Executive Briefing: 2023 Senior Report
This report finds the most recent shifts in senior’s social determinants of health, urgent needs to support older Americans, long-term trends, and the health of older Americans.
Message From Lisa Remington
November/December 2023 Issue
FREE CONTENT In the November/December issue of The Remington Report, we explore the best solutions for patient engagement. Three different strategies reduce emergency department visits, readmissions, and encourage self-care.
More Hospitals Facing Readmission Penalties in 2024
November/December 2023 Issue
SUBSCRIBER CONTENT More hospitals will face readmissions penalties in 2024, per preliminary CMS data. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services will restart its pneumonia readmissions measure.
Patient Engagement Framework for Chronically Complex Patients
November/December 2023 Issue
SUBSCRIBER CONTENT A coaching framework of techniques and tools employed by health providers is part of an intensive care management intervention and an Authentic Healing Relationship between patients and care teams.
4 Cost Burdens Faced by Seniors in Medicare and Medicare Advantage Plans
November/December 2023 Issue
SUBSCRIBER CONTENT A respected biennial health insurance survey sheds light on the burden seniors face to afford medications and care that are enrolled in traditional Medicare and Medicare Advantage plans.
Certificate-of-Need Ties Back to Health Equity Assessments
November/December 2023 Issue
SUBSCRIBER CONTENT New York State’s new requirement for certain certificate-of-need applications includes a health equity impact assessment. New York is now the first state to implement a required equity assessment in its health facility planning and approval process that went into effect June 22.
4 Key Challenges to the Future RN Workforce
According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, registered nursing is one of the fastest-growing occupational fields in the country.
61% of Seniors Will Require Long-Term Care Services and Supports
This study provides insight into the long-term care services and support needs of seniors that help shape the future.
Nurse Practitioner: 45% Projected Growth
According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, overall employment of nurse practitioners is projected to grow 45% by 2030.
Trends and Patterns of Dementia Patient Discharges: SNF vs. Home Health
One-third of all fee-for-service Medicare beneficiaries receiving post-acute care have a diagnosis of dementia, and more than 7 in 10 receive this care in a SNF.
This ACO Model is Testing the Future of Home Care and Waivers
Care Continuum: Reports just published prove ACOs are saving Medicare money! The next generation ACO is expanding and testing home care through six new benefits including waivers, expanding the role of the nurse practitioner and piloting a value-based payment. This went into motion July 1. We explain in detail how this impacts home care.
Discharge Planning: CMS Concerns About Missing Information Provided to Post-Acute Providers at Discharge
September/October 2023 Issue
SUBSCRIBER CONTENT On June 6, 2023, CMS issued a that when a patient is discharged from a hospital, it is important to provide post-acute providers and caregivers as applicable with the appropriate patient information related to a patient’s treatment and condition to decrease the risk of readmission or an adverse event.
Future Bundled Payment Programs to Improve Care Transitions and Collaboration Across Patients’ Care Journey
September/October 2023 Issue
SUBSCRIBER CONTENT CMS is asking for feedback to create a future episode-based payment model seeking feedback regarding a potential new episode-based payment model that would be designed with a goal to improve beneficiary care and lower Medicare expenditures by reducing fragmentation and increasing care coordination across health care settings.
CMS Proposes Payment to Physicians to Train Caregivers
September/October 2023 Issue
SUBSCRIBER CONTENT For CY 2024, CMS proposes paying physicians for Caregiving Training Services (CTS) when the treating practitioner identifies a need to involve and train one or more caregivers to assist the patient in carrying out a patient-centered treatment plan.
CMS Proposes to Pay Doctors for Social Determinants and Illness Navigation Services
September/October 2023 Issue
SUBSCRIBER CONTENT CMS is proposing to pay separately for Community Health Integration, Social Determinants of Health (SDOH) Risk Assessment, and Principal Illness Navigation services to account for resources when clinicians involve community health workers, care navigators, and peer support specialists in furnishing medically necessary care.
What’s Changing About Dementia Care Offered in Patient’s Home?
September/October 2023 Issue
SUBSCRIBER CONTENT The eight-year Guiding an Improved Dementia Experience Model (GUIDE) seeks to keep Medicare enrollees outside of long-term care facilities by extending a package of local care coordination and management and caregiver education and support services.
