# In-Home Care * **Definition:** Health and personal care services provided to individuals in their own homes, including medical care, monitoring, and assistance with daily activities, aimed at supporting independence and comfort. * **Taxonomy:** Healthcare Topics / In-Home Care ## News * Selected news on the topic of **In-Home Care**, for healthcare technology leaders * 7.2K news items are in the system for this topic * Posts have been filtered for tech and healthcare-related keywords | Date | Title | Source | | --- | --- | --- | | 5/23/2025 | [**Dealbook: Help At Home Acquires Home Care Now of Central Florida, Seniors Helping Seniors Expands**](https://homehealthcarenews.com/2025/05/dealbook-help-at-home-acquires-home-care-now-of-central-florida-seniors-helping-seniors-expands/) | [[Home Health Care News]] | | 5/16/2025 | [**Dr. Damanjeet Chaubey, Vice President of Clinical Affairs at Clover Health**](https://www.beckershospitalreview.com/podcasts/becker-s-payer-issues-podcast/dr-damanjeet-chaubey-vice-president-of-clinical-affairs-at-clover-health/) | [[Beckers Hospital Review]] | | 5/8/2025 | [**How to pay for in-home care - especially for Veterans**](https://www.usatoday.com/story/sponsor-story/brightstar-care/2025/05/09/how-to-pay-for-in-home-care-especially-for-veterans/83516506007/) | [[USA Today]] | | 4/15/2025 | [**Reimagine Care, MedStar Health partner to integrate oncology care platform**](https://www.mobihealthnews.com/news/reimagine-care-medstar-health-partner-integrate-oncology-care-platform) | [[MobiHealthNews]] | | 3/24/2025 | [**UAE Remote Patient Monitoring Devices Market 2030: How Technology is Revolutionizing ...**](https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/uae-remote-patient-monitoring-devices-market-2030-viz1f/) | [[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]] | | 1/22/2025 | [**ActiGraph Accelerates Clinical Trial Modernization With Transformational Acquisition Of ...**](https://www.clinicalleader.com/doc/actigraph-accelerates-clinical-trial-modernization-with-transformational-acquisition-of-biofourmis-life-science-business-0001) | [[Clinical Leader]] | | 1/22/2025 | [**ActiGraph Accelerates Clinical Trial Modernization With Transformational Acquisition Of ...**](http://www.clinicalleader.com/doc/actigraph-accelerates-clinical-trial-modernization-with-transformational-acquisition-of-biofourmis-life-science-business-0001) | [[Clinical Leader]] | | 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]] | | 1/10/2025 | [**Exploring the future of in-home healthcare: Innovations, benefits, and what's ahead**](https://www.fastcompany.com/91257384/exploring-the-future-of-in-home-healthcare-innovations-benefits-and-whats-ahead) | [[Fast Company]] | | 1/7/2025 | [**ActiGraph Accelerates Clinical Trial Modernization with Transformational Acquisition of Biofourmis Life Science Business**](https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/actigraph-accelerates-clinical-trial-modernization-with-transformational-acquisition-of-biofourmis-life-science-business-302344216.html) | [[PR Newswire]] | | 1/7/2025 | [**ActiGraph Accelerates Clinical Trial Modernization with Transformational Acquisition of ...**](https://finance.yahoo.com/news/actigraph-accelerates-clinical-trial-modernization-110000990.html) | [[Yahoo Finance]] | | 1/3/2025 | [**Q&A: Philips on evolving care models, cybersecurity and digital health's future**](https://www.mobihealthnews.com/news/qa-philips-evolving-care-models-cybersecurity-and-digital-healths-future) | [[MobiHealthNews]] | | 1/2/2025 | [**Executive Home Care Encourages Families to Plan for Care in the New Year to Support ...**](https://finance.yahoo.com/news/executive-home-care-encourages-families-143000075.html) | [[Yahoo Finance]] | | 12/30/2024 | [**The Health IT Needed to Implement Harris' Medicare Home Care Proposal - HIT Consultant**](https://hitconsultant.net/2024/12/30/the-health-it-needed-to-implement-harris-medicare-home-care-proposal/) | [[HIT Consultant]] | | 12/27/2024 | [**The Health IT Needed to Implement Harris' Medicare Home Care Proposal**](https://hitconsultant.net/2024/12/27/the-health-it-needed-to-implement-harris-medicare-home-care-proposal/) | [[HIT Consultant]] | | 12/19/2024 | [**IPS tner to Advance Digitally-Enabled Hospital-at-Home Care**](https://medtechintelligence.com/news_article/ips-dime-partner-to-advance-digitally-enabled-hospital-at-home-care/) | [[MedTech Intelligence]] | | 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]] | | 11/23/2024 | [**Comprehensive Report on the Remote Patient Monitoring Services Market Size from 2024 to 2031**](https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/comprehensive-report-remote-patient-monitoring-services-market-yqnqc) | [[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]] | | 10/23/2024 | [**The Healthcare Services market is projected to grow by USD 6.26 Billion from 2024-2028, driven by AI and the rising prevalence of chronic diseases, shaping market evolution - Technavio**](https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/the-healthcare-services-market-is-projected-to-grow-by-usd-6-26-billion-from-2024-2028--driven-by-ai-and-the-rising-prevalence-of-chronic-diseases-shaping-market-evolution---technavio-302284193.html) | [[PR Newswire]] | | 10/21/2024 | [**CopilotIQ and Biofourmis Merge to Create the First End-to-End Platform for AI-Driven In-Home Care**](https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20241021889203/en/CopilotIQ-and-Biofourmis-Merge-to-Create-the-First-End-to-End-Platform-for-AI-Driven-In-Home-Care) | [[Business Wire]] | | 7/8/2024 | [**In-Home Care Company HarmonyCares Raises $200 Million**](https://homehealthcarenews.com/2024/07/in-home-care-company-harmonycares-raises-200-million/) | [[Home Health Care News]] | | 6/28/2024 | [**Empowering the Future - Transforming Nursing Education to Meet the Growing Demand for ...