Mission Healthcare has acquired Loma Linda University Medical Center Home Health in Southern California. Loma Linda University Medical Center Home Health is a part of Loma Linda University Health, which includes eight professional schools, six hospitals and a network of more than 900 faculty physicians.… Read More »Mission Healthcare Purchases Loma Linda University Medical Center’s Home Health Segment
Mission Healthcare — one of the largest regional home health, hospice and palliative care providers in Southern California — is on the move. Earlier this month, the San Diego-based company completed its acquisition of Alliance Home Health & Hospice Care, a Medicare-certified home health and… Read More »Mission Healthcare Plans Palliative Care Rollout, Multi-State Expansion
The Patient-Driven Groupings Model (PDGM) was described as home health care’s “boogeyman” before it was implemented. One of the chief concerns, especially for therapists, was that therapy utilization would significantly decrease in 2020 — and beyond — because of what PDGM incentivizes. But preliminary data… Read More »Therapy’s Future Under Patient-Driven Groupings Model Unclear Due to COVID-19 Chaos
Going into 2020, many home health executives predicted that the Patient-Driven Groupings Model (PDGM) would kick off a wave of consolidation and agency closures. Others believed the phase out of Requests for Anticipated Payment (RAPs) would have a similar effect. For the most part, that… Read More »Home Health Executive Forecast for 2021: Reserving a Seat at the Big Kids’ Table
Mission Healthcare adds to executive team Mission Healthcare has made new additions to its executive leadership team. The company named JoAnn Mack its chief operating officer and Damien Weston its chief growth officer. Mission Healthcare — which has more than 600 employees — is a… Read More »Mission Healthcare Hires Two New Executives; Lifesprk Names New President
Today, just a fraction of community-based palliative care programs are operated by home health providers. But the Patient-Driven Groupings Model (PDGM) and a shift away from fee-for-service Medicare will likely change that moving forward. Throughout the health care world, the term “palliative care” often carries… Read More »Mission Healthcare Keeps Patients Out of ‘No Man’s Land’ with New Palliative Care Program