The Home Health Care Wire
Your source for CareVoyant and industry news. December 19, 2024
Home Health Care Trends for 2025
The population's preference to age at home, shifts in healthcare delivery models, advances in technology, and regulatory pressures drive increasing demand for home health care. Even though the demand for home health care is growing, agencies will continue to face significant headwinds in 2025.
Explore how emerging trends are shaping the home healthcare industry in 2025. Learn what’s driving innovation and improving care delivery for patients.
In 2023, CMS undertook a review of the OASIS assessment item set with the goal of reducing the burden of data collection.
Based on the review, CMS has removed a few OASIS elements, revised some of the elements, and added one new element. Learn about the OASIS-E1 changes for CY 2025 in Home Health, including updates to assessments, compliance requirements, and patient care impacts.
Clinical KPIs provide information on average length of service, missed or late visits, client turnover, number of incidents or complaints, etc. Analyzing this information will help home care agencies measure care quality and patient satisfaction to identify areas for improvement.
Home care agencies should ensure that captured data is accurate and timely. Agencies should invest in home care software that ensures the collection and reporting of necessary data to implement Clinical and Quality of Care KPIs.
Home Healthcare Industry News
Home-Based Care Providers, Advocates React To Passage Of Elizabeth Dole Act
This landmark legislation includes various measures to make home care more accessible to veterans.
Home health visits, admissions fall nationwide, industry report finds
Medicare beneficiaries face declining access to home health services, and those who live in rural areas have it the worst.
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