What are your major observations in the skilled nursing market as it relates to COVID-19 and how do you think that is impacting home health and hospice providers?.How are you thinking about service delivery mix between telemedicine and in-person visits going forward?.How has COVID-19 changed the way hospitals view the importance of the home as a clinical setting?.

How have daily clinical protocols changed because of COVID-19 and how do you think COVID-19 will change the home health and hospice industry for the years to come?.In many ways the pandemic has solidified the home as the preferred setting of care delivery among post-acute constituents (patients, providers, and referral sources) as the transmission risks of COVID-19 are significantly reduced relative to care settings where a greater number of patients receive care in close proximity.Īdditional topics for discussion will include: Hospice providers can include technology costs in their cost reports.Face-to-face home health and hospice recertifications can occur through telehealth by either a physician or nurse practitioner.Telehealth visits can be made in place of an in-person home health visit provided the telehealth visit isn’t used to cross the low utilization reimbursement threshold.Notable changes instituted by CMS include: In response to loosened restrictions on the use of telehealth by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), providers quickly put procedures into place to deliver care remotely where it could be done so with minimal effect to patient care. In response to the pandemic, providers created new protocols to ensure that care could continue to be provided in a safe manner for both patients and clinicians. Additionally, demand for personal protective equipment led to higher costs for these items. At the onset, patient volumes from referral sources suffered in part due to a pause in most elective procedures. Post-Acute providers were forced to make significant changes to their care delivery protocols in response to the pandemic. Post-Acute Care Delivery in the Midst of COVID-19

In advance of this important discussion, here’s a preview of the forces shaping the industry.

In the next installment of TripleTree’s Market Insights LIVE, TripleTree professionals and industry leaders from Abode Healthcare, AccentCare, and ATI Advisory will share in-depth perspectives on the state of the post-acute industry. population and a growing desire for patients to receive care in their own home, post-acute providers have been forced to adapt to the most sweeping home health reimbursement change in 20 years while also developing new care protocols to deliver quality care remotely through the pandemic. While this sector continues to benefit from the aging of the U.S. 2020 has been a year of significant change within the post-acute market.

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