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The regulatory environment for hospice and home health just changed in a way few leaders can afford to ignore. In May 2026, CMS imposed a six-month nationwide moratorium pausing new hospice and home health agency enrollments, and paired it with an aggressive, data-driven crackdown on fraud. With Medicare hospice spending reaching roughly $30 billion in […]

Medicare Advantage has settled into a stable majority, post-acute volumes have leveled off, and now that episode-based accountability is live, outcomes have become the currency of every contract. Here is what the latest data says post-acute leaders should prepare for over the next three years. For most of the last decade, value-based care in post-acute […]

For long-term acute care hospitals (LTCH), stronger referral alignment, smoother care transitions, and better post-acute visibility can turn complexity into competitive advantage and successful patient outcomes.  LTCHs care for some of the most medically complex patients across the continuum, making timely, well-aligned referrals essential to connecting the right patient with the right level of care. […]

Who should attend This webinar is built for leaders responsible for outcomes, throughput, and total cost of care across the continuum — including executives and directors in care transitions, care coordination, population health, value-based care, quality, case management, and network strategy at hospitals and health systems. We look forward to seeing you there!

Value-based care entered post-acute care as a broad strategic concept. It is now operationalized as a fragmented reality.  A home health agency, hospice provider, skilled nursing facility, or other post-acute organization may participate in multiple relationships with Medicare Advantage plans, ACO partners, commercial payers, and health system networks. Each relationship can carry different performance expectations, performance metrics, reporting cadences, and definitions of value.  CMS has acknowledged that providers often report different […]

On Friday, July 31, 2026, CMS finalized its FY 2027 inpatient hospital payment rule. Buried in the usual mix of rate updates and quality-program tweaks is a policy that deserves the industry’s full attention: CJR-X, a nationwide, mandatory, episode-based payment model for joint replacements. Taken together with the rule’s other provisions, it suggests that episode-based accountability continues to move from  selected markets toward broader mandatory participation and that […]

Annual report captures post-acute care at a turning point: Medicare Advantage growth plateaus, FFS volumes show signs of a new baseline, and hospice growth accelerates — with every trend now explorable down to the state level.  ATLANTA — July 30, 2026 — Trella Health today released its Post-Acute Market Intelligence Report: 2026 Edition. For the first time, every chart is […]

Post-acute providers are navigating a market unlike any in recent memory. In our recent webinar, Trella Health’s Jess Chew (EVP of Growth), Natalie Deckbar (Director of Sales), and Josh Price (Senior Solution Engineer) unpacked what they’re hearing from providers across the country, and where the teams pulling ahead are finding growth. Four themes stood out. […]

Trella Health's 2026 Industry Trend Report is here — your trusted annual resource for timely insights and strategic guidance in the ever-evolving post-acute care landscape.

Discharge planners today have access to more information than ever before. Referral platforms, EHR alerts, prior authorization tools, quality dashboards, payer requirements, provider directories, and portal-based workflows all promise to make post-acute care transitions easier.  Yet care transitions remain one of the most fragile points in the patient journey. Delayed starts of care, missed referrals, […]

The Medicare Advantage story is often framed around growth. But for post-acute providers, the more important story is how Medicare Advantage plans are actively influencing access, utilization, length of service, and provider selection after hospitalization.  Through prior authorization, network design, benefit design, and other utilization controls, MA plans are increasingly influencing whether patients receive  post-acute care, which providers participate in their care, and how much care is authorized.   This shift […]