Most home health agencies are “generalists,” meaning they serve patients with a wide variety of in-home care needs. GrandCare Health Services, however, sees itself as an orthopedic rehab specialist, which is why it sold its non-medical home care division to 24 Hour Home Care in September.

For this episode of Disrupt, HHCN caught up with GrandCare Health Services Chairman and CEO David A. Bell to learn more about that strategy and the future of his company. During our conversation, we also touched on how to succeed under bundled-payment arrangements and the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Listen to this episode of Disrupt to learn:

－ How GrandCare Health Services turned iteslf into an orthopedic rehab expert

－ Why the provider has gone all in on bundling

－ What “generalist” home health providers need to consider moving forward

－ And more!

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For this episode of Disrupt, Home Health Care News sat down with naviHealth's CMO, Dr. Jay LaBine, to chat about the role a convener plays in delivering more care into the home.

Brentwood, Tennessee-based naviHealth is a large clinical services organization that works with payers and providers to deliver care in facility-based settings and in the home. The company, recently acquired by Optum, has grown into a major player in the facility-based care space already, but it's increasingly investing around the home in 2021 and beyond.

Listen to this episode of Disrupt to learn about:

-- The role naviHealth plays in the care continuum and how it facilitates care

-- How the organization can help at-home care providers

-- The overall shift of how (and where) seniors want to be cared for in the U.S.

-- And more!

This June, U.S. lawmakers unveiled a massive new bill to fund home- and community-based services, while the U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released its proposed home health payment rule for 2022 － complete with national expansion plans for the Home Health Value-Based (HHVBP) Model.

With all of the action in Washington, Home Health Care News turned to National Association for Home Care & Hospice (NAHC) President Bill Dombi for a comprehensive breakdown.

Listen to this episode of Disrupt to learn more about:

－“Choose Home” legislation that NAHC and other in-home care advocates are rallying behind

－Key highlights from the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission’s June report to Congress

－Provider Relief Fund reporting deadlines and potential plans for remaining funds

－And more!

Addus HomeCare Corporation (Nasdaq: ADUS) is one of the largest personal care services providers in the U.S., with growing footprints in both the hospice and home health spaces as well. Today, the home-based care provider delivers its services to about 44,000 consumers through 208 locations across 22 states.

To check in with Addus and learn about its plans for 2021, Home Health Care News recently caught up with Chief Strategy Officer Darby Anderson, who also serves as vice chairman for the Partnership for Medicaid Home-Based Care (PMHC). In addition to the provider’s future, Anderson and HHCN discussed a new partnership with Homecare Homebase (HCHB) and emerging home-based care policies under the Biden administration.

Listen to this episode of Disrupt to learn:

－How Addus and HCHB are innovating on the technology front

－Why long-term care discussions shouldn’t revolve around SNFs versus in-home care

－What Addus and PMHC are prioritizing for the remainder of 2021

－And more!

American Advantage Home Care is a small but rapidly growing home health provider located in one of Michigan’s most diverse cities. Founded more than a decade ago, the company was purchased by Cleamon Moorer, Jr., in 2019.

Since taking over as president and CEO, Moorer has grown American Advantage Home Care’s patient census several times over while expanding its clinical capabilities. As the home health leader plans for the future, he hopes to leverage his organization's uniqueness and scale to compete with today’s home health giants.

Listen to this episode of Disrupt to learn:

－ Why Moorer left the world of academia for home health care

－ How American Advantage Home Care has tried to differentiate itself from industry peers

－ What impact the Biden administration’s HCBS plans will have on in-home care providers

－ And more!

Several post-acute care policy leaders have entered the national spotlight during the COVID-19 pandemic, but perhaps none more than David Grabowski, a professor of health care policy at Harvard Medical School.

In recent months, Grabowski has repeatedly addressed the need to rethink long-term care in the United States, from changing up the traditional nursing home model to investing more heavily in home-based care. Home Health Care News caught up with Grabowski for our latest episode of Disrupt to learn more.

Listen to this episode of Disrupt to learn:

— Where the U.S. stands today, compared to other countries, when it comes to home- and community-based services (HCBS) spending

— Why more investment in the home shouldn’t mean less in nursing homes and other long-term care facilities

— What the future holds for SNF-at-home programs

— And more!

For this episode of Disrupt, Home Health Care News sat down with Contessa Health’s senior medical advisor, Mark Montoney, to chat about the booming hospital-at-home model in the United States.

Nashville, Tennessee-based Contessa helps health systems provide hospital-level care in the home through its Home Recovery Care model. Montoney came on board as the company’s CMO not long after its founding in 2014 and has been there since, helping Contessa expand its platform during this critical time.

Listen to this episode of Disrupt to learn:

-- How Contessa wins health system partnerships and facilitates home-based hospital care

-- Why CMS’s hospital-at-home waiver will help advance home-based care in the U.S.

-- What role home health and home care providers play in driving hospital-level care into the home

-- And more!

Across the country, home health, hospice and home care workers continue to struggle when it comes to COVID-19 vaccine access. Nowhere is that challenge more evident than in Florida, industry insiders note.

In our latest episode of Disrupt, Home Care Association of Florida (HCAF) Executive Director Bobby Lolley sits down with Home Health Care News to provide an on-the-ground update on vaccine progress. During the episode, Lolley touches on how in-home care workers are in a vaccine "blindspot," vaccine hesitancy among home care staff and more.

Listen to this episode of Disrupt to learn more about:

-- The COVID-19 vaccine rollout in Florida and elsewhere

-- The strategic importance of vaccinating home-based care professionals

-- Unique challenges facing home health, hospice and home care workers across the board

-- And more!

For this episode of Disrupt, Home Health Care News sat down with CareCentrix CEO John Driscoll to talk about emerging health care trends and his company’s plans for 2021.

Originally founded in 1996 by major home health provider Gentiva, CareCentrix is a national at-home care organization that manages more than 26 million lives across over 8,000 provider locations.

Listen to this episode of Disrupt to learn:

-- Why payer perceptions of home-based care are starting to change

-- How CareCentrix plans on growing in the year ahead

-- What consumers want from in-home care providers in 2021

-- And more!