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Bob Fazzi, Ed. D, President and CEO of Fazzi Associates, your goal needs to be to position your agency to become a partner in newly emerging health systems. Home care providers need to be the most competitive agency in your area.  How are you going to do this?

This month, Caring.com released a report from its annual Usage and Attitudes Survey of family caregivers of older adults in the United States. The survey asks questions about the financial impact of caring for a loved one.

At Delta’s 2014 National Customer Forum, Bob Fazzi, Ed. D, President and CEO of Fazzi Associates, talked about what the healthcare changes mean for home care and hospice.

1. Move from specialty driven to patient driven
2. Revenue will be linked with quality outcomes
3. Payment will be patient centered with bundled payments give to the system (i.e., ACOs, Medical Homes)
4. Proven, interconnected technology and use of data will be critical
5. Move from fragmentation to collaboration / partnering will dominate

Find out more by downloading the free National Home Care and Hospice State of the Industry Study.

Bob Fazzi, Ed. D, President and CEO of Fazzi Associates, discussed the National Home Care and Hospice State of the Industry Study at Delta’s 2014 National Customer Forum.  During his presentation Bob talked about the rapid change in the industry and what providers can do to be successful.   

During the Balanced Budget Act of 1997, the industry lost 1/3 of the home care agencies and 50% of the revenue that was projected for home care.  For those that survived, how did they do it?  They did it by changing.  Now is the time that significant changes should be taking place again.

Statistics Canada released a report this week entitled Canadians with Unmet Home Care Needs. The report provides information on Canadians who need home care and report that they do not receive either enough home care or any home care.