The Top 10 Home Health Care News Stories Of 2024

Home Health Care News / By Joyce Famakinwa
 
Major deals hit snags. Home health cuts continued. Regulatory noise came in from all sides, in Medicare and in Medicaid. All of those realities made their way into Home Health Care News’ most popular stories for the year. In order to summarize the 2024 that providers had, HHCN is revisiting 10 of its most widely read stories.
 
1. Home Care Industry Slams Finalized 80-20 Rule, Warns Agency Closures Are Coming (April 22)
  
2. Court Orders VitalCaring to Share 43% of Profits With Encompass Health, Enhabit (December 3)
   
3. How The Supreme Court’s Chevron Decision Could Help Stop Home Health Cuts (June 28)
 
4. DOJ Sues To Block ‘Anticompetitive and Illegal’ UnitedHealth Group-Amedisys Deal (November 12) 
  
5. Home Care’s Industry-Wide Turnover Rate Reaches Nearly 80% (July 3)
 
6. The Looming Home Care Disaster In New York State (March 18) 
  
7. ‘We Need A Break, Please!’: Home Health Providers Sound Off On CMS Over Rate Cuts (October 11)
 
8. Enhabit Walks Away From UnitedHealthcare After ‘9 Months Of Unsuccessful Negotiations’ (August 7) 
 
9. 6 Home Care Leaders To Watch, According To Other Home Care Leaders(January 29)
  
10. Pinnacle Home Care CEO: Home Health Margins Will Increase ‘Significantly’ With AI (October 22)