MarketScan: Medicare Advantage Plan
July/August 2023 Issue
SUBSCRIBER CONTENT This article identifies four essential attributes of the growth in Medicare Advantage Plans and interesting other facts.
3 Policies and Regulations Look to Change the Future of Medicare and Medicaid
July/August 2023 Issue
SUBSCRIBER CONTENT Three new and proposed policies and regulations are reshaping critical areas of healthcare, including social determinants of health, Medicare, Medicaid, and Medicaid Managed Care. Taking a deeper look helps to predict future changes.
CMS’s Making Care Primary Model Advances Primary Care into Value-Based Care
July/August 2023 Issue
SUBSCRIBER CONTENT A new CMS model for primary care is testing value-based payments, chronic care management, and management of social determinants. If successful, the model Making Care Primary can scale both large and small physician practices into value-based care and comprehensive care management.
Medicaid Home and Community-Based Services Participants Have Outpaced Workforce Expansion Since 2013
July/August 2023 Issue
SUBSCRIBER CONTENT The HCBS workforce is not growing fast enough to serve residents relying on long-term services and support. New investments in this workforce are essential to sustain access to HCBS for current and future generations.
How Does Telehealth Change After a Public Health Emergency Has Ended?
July/August 2023 Issue
SUBSCRIBER CONTENT Some telehealth waivers extended under COVID reached their end, while others continue through December 31, 2024. This article provides an easy way to know the current status of telehealth waivers in each health care sector.
How are State Palliative Care Laws Increasing Death at Home?
July/August 2023 Issue
SUBSCRIBER CONTENT The paradox is 85% of patients in the US prefer to die at home, but only 40% die at home or in hospice. A recent study examined the association between the presence of state palliative legislation and the place of death.
Get to Know the New Providers in Care-at-Home Delivery
May/June 2023 Issue
SUBSCRIBER CONTENT Disruptors or non-traditional providers are quickly accelerating their footprint into the care-at-home market. These providers are addressing the pain points and healthcare gaps that traditional-for-service providers have failed to correct for many years.
The Patient’s Perspective on Their Care Transition Process
May/June 2023 Issue
SUBSCRIBER CONTENT Learn the perspectives of patients regarding their care transition experience after discharge.
Potential Changes to the Home-Based Care Industry
May/June 2023 Issue
SUBSCRIBER CONTENT The Expanding Care in the Home Act: By moving an array of services for Medicare beneficiaries from hospital to home, lawmakers hope they can save money while allowing older Americans to receive care in their homes. Get an understanding of a new proposed bill.
8 Factors Leading to Clinician Satisfaction and Retention
May/June 2023 Issue
FREE CONTENT In this special report, we provide guidance to help your organization improve the clinician experience and gather data to easily track satisfaction and achieve a more engaged workforce.
What Motivates ACOs to Make Home Visits?
March/April 2023 Issue
SUBSCRIBER CONTENT Learn the seven reasons why ACOs use home care and what’s behind the motivation.
Senior Care Profiles
March/April 2023 Issue
SUBSCRIBER CONTENT The profile of seniors is changing according to the Administration on Aging. Get the latest information.
Why Collaboration Across the Care Continuum Improves ACO Patient Experience
March/April 2023 Issue
SUBSCRIBER CONTENT A study out of the Ohio State University Fisher College of Business explores factors that can help ACOs deliver more efficient and effective health care, by how much and the costs associated with these improvements.
Maryland Total Cost of Care Model
The model aims to improve the overall health of Marylanders, reduce avoidable hospital readmissions and emergency department visits, and improve the patient experience in health care settings.
Performance of Efficient Home Health Agencies in 2020
To identify efficient HHAs, CMS examined cost efficiency and quality at freestanding HHAs to identify a cohort that demonstrated better performance on these metrics relative to peers.
The Top 5 Conditions Most Used for Hospice
The top five conditions most used for hospice.
Medicare Hospice Spending by Length of Stay
Nearly 60 percent of Medicare hospice spending in 2020 was for patients with stays exceeding 180 days.
Hospice Quick Fact Market Overview from Latest Data
Hospice quick fact market overview from the latest data.
5 Changes to Social Determinants of Health Quality Measures Across the Continuum 2023
January/February 2023 Issue
SUBSCRIBER CONTENT New social determinants of health (SDOH) quality measures will be required by hospitals, health plans, and multi-payer federal and state programs. We provide details on how each healthcare sector will be incorporating SDOH quality measures.
