# Home Health Care * **Definition:** A segment of the healthcare market that focuses on delivering patient-centered care in a home environment, providing a range of health care services including personal care, skilled nursing, and therapy services, aimed at improving patient outcomes and reducing hospital readmissions. * **Taxonomy:** Healthcare Topics / Home Health Care ## News * Selected news on the topic of **Home Health Care**, for healthcare technology leaders * 10.8K news items are in the system for this topic * Posts have been filtered for tech and healthcare-related keywords | Date | Title | Source | | --- | --- | --- | | 5/28/2025 | [**19f home health agencies discontinued pandemic-era telehealth services**](https://medicalxpress.com/news/2025-05-home-health-agencies-discontinued-pandemic.html) | [[MedicalXpress]] | | 5/16/2025 | [**Medicare Home Health Use High Among Dementia Patients - But Falling**](https://homehealthcarenews.com/2025/05/medicare-home-health-use-high-among-dementia-patients-but-falling/) | [[Home Health Care News]] | | 5/8/2025 | [**WellSky® Wins 'Best Home Health Care Solution' Designation in Ninth Annual MedTech ...**](https://www.morningstar.com/news/business-wire/20250508205101/wellsky-wins-best-home-health-care-solution-designation-in-ninth-annual-medtech-breakthrough-awards-program) | [[Morningstar]] | | 4/24/2025 | [**Industry Analysis and Competitive Strategies in Smart Home Healthcare Market Report 2025-2032**](https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/industry-analysis-competitive-strategies-smart-home-whkcc) | [[Linkedin]] | | 4/2/2025 | [**Leaders' Past Experiences Bring Fresh Perspectives To Home-Based Care**](https://homehealthcarenews.com/2025/04/leaders-past-experiences-bring-fresh-perspectives-to-home-based-care/) | [[Home Health Care News]] | | 3/13/2025 | [**Medical Device Connectivity Market Size, Share, Business Insights, Challenges, Trends, Forecast…**](https://medium.com/@newsblast/medical-device-connectivity-market-size-share-business-insights-challenges-trends-forecast-e245ce15bfaf) | [[Medium]] | | 3/12/2025 | [**CoachCare Acquires VitalTech, Expanding RPM and Virtual Care Capabilities**](https://hitconsultant.net/2025/03/12/coachcare-acquires-vitaltech/) | [[HIT Consultant]] | | 3/11/2025 | [**Fixing A 'Badly Broken Medical System': Home Care Leaders Testify Before Congress On Post-Acute Care**](https://homehealthcarenews.com/2025/03/fixing-a-badly-broken-medical-system-home-care-leaders-testify-before-congress-on-post-acute-care/) | [[Home Health Care News]] | | 3/6/2025 | [**BAYADA Home Health Care Recommends Home Care as a Cost-Effective Solution in ...**](https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/bayada-home-health-care-recommends-home-care-as-a-cost-effective-solution-in-federal-spending-reduction-efforts-302394748.html) | [[PR Newswire]] | | 3/6/2025 | [**#aiinhealthcare #digitalhealth #smarthospitals #healthcareinnovation… - Hatim Khan**](https://www.linkedin.com/posts/hatim-khan-global-growth_aiinhealthcare-digitalhealth-smarthospitals-activity-7303122748128550913-2mOk) | [[Linkedin]] | | 3/4/2025 | [**Portable Medical Devices Market to Reach USD 191.1 Billion by 2035, Driven by AI ...**](https://finance.yahoo.com/news/portable-medical-devices-market-reach-123000217.html) | [[Yahoo Finance]] | | 3/4/2025 | [**Memorial Hermann launches joint venture for home care**](https://www.beckershospitalreview.com/quality/memorial-hermann-launches-joint-venture-for-home-care.html) | [[Beckers Hospital Review]] | | 2/28/2025 | [**The Home Care Tipping Point: Why 2025 Could Break or Make Your Business - LinkedIn**](https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/home-care-tipping-point-why-2025-could-break-make-your-iqhvc) | [[Linkedin]] | | 2/21/2025 | [**Black Book Research Releases 2025 Rural Healthcare IT Solutions Report Addressing ...