Katie Lawson

Home Health Care News, April 18, 2022 As a company, Amedisys delivers a number of offerings, including home health, hospice, personal care and high-acuity care services. The company’s footprint includes 350 care centers in 34 states and the District of Columbia, with an average daily census of about 74,000 patients. Leaning into those opportunities also means zeroing in on the JV relationships that Contessa has built, according to Novak. Click here to read the full article.

McKnights Home Care, April 4, 2022 Blessing Health System in rural Quincy, IL, is a guinea pig of sorts for hospital-at-home in the heartland. In late February, the 300-bed hospital in the small Mississippi River community became part of the Rural Home Hospital Model. The three-year pilot aims to provide insights on how hospital-at-home can be streamlined and scaled to meet the needs of rural patients. “We believe that rural health systems are uniquely positioned to reach critical mass with the hospital at home care model,” Contessa CEO Travis Messina said. Click here to read the full article.

Modern Healthcare, April 2, 2022 There’s no shortage of innovation in healthcare. Never has been. And that’s certainly been the case these past two years. Doing business as usual during a global pandemic wasn’t an option because lives were at stake. It required new products, new processes, new technologies and new thinking. As you’ll see by reading the profiles, transformation is alive and well in healthcare. Click here to read the full article.

Modern Healthcare, March 17, 2022 Hospital systems are making the case to Congress that Medicare should continue covering hospital-at-home care after the public health emergency, arguing it could improve health outcomes, lower costs and alleviate capacity and staffing issues. “We feel the best reimbursement structure is in a value-based arrangement,” said Travis Messina, co-founder and CEO of Contessa, a hospital-at-home company that primarily worked with Medicare Advantage plans before the pandemic. “If you are shifting the site of care to the home, which is a lower-cost setting, Medicare should realize the benefit of that reduced cost.” Click here to read the full article.

HealthLeaders, March 9, 2022 The 11-hospital Virginia Mason Franciscan Health system, serving the Puget Sound region of Washington state, recently announced a new collaboration with Contessa Health to operate Home Recovery Care, a care model that brings all the essential elements of hospital care into the comfort and convenience of patients’ homes, offering a safe and effective alternative to the traditional inpatient stay. Click here to read the full article.

Skilled Nursing News, March 3, 2022 As more operators look for new ways to incorporate at-home services into their model of care, SNF-at-home, while growing, may still have a long way to go. Securing reimbursement continues to be the most difficult component for SNF-at-home in a managed care environment, according to Contessa Health CEO Travis Messina. Click here to read the full article.