2023 CMS Adding Physician Relationships to Home Care Providers on Medicare’s Care Compare Website
January/February 2023 Issue
SUBSCRIBER CONTENT Medicare’s Care Compare website is adding physician and clinician affiliations to home-based care organizations. The new information is meant to provide additional information to support patients and caregivers as they make healthcare decisions.
5 Ways Health Equity is Advancing in Medicare Models
January/February 2023 Issue
SUBSCRIBER CONTENT In this article, we explore the models of care advancing health equity and the closer connection to value-based care.
Home Care and Hospice Payment Recommendations for 2024
January/February 2023 Issue
SUBSCRIBER CONTENT The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission submitted its official payment recommendations to Congress for March FY2024. Recommended cuts include home healthcare and hospice.
Electronic Visit Verification Systems Required January 1, 2023
January/February 2023 Issue
SUBSCRIBER CONTENT Medicaid-funded personal care services and home healthcare services will need to be fully compliant with their state’s electronic visit verification systems by January 1, 2023. We review the oversight and details.
9 Key Trends: How CMS is Aligning Value-Based Arrangements Across Traditional Medicare Programs
January/February 2023 Issue
SUBSCRIBER CONTENT CMS has indicated that the agency intends for anyone with Medicare coverage to be under a value-based payment arrangement by 2030. Learn which fee-for-service programs are advancing value-based care.
How Proactive Team-Based Care Engagement Improves Care Transitions
November-December 2022 Issue
SUBSCRIBER CONTENT Care transitions promote improved outcomes when discharge planning, home-based care, physicians, and hospitalists engage on the first day of an inpatient admission.
Which Types of ACOs Use Home Visits the Most and Why?
November-December 2022 Issue
SUBSCRIBER CONTENT Home-based organizations eager to have partnerships with ACOs will learn in our discussion why certain ACOs engage in greater home visits and care transitions to manage complex patients. No two ACOs are alike. Get insights into the characteristics of ACOs and their decision points. We follow up with three key leadership discussion questions.
Care Transitions Intervention Model to Manage Social Determinants of Health
November-December 2022 Issue
SUBSCRIBER CONTENT The focus on social determinants of health is a hot topic in healthcare. Multidisciplinary teams and a care transition model in the case study resulted in reduced readmissions and improved outcomes. The model is scalable and a win-win for healthcare and the patient.
36 Ways Your Investment in Technology Can Produce a Positive ROI Across Your Organization
November-December 2022 Issue
FREE CONTENT In this special report, we provide 36 ways your investment in technology can produce a positive ROI across your organization. We identify the right technologies to get a positive return on your investment.
Improving Real-Time Communications with Care Teams and Patients
November-December 2022 Issue
FREE CONTENT In our extensive resource of special reports, you’ll find actionable solutions to improving care transitions, real-time communications with team members, and what patients want for better communications. These complimentary resources offer solutions to workforce shortages, clinician burnout, and advancing solutions in home-based care.
7 Things Changing in Healthcare 2023 You Should Know About
November-December 2022 Issue
SUBSCRIBER CONTENT Seven areas of healthcare are changing in 2023 related to quality measures, bundled payments, the hospice benefit, and the expanded HHVBP model. For each, we provide details and resources to keep you in the know.
Workforce Analysis: What are the Key Factors That Would Motivate Nurses to Stay in the Profession?
The crisis level of the nursing shortage has no easy fix. A national survey provides insights into what are the most important benefits for nurses, how salaries compare nationwide, and what are the most crucial factors for job satisfaction.
11 Strategic Actions to Improve Care Team Productivity
September/October 2022 Issue
SPECIAL REPORT In this special report, we provide 11 strategic actions to improve your care team's productivity both internally and externally. Get insights into advancing clinical communications with your referral partners, ways your care team always has real-time patient status, and how to improve the referral process. Don't miss the eight additional resources to dig even deeper into this topic.
Workforce: How is the Role of Nurse Practitioners Changing?
September/October 2022 Issue
SUBSCRIBER CONTENT The role of the nurse practitioner continues to grow with more than 355,000 NPs nationwide and growth projections of 45% by 2030. We provide important state-by-state analysis and annual salaries.
4 Care Transition Challenges and How to Solve Them
September/October 2022 Issue
SPECIAL REPORT/FREE CONTENT In this special report, learn about the challenges and solutions to effective care transitions, competitive tools, and shared peer actions.