**](https://finance.yahoo.com/news/black-book-research-releases-2025-223500933.html) | [[Yahoo Finance]] | | 1/17/2025 | [**January 17 Is Founder's Day: BAYADA Home Health Care Celebrates 50 Years of Service**](https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/january-17-is-founders-day-bayada-home-health-care-celebrates-50-years-of-service-302354247.html) | [[PR Newswire]] | | 1/17/2025 | [**January 17 Is Founder's Day: BAYADA Home Health Care Celebrates 50 Years of Service**](https://www.morningstar.com/news/pr-newswire/20250117ph98166/january-17-is-founders-day-bayada-home-health-care-celebrates-50-years-of-service) | [[Morningstar]] | | 1/15/2025 | [**Wearable Devices and Mobile Applications - 2025 Health IT Predictions**](https://www.healthcareittoday.com/2025/01/15/wearable-devices-and-mobile-applications-2025-health-it-predictions/) | [[Healthcare IT Today]] | | 1/14/2025 | [**Healthcare Trends Shaping 2025 And Insights For Industry Leaders - Forbes**](https://www.forbes.com/councils/forbesbusinesscouncil/2025/01/14/healthcare-trends-shaping-2025-and-insights-for-industry-leaders/) | [[Forbes]] | | 12/19/2024 | [**Critical Care Equipment Market Analysis with a Striking CAGR of 4.2rom 2024 to 2031 - LinkedIn**](https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/critical-care-equipment-market-analysis-striking-cagr-42-from-x7fff) | [[Linkedin]] | | 11/19/2024 | [**Gary Rosenfield, Director, Medicaid Product , United Concordia Dental**](https://www.beckershospitalreview.com/podcasts/becker-s-payer-issues-podcast/gary-rosenfield-chief-strategy-and-development-officer-of-evernorth-health-services-home-based-care-138734433.html) | [[Beckers Hospital Review]] | | 9/12/2024 | [**Future Leader: Courtny Brooks, Director Of Home Health, Lutheran Senior Services**](https://homehealthcarenews.com/2024/09/future-leader-courtny-brooks-director-of-home-health-lutheran-senior-services/) | [[Home Health Care News]] | | 9/4/2024 | [**Horizon Technology finance provides $35M venture loan facility to Vesta Healthcare - MSN**](https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/savingandinvesting/horizon-technology-finance-provides-35m-venture-loan-facility-to-vesta-healthcare/ar-AA1pVJqj) | msn.com | | 6/25/2024 | [**Fixing The Hospital-To-Home Health Care Transition**](https://homehealthcarenews.com/2024/06/fixing-the-hospital-to-home-health-care-transition-in-the-us/) | [[Home Health Care News]] | | 1/8/2024 | [**Does Medicare Cover Home Health Care?**](https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/other/does-medicare-cover-home-health-care/ar-AA1mEHhl) | msn.com | | 10/11/2021 | [**Best Buy ramps up focus on home health care by acquiring Current Health**](https://www.fiercehealthcare.com/tech/best-buy-ramps-up-focus-home-healthcare-by-acquiring-current-health) | [[FierceHealthcare]] | ## Topic Overview (Some LLM-derived content — please confirm with above primary sources) ### Key Players - **Honor Health Care Network**: A comprehensive home care organization that aims to expand its presence through acquisitions. - **Help at Home**: A home health care provider recognized for its leadership in the industry, with leaders like Shelbie Kuhn and Ashley Gore being acknowledged for their contributions. - **BAYADA Home Health Care**: One of the largest providers of home health services in the U.S., emphasizing the cost-saving potential of home health care. - **Empath**: A home health care provider emphasizing the importance of quality care and reducing hospital readmissions. - **Homecare Homebase**: Provides cloud-based technology solutions for home-based care agencies to improve operational outcomes. - **Premier Home Health Care Services**: A licensed home care agency in New York that has partnered with AlayaCare for EHR solutions to enhance care delivery. - **Memorial Hermann Health System**: A health system partnering with Monogram Health to provide multispecialty home care services. - **CareConnect, LLC**: A company that launched Home Health Care Hire, an applicant tracking system designed to streamline the hiring process for home care agencies. - **CenterWell**: A division of Humana that focuses on home health, pharmacy, and primary care services, aiming to demonstrate the value of home health care. - **First Horizon Management**: Specializes in skilled and unskilled home health care services and operates a Certified Nursing Assistant School. - **Home Instead**: A leading franchise in home care, focusing on innovative strategies to improve operations. - **AlayaCare**: An electronic health record platform chosen by Premier Home Health Care Services to modernize their care delivery systems. - **Interim HealthCare Inc.