who assumed the role in 2023 after serving as chief operating off...

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How 2 Home Health Providers Fine-Tuned Hospital to Home Transitions

This article is a part of your HHCN+ Membership Home-based care providers are often uniquely positioned to play a critical role in timely hospital to home transitions. Organization...

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Top Home Care Trends For 2025

This article is a part of your HHCN+ Membership The spotlight on personal home care has gotten brighter in recent years, and that will continue in 2025. The population will continu...

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Voices: Carter Bakkum, Senior Consultant, Data & Analytics, Trella Health

This article is sponsored by Trella Health. In this Voices interview, Home Health Care News sits down with Carter Bakkum, Senior Consultant, Data & Analytics, Trella Health, to talk about the l...

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Prestige Home Health Care Sues HHS For Millions in Damages

Prestige Home Health Care filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) on Jan. 9. The company claims that a flawed Medicare claim appeals process has caused it to ...

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AdventHealth Rolls Out New Hospital-At-Home Program

AdventHealth is rolling out hospital-level acute care at home for its patients in central Florida with the launch of AdventHealth Hospital at Home. The program allows patients who need a...

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WTWH Healthcare Announces the Winners of the Inaugural Prism Awards

WTWH Healthcare, a WTWH Media, LLC company, is proud to announce the winners of the inaugural Prism Awards. This program honors individuals and organizations that have demonstrated exemplary achiev...

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Fewer Medicare Advantage Plans Are Offering Home-Based Care Services For 2025

Last year, many major Medicare Advantage (MA) organizations released previews of what benefits they planned to offer seniors this year. Many of these organizations have moved away from o...

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Partnership For Quality Home Healthcare To Merge With National Alliance For Care At Home

The Partnership for Quality Home Healthcare (PQHH) will shut down effective March 1. The PQHH board of directors will join efforts with the National Alliance for Care at Home (the Alliance) to crea...

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Choice Health At Home Acquires Family Tree Private Care

Choice Health at Home has acquired Family Tree Private Care, solidifying its comprehensive continuum of care for patients in Texas, Colorado and the southwestern U.S. Since 2017, Family ...

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How the Incoming Trump Administration Could Impact Home-Based Care

Questions always abound when a new presidential administration comes in, but Republicans’ focus on cost-cutting hold potential for home-based care — if providers can advocate for themselves in Wash...

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LLCP Acquires Synergy HomeCare, Poised For Growth

Levine Leichtman Capital Partners (LLCP) has acquired Synergy HomeCare. Synergy, headquartered in Tempe, Arizona, offers many non-medical in-home services. These include personal care, c...

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Finding The Right Payer Mix Key to ‘Fiscal Resilience’ in Home Care

This article is a part of your HHCN+ Membership As home care leaders look to the rest of 2025, they are considering how their current payer mix will impact their organizations and ...

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Former Home Care Agency Owner Charged With $1 Million Medicaid Fraud

Tina Bell, the owner of the now-defunct Superior Health Inc., has been charged with Medicaid fraud and endangering vulnerable individuals under her care. Although licensed as a home car...

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How Home Health Agencies Can Adapt To TEAM and HHVBP Models

The landscape of home health care is evolving through the introduction of two key models designed to improve patient outcomes and reduce costs: the expanded Home Health Value-Based Purchasing (HHVB...

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BrightSpring To Divest Community Living Business to Sevita

BrightSpring Health Services (Nasdaq: BTSG) has entered into an agreement to divest its community living business to Sevita for $835 million in cash. “In Sevita, we are pleased to partne...

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