Workforce Analysis: What are the Best States for Nurses to Work In? The Worst States?
Getting to know the nursing workforce by state helps to know states with the most job openings, salaries, and the best and worst states to work. We give you the intel.
Analysis: Seniors Usage of Technology and Telehealth Growing
September/October 2022 Issue
SUBSCRIBER CONTENT The gap between the younger generation and the senior population is narrowing when it comes to smart phones, tablets, internet users, YouTube, and telehealth. A recent study provides valuable insight for healthcare providers adopting technology in the home.
Workforce: Rural Communities Get Investment to Improve Health Care Workforce and Access
September/October 2022 Issue
SUBSCRIBER CONTENT $60 million in investments will expand and improve the rural community workforce. We provide details and resources for each.
Staffing Strategies: Efficient Ways to Leverage Scheduling for Improved Staffing Utilization and Increased Continuity of Care
September/October 2022 Issue
SPECIAL REPORT What are the four questions leadership should explore to optimize scheduling with continuity of care and staff utilization? In this special report, we answer these four questions and give you solutions to help provide better care to more patients, while making the most of your staff’s time. This effort starts with their scheduling process.
Workforce: Job Outlook for Home Health and Personal Care Aides
September/October 2022 Issue
SUBSCRIBER CONTENT The job outlook for home health and personal care aides is growing much faster than all occupations. Our analysis breaks it down by state and wages.
The Number of Home Health Agencies Decline
According to the most recent MedPAC report, the number of home health agencies has been declining since 2013 after several years of substantial growth.
Strategic Priority: Facts Driving Why Family Caregivers Choose One Care-at-Home Organization Over the Other
July/August 2022 Issue
SPECIAL REPORT/FREE CONTENT What do family caregivers identify as important areas for choosing care-at-home provider? What area did family caregivers identify for improvement? How are your organization’s surveys being affected? What strategies made the top of the list? What are the five ways to achieve family caregiver communication success? In this special report, we give you seven family caregiver expectations to increase your competitive advantage.
Study: Increasing Your Partnership Value with Hospitals
Increase your partnership value with hospitals by leveraging this study, which showed home health vs. no post-acute care was associated with reduced 30-day readmissions and better outcomes.
Action Strategy: High-Risk Readmissions: Skilled Nursing Facility to Home
Patients discharged with heart failure from a skilled-nursing facility to home face the highest risk of readmissions in the first two days after a SNF discharge.
Action Strategy: Timely Care Transitions: Planning the Next Site of Care as The Priority
Achieving a timely transition of care while simultaneously lowering the risk of readmission remains one of the toughest challenges in the quest for value-based outcomes.
Discharge Planning: How is a Post-Acute Transfer Defined?
May/June 2022 Issue
SUBSCRIBER CONTENT Hospitals are responsible for coding a Medicare beneficiary discharge bill based on the discharge plan for the patient. Here's what you need to know.
Data Point: Discharge Planning Codes Identify Where the Patient is Being Referred
May/June 2022 Issue
FREE CONTENT The discharge status code identifies where the patient is being discharged to at the end of their facility stay or transferred to such as an acute/post-acute facility.
Post-Acute Care Transfer to Home Health Reduced Readmissions
May/June 2022 Issue
SUBSCRIBER CONTENT A recent study published in the American Journal of Managed Care showed home health vs. no post-acute care was associated with reduced 30-day readmissions and better outcomes.
Post-Acute Transfer to a Home with Home Health Services
May/June 2022 Issue
SUBSCRIBER CONTENT Medicare’s IPPS post-acute care transfer policy requires hospitals to apply the correct discharge status code to claims where patients receive home health services within three days of discharge.
OIG Report: Medicare to Overpay More Than $267 Million
May/June 2022 Issue
SUBSCRIBER CONTENT This important OIG report has finding of hospitals that did not properly code post-acute transfer correctly.
Fast Facts About the Post-Acute Transfer Policy
May/June 2022 Issue
SUBSCRIBER CONTENT Fast facts about the Post-Acute Transfer Policy. Here's what you need to know at a glance.
Does Hospice Save Money Across All Payers?
A recent study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association of 5,464 beneficiaries reveals that total health expenditures were lower for those who used hospice.
