New Study Shows Home Health More Effective than Hospital Stay for Many Patients
The home health community sees the positive impacts that high-quality, skilled home health services provide to patients every day. Now, a new study published in The American Journal of Accountable Care confirms what we’ve experienced firsthand: home healthcare is a tremendously beneficial alternative to hospitalization for millions of Medicare beneficiaries across the country. By examining…
New Analysis Shows Role Home Health Plays in Reducing Readmissions
Last week the Alliance for Home Health Quality and Innovation released new data regarding the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ (CMS) Comprehensive Care for Joint Replacement (CJR) Model. The data analysis, conducted by Dobson DaVanzo & Associates, comes just more than two months after CMS launched the bundled payment model for major joint…
Home Health Value Kit: The Human, Clinical and Fiscal Value of the Skilled Medicare Home Health Benefit
We are pleased to release a new Home Health Value Kit: a guide that provides comprehensive information on the value of the Medicare home health benefit. Home healthcare provides clinically advanced, cost effective post-acute and chronic care management in the setting patients desire most – their home. So it’s critical for lawmakers, their staff, and other…
New Data Shows Decline in Hospital Readmissions for Home Health Patients
The Alliance for Home Health Quality and Innovation has worked with Avalere to release an updated Home Health Chartbook, providing a broad overview of home health patients, the home health workforce, organizational trends, and the economic contribution of home health agencies. The updated analysis of America’s home health population and industry highlights a number…
Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine Focuses on Home Health
Last month, the Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine (CCJM) partnered with the Alliance for Home Health Quality and Innovation to release a supplement to the CCJM, which examined the critical role home health has in the nation’s healthcare delivery system. Leading medical experts and home health professionals presented outcomes from innovative approaches to home health…
American Action Forum Primer on VA Home Based Primary Care
By Doug Holtz-Eakin, President, American Action Forum Two recent studies suggest that home healthcare should be given a close look in reforming Medicare. The American Action Forum recently released a paper by Emily Egan entitled, “VA Home Based Primary Care Program: A Primer and Lessons for Medicare.” The goal of the primer was to…