Home Health Line
01/03/2011

Pending Medicare payment cuts will force small, proprietary home health agencies to close their doors in 2011, causing an uptick in mergers-and-acquisitions activity.

01/03/2011

Home health agencies are aligning with hospitals and physicians to coordinate care across settings and position their agencies for potential financial incentives.

01/03/2011

Use your marketers to demonstrate to other providers, such as hospitals and physicians, how home health can save costs, smooth care transitions and improve outcomes.

01/03/2011

Increased audits by government contractors will cause 41% of agencies to step up their internal auditing of claims and patient charts to improve compliance and withstand reviews.

01/03/2011

As the likelihood for home health IT incentives increases, agencies will explore ways to link their electronic records with other providers as part of health information exchanges.

01/03/2011

HHL would like to thank these industry leaders who were kind enough to share their insights into the state of the home health industry in 2011 and beyond:Judy Adams, president/CEO,

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