How Home Healthcare Thrives

This white paper will discusses two points:  1) avoidable hospital re-admissions represent the most important measure by which home health will be evaluated, and 2) to advance along the “Value Continuum”, a company must build care delivery and business models that add value to their patients, which will in turn bring value to referral sources, the health care system, and the provider and/or their organization.

Home Care Industry Analysis and Introduction to the Care Cycle Management

The presentation covers the latest economic trends impacting the home healthcare and hospice industry.  Presenter will discuss specific developments in mergers and acquisitions, Medicare and Medicaid managed care plans and opportunities created in healthcare reform.  The presentation builds on the foundation of these trends to introduce a transformative industry called Care Cycle Management.

Introduction to Care Cycle Management

Based on our research and experience, Wyatt Matas & Associates has identified an emerging opportunity for care providers focused on serving severely chronically ill patients.  We have named this new industry Care Cycle Management, which is defined as coordinating care and managing all of a patient’s care throughout the disease process.  The report discusses the business model of integrating disease management with care delivery to care to manage the care of the chronically ill.

The Delineation of Home Healthcare: The Natural Evolution of a Healthy Industry

The whitepaper discusses the opportunity for home healthcare to become the center of chronic care disease management and identifies a particular business model that some more advanced companies are implementing.  The whitepaper also discusses the delineation of those agencies that are moving towards becoming chronic care disease management companies and those that are being left behind to chase lower margin business.  Finally, the whitepaper discusses several action steps the industry must consider to move home healthcare up the continuum of care ladder.