OIG Report: Medicare Payments of $6.6 Billion Provided to Medicare Beneficiaries Outside the Medicare Hospice Benefit
Analysis of trends and payment patterns indicate non-hospice payments for Medicare Part A and B items and services totaled $6.6 billion from 2010 through 2019.
Timely Care Transitions: Planning the Next Site of Care as The Priority
March/April 2022 Issue
SUBSCRIBER CONTENT Discharge destinations require established relationships with a network of high-quality post-acute providers, facilities and home health resources in the community.
DataPoint: Readmissions By Payer
March/April 2022 Issue
FREE CONTENT Data Sharing: Number of readmissions, readmission rates, and average cost of readmissions
30-Day Readmissions: Managing Clinical Conditions to Prevent Readmits
March/April 2022 Issue
SUBSCRIBER CONTENT The federal government’s effort to penalize hospitals for excessive patient readmissions is ending its first decade with Medicare cutting payments to nearly half the nation’s hospitals.
Hospital Readmissions, Ages 65-74, by State
March/April 2022 Issue
FREE CONTENT Percentage of Medicare aged 66-74 enrolled in Medicare fee-for-service within 30-days of hospital discharge.
Which Chronic Conditions Managed by Home Care Services Reduce Medicare Spending?
March/April 2022 Issue
SUBSCRIBER CONTENT A recent analysis determined that Medicare fee-for-service patients who received personal care services experienced a decrease in Medicare expenditures over time.
5 Things to Know About Hospice Benefits 2022
January/February 2022 Issue
SUBSCRIBER CONTENT CMS is testing a broad array of complementary MA health plan innovations designed to reduce Medicare program expenditures, enhance the quality of care for Medicare beneficiaries
The Expansion and Shift Into Community-Based Care
January/February 2022 Issue
FREE SPECIAL REPORT Seven trends supporting growth and the future, including the expansion of community-based care and expanded clinical care models to attract referrals.
Workforce Salaries: Nurse Practitioners by State
January/February 2022 Issue
SUBSCRIBER CONTENT According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics' latest occupational employment and wage statistics survey, the mean annual wage for nurse practitioners in the U.S. is $114,510.
Workforce Salaries: Home Health and Personal Care Aides
January/February 2022 Issue
SUBSCRIBER CONTENT The median annual wage for home health and personal care aides was $27,080 in May 2020, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
GAO Report: Medicare Advantage Beneficiaries Switching to Medicare Fee-For-Service During Last Year of Life
November-December 2021 Issue
SUBSCRIBER CONTENT Medicare Advantage beneficiaries are switching to Medicare Fee-for-Service during their last year of life, according to a Government Accountability Office report.
5 Ways to Improve Medical Supply Management, Reduce Costs, and Improve Outcomes
November-December 2021 Issue
FREE CONTENT Interviews with two organizations share how they tackled challenges to improve medical supply management, reduce the cost of care, and improve outcomes.
Diabetes Rehospitalizations Tied to Timing of Home Healthcare Services
November-December 2021 Issue
SUBSCRIBER CONTENT Learn the association between the timing of home healthcare start of care and 30-day rehospitalization outcomes for Medicare beneficiaries following a diabetes-related hospitalization.
Six Real-Time Medication Reconciliation Solutions
November-December 2021 Issue
SUBSCRIBER CONTENT Four peers share solutions to improve clinical handoffs, the advantages of timely information, how to drive better outcomes, and how to boost clinical productivity.
ACOs: Five Important Facts Changing Up Participation
November-December 2021 Issue
SUBSCRIBER CONTENT Get insight into how ACOs are performing and related changes to their future.
Study: 61% of Seniors will Require Long-Term Care Services and Supports
November-December 2021 Issue
SUBSCRIBER CONTENT This study provides insight into the long-term care services and support needs of seniors that help shape the future.
Closing the Patient Communication Gap With Your Referral Partners
SUBSCRIBER CONTENT Across the board, we see from referral sources and other care providers alike that they really feel as if they’re part of the care team now instead of the end of the line where a patient goes when they get out of the hospital. Your peers share their thoughts and solutions.
5 Ways to Improve Medical Supply Management, Reduce Costs, and Improve Outcomes
SPECIAL REPORT Interviews with two organizations share how they tackled challenges to improve medical supply management, reduce the cost of care, and improve outcomes.
Why is It Important to Understand Hospital Stays By Medical Condition?
