Diane Eastabrook

Chicago

Journalist at Freelance

Post-Acute Reporter at Modern Healthcare

Chicago-based freelance journalist

Articles

Scan Group buys remaining equity in PACE operator myPlace Health

5 days ago | modernhealthcare.com | Diane Eastabrook

Breadcrumb Home Providers May 13, 2025 05:00 AM Tweet Share Share Email More Reprints Print Scan Group myPlace Health PACE program Scan Group said Tuesday it is now the sole owner and operator of myPlace Health, a Los Angeles-based Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly operator.
Post-acute providers see hiring boost as possible recession looms

1 week ago | modernhealthcare.com | Diane Eastabrook

Breadcrumb Home Providers May 08, 2025 05:40 PM Tweet Share Share Email More Reprints Print Adobe Stock As the economy has slowed, some nursing home and home health companies said they have been able to hire more employees and, in turn, take on more patients.
Addus HomeCare seeks more acquisitions post-Gentiva deal

1 week ago | modernhealthcare.com | Diane Eastabrook

Breadcrumb Home Providers May 06, 2025 12:21 PM Tweet Share Share Email More Reprints Print Adobe Stock Addus HomeCare is in the market to add to its home health portfolio, but not looking for deals the size of its Gentiva acquisition, Chair and CEO Dirk Allison said Tuesday.
UnitedHealth, Amedisys strike deals to sell home care locations

2 weeks ago | modernhealthcare.com | Diane Eastabrook

Breadcrumb Home Providers May 02, 2025 11:18 AM Tweet Share Share Email More Reprints Print Adobe Stock UnitedHealth Group and Amedisys have agreed to sell certain home health and hospice locations to BrightSpring Health Services and The Pennant Group to help mitigate antitrust concerns over the insurer’s planned acquisition of Amedisys.
How DispatchHealth’s CEO plans to change the face of in-home care

2 weeks ago | modernhealthcare.com | Diane Eastabrook

Breadcrumb Home Providers May 07, 2025 05:00 AM Tweet Share Share Email More Reprints Print Dispatch Health Jennifer Webster, CEO of DispatchHealth. DispatchHealth CEO Jennifer Webster said the company is eyeing new markets and care models after its acquisition of hospital-at-home provider Medically Home is complete.
Remote patient monitoring's potential divides home health sector

2 weeks ago | modernhealthcare.com | Diane Eastabrook

Breadcrumb Home Providers April 30, 2025 05:00 AM Tweet Share Share Email More Reprints Print Medical Guardian Patient uses digital device to takes blood pressure at home. Remote patient monitoring could revolutionize home-based healthcare by keeping some patients out of the hospital — if it can get more buy-in from patients and providers.
Mobile integrated healthcare sees rising Medicaid interest

3 weeks ago | modernhealthcare.com | Diane Eastabrook

Breadcrumb Home Providers April 24, 2025 05:00 AM Tweet Share Share Email More Reprints Print Dispatch Health, Estella Health Mobile integrated health paramedics delivering care. Health systems have been shouldering the cost of mobile integrated healthcare programs for at-risk patients, but some insurers may be ready to start picking up the tab as providers prove they can save money.
Providence-Compassus deal faces scrutiny after preliminary review

3 weeks ago | modernhealthcare.com | Diane Eastabrook

Breadcrumb Home Providers April 21, 2025 11:56 AM Tweet Share Share Email More Reprints Print Compassus/Providence The state of Oregon has launched a comprehensive review of the proposed joint venture between home health company Compassus and Providence Health.
Home health providers want a cut of Medicare Advantage pay hike

1 month ago | modernhealthcare.com | Diane Eastabrook

Home health providers are turning up the heat on Medicare Advantage plans over reimbursements and patient access. Compassus, Aveanna Healthcare, Vital Caring Group and others said they want health insurers to pony up part of the 5.06% rate increase they will be getting next year from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services or risk losing member access to home healthcare services.
MedStar, Mass General Brigham join in-home cancer care movement

1 month ago | modernhealthcare.com | Diane Eastabrook

Mass General Brigham and MedStar Health have joined a growing list of health systems working to move cancer care into the home. Mass General Brigham and MedStar Health are offering in-home services to some cancer patients to help alleviate overcrowding in hospital emergency rooms, free up beds and reduce costs, the health systems said in separate news releases. Home-based cancer treatment is gaining momentum as more Americans are being diagnosed with the disease.