The Home Health Care Wire
Your source for CareVoyant and industry news. November 16, 2022
Home Health Care Trends - 2023
Even though home healthcare agencies face many challenges, there are also many upsides. Despite all the challenges facing the home healthcare industry, it will continue to grow and play an integral part in providing care at home. Technology will play a significant role in helping home agencies meet these challenges and continue to grow.
In this article, we discuss how some of these trends are shaping the direction of the home healthcare industry.
Recognize that the needs of Private Duty Nursing for pediatric care are very specific. While this could be a profitable service line, the requirements such as round-the-clock nursing, ability to connect with children, more complex scheduling, and most importantly, the right nursing talent, make this a very challenging area.
Millions of patients receive home care every year. For Home Care Agencies, timely and effective communication among the care team plays a critical role in providing quality patient care. Connected Care Team will lead to successful patient outcomes, improved patient satisfaction, improved employee satisfaction, and growth while being compliant with regulatory requirements. Using disparate means of communication will lead to poor communication, inefficient process, and care team members working in silos.
Home Healthcare Industry News
CMS to Focus on Data to Advance Health Equity
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Office of Minority Health has released “The Path Forward: Improving Data to Advance Health Equity Solutions”, which for the first time, outlines a plan to tackle health equity data efforts across CMS programs to achieve health equity by underlining the importance of health equity data collection and chart the next steps for CMS to improve data collection efforts and, in turn, advance health equity.
Despite Staffing Challenges, HCBS Interest Remains Strong Among Senior Living Providers
In the last year, home- and community-based service offerings either stayed relatively flat or dipped among most of the largest nonprofit senior living providers.
While senior living providers remain generally committed to these services, they have been tough to manage due to various factors, namely staffing woes.
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