For the home care industry, the announcement of new value-based physician payment models should have caused a gleeful outburst. Under these new models, Medicare will be rewarding practices for providing more convenient access to care, and start paying for chronic disease care management, acute care in-home services, and hospice and palliative care. This article is free to 1-Year Classic and 2-Year Premium subscribers.

Investors are pouring billions of dollars to enhance care in the home. The global smart home healthcare market is forecasted to attain a revenue of $30.0 billion by 2023. The market is mainly driven by the growing geriatric population escalating the demand for personalized healthcare which in turn is increasing the demand for mHealth technologies and advancements in smart home healthcare technologies. This article is free to 1-Year Classic and 2-Year Premium subscribers.