Your partners – ACOs, payers, commercial insurers, physicians, and health systems – seek ways to reduce hospitalizations and re-hospitalizations. A critical measurement of your value is to show how your organization can reduce the cost of care, decrease re-hospitalizations, and improve outcomes.
The Obesity Crisis and Chronic Illness Attributed to 64% of Hospitalizations
The 18th annual report by Trust for America’s Health on the obesity crisis in the United States has been released. This year, special features highlight the interaction of the COVID-19 pandemic with social, economic, and environmental conditions that impact hospitalizations, social determinants of health (SDOH), and outcomes.
The Ten Most Frequent Diagnoses for Inpatient Stays
September/October 2021 Issue
FREE CONTENT In this article, we discuss the 10 most frequent principal diagnoses and their costs impacting hospital inpatient stays.
Six Digital Health Investments: What Are the Targets?
September/October 2021 Issue
SUBSCRIBER CONTENT Learn the specific six surging areas businesses are investing in that is creating a road map to healthcare’s future.
Six Smart Ways to Stay in Communication with Your Referral Sources
September/October 2021 Issue
SUBSCRIBER CONTENT Your referral partners increasingly expect robust communications to make patient transfers as seamless as possible, for both the patient and providers. They will have to make a choice. Ultimately, they will look for relationships with organizations that are easy to work with and that can deliver proven quality care. We provide insights and strategies from high-performing organizations.
What Program is the Biggest Winner for Home-Based Care?
September/October 2021 Issue
SUBSCRIBER CONTENT Read the insights about home-based primary care and how they have reduced hospitalizations, readmissions, and emergency room visits.
Five COVID Waivers the American Hospital Association is Urging CMS to Keep That Impact Your Organization
September/October 2021 Issue
SUBSCRIBER CONTENT The American Hospital Association is urging CMS to keep five COVID waivers and to not return to the old ways of doing things.
Three Missed Opportunities for End-of-Life Discussions
September/October 2021 Issue
SUBSCRIBER CONTENT Recent research discusses the missed opportunities for discussions about end-of-life, including advance care planning, palliative care, discontinuation of disease-directed treatment, hospice care, and after-death wishes, with outpatients with advanced cancer.
Six Ways to Identify, Increase, and Manage Referrals
September/October 2021 Issue
SUBSCRIBER CONTENT In this new normal, it’s important to understand how your referral sources work, what they are sending to you versus the competition, how to deepen relationships with these sources, and what differentiates you as a provider in the marketplace.
Seamless Care Transitions: Six Smart Ways to Stay in Communication with Your Referral Sources
SPECIAL REPORT Your referral partners increasingly expect robust communications to make patient transfers as seamless as possible, for both the patient and providers, which means you need strategies to create seamless transitions. Learn what leading home health and hospice agencies are doing in this free special report.
Administering Specialty Drugs at Home
July/August 2021 Issue
SUBSCRIBER CONTENT A recent study found receiving certain forms of care at home instead of in the hospital can lower healthcare spending. Administering specialty drugs at home or in a provider’s office lowered healthcare spending by $4 billion.
Six Ways To Recharge Clinical Engagement and Work/Life Balance
July/August 2021 Issue
SUBSCRIBER CONTENT Strategies and actions to improve clinician experiences. Work/life balance is something nurses are constantly trying to achieve, and many nurses are falling short of that goal. What solutions are your peers using to combat burnout, achieve better nurse work/life balance, and improve patient care?
Nine Payer and State Medicaid Managed Care Investments in Social Determinants
July/August 2021 Issue
FREE CONTENT In this article, we take a look at social determinant insights and investments from the perspective of Medicare Advantage plans, Medicaid managed care and healthcare providers.
Participation in Payment Reform and Delivery Falling Short By Primary Care Organizations
July/August 2021 Issue
SUBSCRIBER CONTENT Primary care transformation in voluntary programs has failed to broadly engage primary care organizations. What’s causing the low participation?
3 Secrets for Accelerating Home Health and Hospice Growth and Referrals
July/August 2021 Issue
SUBSCRIBER CONTENT How to empower your team, drive efficiency of care, prevent readmissions, and gain a competitive advantage for your home health and/or hospice agency.
6 Ways to Identify, Increase, and Manage Referrals
The Remington Report presents six ways to accelerate home health and hospice growth through improved referral processes, including questions you should be asking your referral sources.