**: A home health care provider that recently appointed Rexanne Domico as President and COO to enhance operational strategies. - **CoachCare**: A company enhancing remote patient monitoring and virtual care capabilities through acquisitions. - **Health Recovery Solutions (HRS)**: A healthcare technology company recognized for its Remote Patient Monitoring (RPM) solutions, enhancing patient outcomes and reducing hospital readmissions. - **Johns Hopkins Aramco Healthcare**: A healthcare provider that has partnered with TruDoc Healthcare to enhance patient experiences through 'Hospital at Home' services. - **Humana**: One of the largest healthcare companies in the U.S., particularly in Medicare Advantage, influencing home health care dynamics. - **Scott Powers**: Industry leader expressing concerns about the adequacy of current Medicare payment models for home health care. - **Amedisys**: Focuses on individualized care plans and ongoing education for clinicians to improve patient outcomes. ### Partnerships and Collaborations - **BAYADA Home Health Care**: Celebrating 50 years of service, emphasizing partnerships to enhance home health care delivery. - **Premier Home Health Care Services and AlayaCare**: Collaboration to migrate to a cloud-based EHR platform to improve caregiver experience and care delivery. - **CVS Health and MissionCare Collective**: Collaboration aimed at improving retention rates for home health workers. - **Help at Home and Future Leaders Awards**: Recognizes emerging professionals in home health care, hospice care, and related sectors. - **Memorial Hermann and Monogram Health**: Joint venture to provide multispecialty home care services for patients with chronic conditions. - **Bayada Home Health Care and Cubhub**: Partnership to implement a new electronic medical record platform for better care delivery. - **Health Recovery Solutions and HealPrecisely**: Partnered to implement a Remote Patient Monitoring program for wound care patients, aiming to enhance patient outcomes and reduce hospital readmissions. - **Advancing a Sustainable Hospital-at-Home Ecosystem at Scale (HaH)**: A collaborative project involving over 20 partners to define the technology stack for scalable hospital-at-home models. - **Johns Hopkins Aramco Healthcare and TruDoc Healthcare**: Partnered to enhance patient experiences through innovative 'Hospital at Home' services. - **Generational Group and Honor Health Care Network**: Facilitated the acquisition of First Horizon Management to enhance home health care services. - **HealthTap and Aeroflow Healthcare**: Partnership to enhance patient access to primary care and durable medical equipment services. - **Connected Health Collaborative Community (CHcc)**: Launched by DiMe in partnership with CTA and UMass Chan Medical School to enhance connected health technologies. - **Devoted Guardians and Banner Health**: Launched a patient care navigation program focusing on social determinants of health, leading to reduced hospitalizations. - **Orlando Health Network and InnovAge**: Formed a joint venture to open a co-branded center for senior care, providing comprehensive healthcare and social services. - **Netsmart and Interim HealthCare**: Collaboration to implement the myUnity EHR platform to improve patient outcomes and reduce administrative tasks. - **ActiGraph and Biofourmis**: Acquisition aimed at creating a unified software ecosystem for clinical research and enhancing in-home care solutions. - **Netsmart and Apricot**: This partnership introduces an AI solution to enhance operational efficiency by streamlining documentation processes for home care and hospice agencies. - **Washington Gastroenterology and WovenX Health**: Collaboration to improve gastrointestinal telehealth care delivery. - **Ixcela and Roper St. Francis Healthcare**: Collaborated to launch a virtual clinic focusing on gut health and personalized nutritional therapy for cancer patients. - **Oklahoma State University and TytoCare**: Providing virtual clinics to expand healthcare access for students in rural areas. ### Innovations, Trends, and Initiatives - **Smart Home Healthcare**: Integration of technology in home environments for enhanced health management through remote monitoring and telemedicine. - **Telehealth and Hospital-at-Home Programs**: Predicted growth areas in home health care, enhancing patient monitoring and care delivery. - **In-Home Behavioral Health Care**: Emerging as a solution to provide specialized support for individuals with mental health disorders, enhancing access to quality care. - **Home Health Care Software Market**: Projected to grow significantly, driven by technological advancements and the increasing aging population, necessitating enhanced software solutions for patient management. - **Hospital-at-Home Model**: Demonstrated potential to lower costs, improve patient outcomes, and increase satisfaction, reshaping healthcare delivery. - **Telehealth and Smart Applications**: Enhancing home-based wound care