While home health is often discussed as a post-acute Medicare benefit, nearly half of patients are admitted through the community rather than after a ...

Dear Toni: I need your help regarding my parents, who are in their late 80s. My mother has been disabled with Parkinson’s for the past three years, and my father has been her caretaker. But due to his ...

To qualify for home healthcare under Medicare, you’ll need to show that you are “homebound” due to illness and injury via a doctor’s examination and recommendation. However, you’ll first need to be ...

TEAM may encourage hospitals to improve the quality of the care their patients receive after being discharged. But it also ...

Vice President Kamala Harris on Tuesday proposed broadening Medicare benefits to cover home health care for the first time, as she seeks to appeal to Americans caring for both children and aging ...

Sometimes, a person may need intermittent or temporary home healthcare, such as after a hospital stay when they still require a certain amount of care. Medicare Part A covers home healthcare after ...

Pennsylvania health insurer Independence Blue Cross (IBX) has partnered with post-acute benefit enablement company tango to expand access to home health ...

When compared with patients on traditional Medicare, patients on Medicare Advantage had less intensive home health care, even if they had similar needs. Patient outcomes when using home health care ...