6 Ways to Recharge Clinical Engagement and Work-Life Balance
SPECIAL REPORT Work-life balance is something nurses are constantly trying to achieve, and many nurses are falling short of that goal.​ Here, then, are strategies and actions to improve clinician experiences.
Legal Perspective on Patient Choice
What are the fraud implications when patients' rights are violated? What is the role of physicians in patients' freedom of choice? The Remington Report gets answers from Attorney Elizabeth Hogue.
3 Secrets for Accelerating Home Health and Hospice Growth and Referrals
SPECIAL REPORT How to empower your team, drive efficiency of care, prevent readmissions, and gain a competitive advantage for your home health and/or hospice agency.
The Four Frustrations Your Referrals are Voicing. Is Your Organization Losing Referrals?
May/June 2021 Issue
Your referral sources are the lifeblood of your organization. Ultimately, they will look for relationships with organizations that are easy to work with and that can deliver proven quality care. A new research report reveals the four frustrations felt by your referral sources. A roundtable of your peers' weigh-in with solutions.
Advance Care Planning: Pilot Studies for Care at Home Providers
May/June 2021 Issue
The National Institute of Health advance care planning studies are focusing on the effectiveness of telehealth for patients receiving home-based palliative care and leveraging in home support services to engage patients in advance care planning. Learn more about the pilot studies supporting this research.
Are CMS Payment Models Delayed … Or Gone Forever?
May/June 2021 Issue
A review of payment models under CMS’ Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (CMMI) is quietly under review to decide if they will be implemented. Many of these models were popular with care at home providers. We provide insight into each of these payment models.
The Top Six Strategies to Grow and Manage Referral Partners
May/June 2021 Issue
The Remington Report interviews Nick Knowlton to discuss how to manage referrals, grow referrals, exchange communications with referrals, and gain a competitive advantage.
The Four Frustrations Your Referrals are Voicing: Is Your Organization Losing Referrals?
SPECIAL REPORT What referring hospitals, ACOs, and physicians want from home health, hospice, palliative care and private duty providers to make their lives easier.
5 Top Strategies to Grow and Manage Referral Partners
SPECIAL REPORT For five top strategies, we discuss actionable steps that can be taken by home health, hospice, palliative care, and private duty organizations to gain a competitive advantage.
How Community-Based Care is Being Redefined
March/April 2021 Issue
Under Andrew Molosky’s leadership, Chapters Health System has combined innovation and creative disruption to shift end-of-life care into a leading community-based population health organization.
How to Accelerate Business Growth and Technology Innovation for Home Health, Hospice, Palliative Care, and Private Duty Providers
March/April 2021 Issue
National leaders discuss how to lean into new approaches to accelerate growth, improve performance, and address technologies that create faster reimbursement, better work-life balance for clinicians, and optimal patient outcomes.
Vital to Survival Business Intelligence: Operational, Financial, and Clinical
SPECIAL REPORT The compelling ways business intelligence drives actionable results.
4 Strategies to Dramatically Improve Productivity, Volume, and Revenue
SPECIAL REPORT National leaders discuss how to lean into new approaches to accelerate business growth, improve performance, and address technologies that create faster reimbursement, better work-life balance for clinicians, and optimal patient outcomes. They share how their organizations address four key questions.
How Community-Based Care is Being Redefined
SPECIAL REPORT The shift from end-of-life care to building a continuum-based approach, plus strategies for growth, market position, and innovation revealed.
7 Models That Will Accelerate Value Based Payments in 2021
This year, several value-based payment models will begin the shift from fee for service to value-based. Earmark this as the transformation of payment reform for care-at-home providers and how they will be paid in the future. This white paper explains the seven value-based models impacting care-at-home providers.
DATA POINT: 2021 Medicare Advantage Membership Growth Continues to Outpace Medicare Fee-For-Service Growth
January/February 2021 Issue
Medicare Advantage growth continues to outpace overall Medicare FFS membership growth, according to the latest statistics.
DATA POINT: Why Does Primary Care Spending Matter?
January/February 2021 Issue
Why should we be concerned that primary care spending appears to be declining? A growing body of evidence measuring health system performance and population health outcomes finds that greater primary care is associated with better value: enhanced population health outcomes, greater equity, and more efficient use of healthcare resources.
2021 Payer Opportunities Collection
Your organization has new opportunities to grow and expand payer partnerships. A one-size-fits-all approach no longer exists, which is why we have bundled four articles from the Nov-Dec 2020 issue of The Remington Report into this complimentary compendium. Read about how to expand internal and external education, leverage critical investments in your workforce, and enhance actionable data needed by payers.
