Home-based care has taken on a more prominent role in the broader health care continuum, but there are still challenges bubbling underneath the surface, Home Health Care News reports.
One of these challenges is a lack of payer equity, John Kunysz, president and CEO of Intrepid USA Healthcare Services, said last month at Home Health Care News’ Capital+Strategy conference.
“I want payers to treat us all the same,” he said. “The games that payers play are stunning in our industry. Normally, if we were a consumer, we wouldn’t put up with it. Our patients don’t know about all those games that get played. We’ve got to stop that, and have this sense of equity of treatment, and equity of payment processes.” Read more.
