The Alliance for Home Health Quality and Innovation’s Future of Home Health Project has posted its final report, noting that home health agencies will play three key roles in the strategic framework of healthcare. Home health agencies will provide post-acute care and acute care in the home; will partner with primary care; and will partner with community based long-term care programs. Designing a strategic home healthcare delivery system will aid the ability of home health agencies to ensure that patients improve or maintain stability, the report’s creators said. The report recommends three strategies for enabling home health agencies to reach their full potential: reducing regulatory obstacles to risk sharing, thus empowering home health agencies to participate fully in care coordination; allowing further flexibility for delivery home health care through alternative payment models, including regulatory waivers to encourage cost-effective practices; and eliminating home health care fraud by identifying common patters in aberrant claims, cutting down on program waste. "In the long-term, we expect to see home health agencies expand their role under alternative payment models and serve as key coordinators of care." “Today’s announcement is an important step forward toward ensuring access to quality services at home, which can help reduce costs while improving patient outcomes,” said Dr. David M. Baker, president and CEO of the
The Alliance for Home Health Quality and Innovation’s Future of Home Health Project has posted its final report, noting that home health agencies will play three key roles in the strategic framework of healthcare. Home health agencies will provide post-acute care and acute care in the home; will partner with primary care; and will partner with community based long-term care programs. Designing a strategic home healthcare delivery system will aid the ability of home health agencies to ensure that patients improve or maintain stability, the report’s creators said. The report recommends three strategies for enabling home health agencies to reach their full potential: reducing regulatory obstacles to risk sharing, thus empowering home health agencies to participate fully in care coordination; allowing further flexibility for delivery home health care through alternative payment models, including regulatory waivers to encourage cost-effective practices; and eliminating home health care fraud by identifying common patters in aberrant claims, cutting down on program waste. “Today’s announcement is an important step forward toward ensuring access to quality services at home, which can help reduce costs while improving patient outcomes,” said Dr. David M. Baker, president and CEO of the