Physicians Expanding Care Into the Home
Home-based medical care models are shaking-up the $260 billion primary care market. Three physician models, new reimbursement models, telehealth, and chronic care management are key drivers.
COVID-19 Readmissions
In this free industry report, The Remington Report provides key data analysis to help your organization mitigate COVID-19 readmissions, along with five action steps for your organizations to explore.
COVID-19: The Triumphs and Challenges
November-December 2020 Issue
Compelling stories from your peers talk about their experiences with COVID-19 and their patients.
COVID-19: Overseeing Multiple Conditions
November-December 2020 Issue
We share a collection of stories from caregivers on the frontline overseeing patient care for multiple conditions at home: dementia, end-of-life, behavioral health, and falls.
COVID-19: Overcoming Fear and Showing Strength
November-December 2020 Issue
This collection of stories shares how caregivers overcome the challenges of treating patients during COVID-19.
6 Ways Care in the Home is Changing Your Business
In this free industry report, The Remington Report shares six ways care in the home is changing the future of healthcare. Leaders will need to address these strategically if they intend to realize continued growth in a significantly changing marketplace.
The No. 1 Reason Why Patients are Not Getting Home Health Care After a Hospital Discharge Referral
In this free industry report, The Remington Report unveils the major reason why patients are not getting home health care after a hospital discharge referral, plus four strategies you can use to boost referrals.
Four Ways to Combat the Under-Utilization of Home Health and Hospice
In this free industry report, The Remington Report offers up four strategies to increase the utilization of home health and hospice in the age of COVID-19.
DataPoint: 40% of Americans Delay Care
September/October 2020 Issue
How is COVID-19 delaying care? Nationwide 40% of Americans are still delaying care according to a survey from the U.S. Census Bureau.
Industry Business News
CMS has made three new appointments to their quality division, the Visiting Nurse Service of New York has settled its lawsuit, and Orlando Health and LHC Group has inked a partnership. The latest executive moves in healthcare, along with other industry business news, can be found here.
DataPoint: Medicare Advantage Penetration Reaches 36% in 2020
July/August 2020 Issue
Medicare Advantage penetration continued to grow following the 2020 Medicare Annual Election Period, reaching 36.0% in 2020, according to CMS’s March data release.
COVID-19 Telehealth Expansion to Access Essential Health Services
July/August 2020 Issue
How can home care optimize telehealth during COVID-19 to work with other stakeholders and maintain continuity of care? What strategies can increase uptake and new models?
DataPoint: Almost 90% of COVID-19 Admissions Involve Comorbidities
July/August 2020 Issue
The hospitalization rate for COVID-19 is 4.6 per 100,000 population, and almost 90% of hospitalized patients have some type of underlying condition, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
CommonSpirit Health at Home Reinvents Virtual Telehealth Monitoring
July/August 2020 Issue
CommonSpirit Health at Home provides another layer of protection and defense to keep vulnerable patients safe, healthy, and in their homes during this pandemic. And, it positioned to play a key role in preventing a post-COVID surge at care sites. Learn how CommonSpirit at Home expanded its virtual monitoring capabilities to better respond to patients’ needs during and beyond the COVID-19 pandemic.
COVID-19: Reauthorization of the Older Americans Act (OAA)
July/August 2020 Issue
The reauthorization of the Older Americans Act (OAA) was perfect timing when COVID-19 reared its ugly head. Last March, President Trump signed a bipartisan reauthorization of a landmark law that provides more money for programs that help millions of older Americans age in their homes and communities through services including Meals on Wheels, family caregiver support, and transportation.
Seniors Using Telehealth in Medicare Advantage Plans are Highly Satisfied
July/August 2020 Issue
Amid COVID-19 pandemic, 91% of Medicare Advantage beneficiaries using telehealth report favorable experiences while a record-setting 99% express satisfaction with their MA plan. 78% are willing to use it again.
Encompass Health Case Study
Encompass Health, in collaboration with McKesson, saved 17% to 19% on their supply spend, increased efficiencies, and achieved greater patient satisfaction.
Successful Metrics Improve Your Organization’s Profitability and Performance
Monitoring the health of your organization supported by real-time key performance indicator data can help to de-risk the future of your organization.