and patient engagement, addressing accessibility and quality of care. - **Value-Based Care**: The shift towards value-based care models is driving the home health care market, focusing on patient outcomes and quality of care rather than service volume. - **Home Healthcare Devices Market Growth**: Expected to grow at a CAGR of 7.4% from 2024 to 2031, driven by telehealth integration and remote monitoring. - **Home Health Care Outlook Survey 2025**: Indicates optimism among providers regarding strategic growth and technology investments despite staffing challenges. - **Social Determinants of Health (SDoH)**: Increased focus on addressing SDoH in home health care to improve patient outcomes. - **Remote Patient Monitoring (RPM)**: Gaining traction as a transformative approach for home-based care, with significant market growth projected. - **Telehealth and Remote Monitoring**: Gaining traction as effective solutions for delivering care, especially post-COVID-19, enhancing patient engagement and satisfaction. - **Telehealth Advancements**: Improving in-home patient care through secure video consultations, though facing barriers like data security concerns. - **AI and Data Analytics**: Emerging trends in home health care leveraging AI for better patient management and operational efficiency. - **AI and Automation**: Emerging technologies are being integrated into home health care to streamline operations and improve patient outcomes. - **Home Health Value-Based Purchasing (HHVBP)**: A model adjusting Medicare payments based on home health agencies' performance on quality measures. - **Remote Health Monitoring Platform by TMA**: Continuously tracks vital signs and lifestyle factors, providing alerts during emergencies. - **AI and Data Aggregation**: Technological advancements in AI and data aggregation tools are being leveraged to improve patient care and clinician satisfaction in home health settings. - **AI and IoT Integration**: Technological advancements are driving the growth of home healthcare solutions, enhancing patient safety and convenience. ### Challenges and Concerns - **Access to Home Health Care Services**: Recent data indicates that nearly 35% of patients faced barriers to accessing necessary home health care. - **Staffing Shortages**: The home health care sector is facing significant staffing shortages and high turnover rates, impacting the delivery of quality care. - **Fraud in Home Health Care**: Ongoing issues with fraudulent activities, particularly in Medicare and Medicaid, raising concerns for regulators and industry peers. - **Regulatory Challenges**: Home health care providers face difficulties in navigating regulations that impact service delivery and reimbursement. - **Regulatory Pressures**: Evolving regulations and reimbursement models pose challenges for home health care agencies. - **Access Disparities**: Medicare Advantage beneficiaries reportedly have reduced access to quality home health services compared to traditional Medicare beneficiaries. - **Data Privacy and Cybersecurity**: Concerns have risen regarding data breaches and the security of patient information in home healthcare. - **Payment Rate Cuts**: Home health providers are facing cuts in payment rates, impacting financial stability and service delivery. - **Regulatory Environment**: Investor concerns regarding the uncertain regulatory landscape could affect future investments in home health care. - **Medicare Payment Adequacy**: Concerns about the 0.5% increase in Medicare payments for home health agencies being insufficient to meet rising service demands. - **Infrastructure Strain**: Proposals to expand Medicare for in-home care may strain existing home care infrastructure. - **Rural Access Challenges**: Residents in rural areas face limited access to home care services, exacerbated by staffing shortages and resource limitations. - **M&A Market Challenges**: Rising interest rates, reimbursement issues, and staffing shortages are impacting mergers and acquisitions in the home health sector. - **Reimbursement Issues**: Home health providers are struggling with low reimbursement rates from Medicare Advantage plans, which threatens their financial viability. - **Investment Costs**: High initial costs for IoT infrastructure and technology adoption can hinder growth in home health care. - **Data Security**: Concerns regarding data privacy and security in telehealth and remote monitoring must be addressed. ## Related Topics [[Home Health]]; [[Home Healthcare]]; [[Home Care]]; [[In-Home Care]]