**](https://www.healthleadersmedia.com/cno/contributed-content-empowering-future-transforming-nursing-education-meet-growing-demand-home) | [[HealthLeaders Media]] | ## Topic Overview (Some LLM-derived content — please confirm with above primary sources) ### Key Players - **Right at Home**: A franchise expanding its in-home care services, focusing on providing essential care to the aging population. - **Executive Home Care**: A franchise offering quality in-home care services, focusing on companionship and personal care for seniors. - **Help at Home**: A home care provider that has expanded its operations to cover every county in Florida, enhancing its ability to provide services to vulnerable populations. - **DispatchHealth**: A provider of in-home hospital care, recently accredited for its Advanced Care service, focusing on delivering hospital-level care at home. - **Senior Helpers**: A leading provider of in-home senior care services, recognized for its Age-Friendly Care at Home certification, emphasizing a person-centered approach to care. - **Touching Hearts NYC**: Offers personalized in-home care services for seniors, particularly during the holiday season, to reduce hospital readmissions. - **Seniors Helping Seniors**: Franchise network providing in-home care services by hiring active seniors. - **Addus HomeCare**: A leading provider of personal care services, benefiting significantly from proposed Medicare coverage expansion. - **AdventHealth**: A healthcare system implementing remote patient management programs to deliver inpatient-level care at home. - **ONCALL**: Provider of in-home care services in Australia, expanding to meet demand. - **Lee Health**: Healthcare provider launching a 'Hospital at Home' program to deliver hospital-level care in patients' homes. - **HarmonyCares**: A healthcare organization focusing on in-home care for high-need patients, achieving significant cost savings and improved patient outcomes. ### Partnerships and Collaborations - **Executive Home Care and CalicoCare**: Collaborating to integrate advanced monitoring technology, SenseAware.care, to enhance in-home care services for seniors. - **Caribou Rewards and Right at Home**: Partnership to enhance caregiver experience through rewards. - **MedStar Health and DispatchHealth**: Partnering to provide at-home care services for patients following hospital stays, improving patient transitions from hospital to home. - **GrayHawk Health and Innovaccer**: Collaborating to utilize data analytics for improving in-home care delivery services. - **Reimagine Care and MedStar Health**: Integrating oncology care platforms to enhance home-based cancer care services. - **Intelligent Product Solutions and HaH Project**: Collaborating to enhance at-home digitally-enabled healthcare. - **Reimagine Care and Memorial Hermann Health System**: Expanding home-focused, on-demand cancer care options following successful initial trials. - **Homecare Homebase and SimiTree**: Collaborated to integrate the Market Analysis Platform into HCHB's services, enhancing market data visibility for home health providers. - **CopilotIQ and Biofourmis**: Merged to create an AI-driven platform for in-home care, addressing a full spectrum of patient needs. - **NTT DATA and Duke Health**: Collaborating to develop an advanced in-home care model that integrates AI technologies for enhanced patient care. - **Monogram Health and Memorial Hermann Health System**: Partnering to enhance outcomes for patients with polychronic conditions through integrated home-based care. - **HarmonyCares and Investors**: Raised $200 million from General Catalyst and McKesson Ventures to expand its in-home care model. - **Athelas and Resilient Healthcare**: Partnering to launch a pilot program aimed at transforming outpatient care and hospital billing through innovative health-at-home solutions. - **Ochsner Health and myLaurel**: Collaborating to provide acute and transitional care services at home, aiming to reduce hospital admissions. - **Biofourmis and AdventHealth**: Partnered to implement a remote patient management program to enhance whole-person care and improve patient experiences at home. - **Memorial Hermann and Monogram Health**: A joint venture to provide multispecialty home care services targeting members with multiple chronic conditions. - **Intelligent Product Solutions (IPS) and HaH Project**: IPS joined the Advancing a Sustainable Hospital-at-Home Ecosystem project to enhance at-home digital healthcare. - **Devoted Guardians and Banner Health**: Launching a patient care navigation program focusing on social determinants of health, leading to reduced hospitalizations. ### Innovations, Trends, and Initiatives - **Expansion of In-Home Services**: There is a growing trend towards expanding in-home care services to meet the needs of an aging population. - **In-Home Hospital Care**: Growing demand for hospital-alternative care at home, with DispatchHealth setting a gold standard for quality in-home acute care. - **Inbound