The major home health and home care firm Help at Home has added a new tool to its arsenal: care coordination. In a McKnight’s Home Care Newsmakers podcast, Chief Clinical Officer Marianne Longo explains the rationale of the new Care Coordination segment and how in just its first week the program helped to keep a client out of the hospital.
In this podcast, Marianne Longo, chief clinical officer of Help at Home, talks about how the company’s new Care Coordination segment uses data collection and care coordination to gain a full picture of clients’ physical, behavioral and social needs. She talks about developments — growth among dual eligibles and consumers’ desire to age in place — that have given rise to a program like this and why value-based payers are embracing it.