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HOME HEALTH PAYMENT CUTS COULD DEFINE INDUSTRY FOR YEARS Where are the highest costs incurred? “What the pandemic taught us, among other things, is that a well functioning system – where home health serves as bed capacity of hospitals – is good for patients and good for the economy. It’s good for the cost of the health care system.” more by Telethink.net/homehealth

  Telethink Health, reduce your medical bills. "Hope Manion, senior vice president and chief actuary at Fidelity Workplace Consulting, says health care costs can be among the largest expenses for most Americans in retirement." more

  Telethink Health #aginginplace Most seniors prefer it. “I think you’re going to see more and more people look at this as kind of a stopgap before they make a transition into a senior living community.” “We have thought about the possibility of moving into the home care business for a few years now,” Hongslo said. “We kind of looked at what things were going to be like after COVID-19 and thought about how we need to adapt in the future. And I thought moving toward bringing services to people at their homes was just a golden opportunity right now.”  more

  Telethink New Health America Why the concern with the current budget and over spending? It's why our company fights for a better way of paying for health care. Health insurance is expensive, health care is not. Besides, who would you rather pay, your health care provider or, some insurance corpocracy?

  The long-overlooked solution to upend health care economics: Bringing the hospital home "The current incentive system is actually backwards. It favors services rendered in hospitals by reacting to illness instead of preventing it and creating wellness. With advanced technologies in place, once we align payment systems to focus on preventative and home-based care, we can build the powerful healthcare system of the future." more #homehealth Telethink #aginginplace

Most seniors in America can’t afford nursing homes or assisted living, study finds As many as 80% of  aging adults in America  lack the financial resources to pay for two years of nursing home care or four years of an assisted living community. That's according to a new study from the National Council on Aging (NCOA) and the LeadingAge LTSS Center at the University of Massachusetts Boston.  Additionally, 60% of older adults — or 24 million households — would not have the funds to pay for in-home long-term care, despite the fact that they would prefer to "age in place," per a report from NCOA. more     Telethink Health helps seniors age in place more affordably