InHome iPad app**: Launched by Inbound Health to enhance home care experience through communication and remote monitoring features. - **AI Integration in Home Care**: The use of AI technologies, such as virtual agents and remote monitoring, is becoming prevalent in enhancing in-home care delivery. - **AHCaH Waiver**: Introduced during the COVID-19 pandemic, allowing hospitals to receive equivalent payments for home-based care as for traditional inpatient services. - **Franchise Expansion**: Companies like Right at Home and Executive Home Care are expanding their franchises to meet the growing demand for in-home care services. - **Medicare at Home Proposal**: Kamala Harris proposed expanding Medicare to cover in-home care for seniors. - **Age-Friendly Care at Home Certification**: Focuses on a person-centered approach to care, utilizing the 4Ms framework: What Matters, Medication, Mentation, and Mobility. - **Medicare Expansion Proposals**: Proposals to expand Medicare coverage for in-home care services aim to alleviate the burden on families and improve access to care. - **AI in Home Care**: The integration of AI tools in healthcare technology is crucial for improving efficiency and reducing administrative burdens in home care. - **Remote Patient Monitoring**: The integration of technologies like AI and advanced monitoring systems to enhance in-home care services and improve patient safety. - **Expansion of in-home care franchises**: Right at Home aims to award 24 new franchises this year in response to increasing demand for in-home care services. - **Medicare Coverage Expansion**: Proposed by Vice President Kamala Harris to include in-home senior care, potentially growing the personal-care services market to over $110 billion by 2031. - **Seniors Helping Seniors Model**: Focuses on hiring active seniors to provide care, fostering meaningful relationships. - **AI-driven Platform by CoPilotIQ and Biofourmis**: Aims to enhance in-home care for older adults with chronic conditions. - **Remote Patient Monitoring (RPM)**: Gaining traction as a transformative approach for home-based care, enhancing patient outcomes and reducing hospital readmissions. - **Telehealth Advancements**: Improving in-home patient care through secure video consultations, although facing barriers like data security concerns. - **GUIDE Model**: A new payment approach by CMS aimed at improving dementia care coordination and access to services. - **Virtual Assistants (VAs)**: Emerging tools utilizing AI to enhance care quality and alleviate administrative burdens on caregivers. ### Challenges and Concerns - **Healthcare accessibility for seniors**: The need for expanded care delivery options like in-home care to meet the growing demands of an aging population. - **Access to Care**: Many Medicare patients struggle to access primary care services, highlighting the need for expanded in-home care options. - **Caregiver Shortage**: Despite increasing demand for home healthcare services, there is a significant shortage of qualified caregivers, necessitating innovative solutions. - **Safety and Trust in Home Care**: Companies like Papa are addressing safety concerns through enhanced training and vetting processes for caregivers. - **Staffing Shortages**: The home care industry is facing significant staffing shortages, impacting the quality of care provided. - **Regulatory and Reimbursement Structures**: Need for evolution to support the growing in-home healthcare sector. - **Implementation Challenges**: The need for negotiated rates and potential opposition in Congress may hinder the implementation of new in-home care initiatives. - **Infrastructure Strain**: The proposed expansion of Medicare for in-home care may strain existing home care infrastructure. - **Regulatory Hurdles**: Challenges in scaling care delivery and aligning incentives persist, impacting the growth of home care services. - **Shortage of healthcare providers**: The current shortage of healthcare providers and educators in the in-home care field necessitates investment in educational resources. - **Rising Operational Costs**: Increased costs are straining home care agencies, leading to challenges in maintaining service quality. - **Implementation of Medicare at Home**: Concerns about effectiveness and potential impact on private insurance options. - **Data Privacy and Integration Complexities**: Challenges in the home healthcare software market. - **Medicaid Cuts**: Proposed cuts to Medicaid could jeopardize funding for in-home support services, affecting the ability of seniors to live independently. - **Compliance Pressures**: Regulatory compliance is becoming increasingly complex, adding to the operational burdens of home care providers. - **Cybersecurity Vulnerabilities**: The rise of home healthcare technologies raises concerns about cybersecurity and the safety of medical devices used in home settings. - **Human-Centered Care vs. AI**: The integration of AI in healthcare raises concerns about maintaining a human-centered approach while enhancing care delivery. - **Financial Burden of Long-Term Care**: The high costs of long-term care remain a significant concern for older adults, with many unable to afford necessary services. - **Technology Adoption**: Increased demand for services may necessitate the adoption of new technologies, such as remote monitoring devices. ## Related Topics [[Home Care]]; [[Home Health Care]]; [[Home Healthcare]]; [[Home Health]]