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The numbers are in, and home health care is at a turning point.
In this data-packed episode of Last Visit First, host Tom Maxwell sits down with Scott Tapp (CEO, Trella Health) and Carter Bakkum (Senior Data Scientist, Trella Health) for a quarterly deep dive into what the Medicare claims data is actually telling us about the state of home health and hospice in America.
Key Stats from This Episode:
Home health market: $162B in 2024 → projected $380B
94% of U.S. counties saw a reduction in home health agencies (2019–2023)
2,201 new hospice NPIs enumerated in LA County since Jan 2020
Average patient risk score increased from 2.3 → 2.5 (2021–2024)
Readmission rates dropped from 11.9% → 11.8%
Time to start of care: 4.8 days → 3.12 days
724 hospitals participating in the TEAM model
$11.8B in annual Medicare reimbursements tied to 3 TEAM categories
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