Transcending Home Care
Transcending Home Care is your source for ideas, insights, advice and implications surrounding the ever-changing landscape of providing professional care wherever patients call home. Transcend Chief Strategy Officer Tony Kudner hosts interesting conversations on current trends with a goal of delivering valuable insights to our listeners. We hope these conversations help you succeed in the ever-changing landscape of home care and senior care. For more than 20 years, Transcend has helped providers build their operations and brands to increase referrals, admissions, staff retention and performance scores.
Episodes
41 episodes
Being Intentional About a Culture of Growth
In this episode of Transcending Home Care, host Tony Kudner, chief strategy officer at Transcend Strategy Group, delves into the importance of a growth mindset for community home-based care providers. Featuring insights from Patricia McDaniel, ...
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Episode 42
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32:46
TikTok and Hospice Care: Hospice Nurse Penny
In this episode of the Transcending Home Care Podcast, Transcend Chief Strategy Officer Tony Kudner interviews Penny Smith, a hospice nurse who has garnered a significant following...
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Episode 41
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33:57
Aligning Care with Patient Wishes: Dr. Josh Lowentritt.
Dr. Josh Lowentritt of Aledade discusses their Comprehensive Advance Care Planning Program, reducing hospitalizations and transforming patient-centered care.
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Episode 40
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43:19
Mastering Hospice Stories for Media Success.
In this episode of Transcending Home Care, Tony Kudner talks with April Dovorany, earned media expert at Real Chemistry, about sharing impactful patient stories. Learn how to craft pitches, engage local media, and navigate patient priv...
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Episode 39
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40:05
Talkin’ Shop: The Issues That Defined Home-Based Care in 2024.
Transcend’s CEO Stephanie Johnston, Chief Strategy Officer Tony Kudner, and Senior Client Advisor Courtney Penn sit down and talk about the big issues that affected the home-based care community in 2024. From the status of the Amedisys/United H...
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Episode 38
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25:08
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What we get wrong about orientation and continuing education with Darcy DeLoach.
How many times do home-based care organizations try to train their field staff with endless slide decks and voiceovers? Do clinicians actually retain information presented this way? When the battle for the best staff is intense and the marginal...
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Episode 37
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45:26
Rapid Response Podcast: Election Implications for Home-Based Care with Logan Hoover of the National Alliance for Care at Home.
In this episode, we sit down just six days after the 2024 presidential election to talk with Logan Hoover, vice president of policy and government relations for the National Alliance for Care at Home. Logan talks through what a republican presi...
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Episode 36
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36:58
More Than a Name and Logo: Talking Strategic Branding with Denise King.
Colors, logos and names are important, but they’re really only a small part of what makes a durable healthcare brand. In this episode of Transcending Home Care, we sat down with Denise King, vice president and chief branding and marketing offic...
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Episode 35
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19:37
Home Care Marketing and Risk Tolerance with Kate Proctor
In this episode, Transcend Chief Strategy Officer Tony Kudner sits down with Kate Proctor, executive advisor to the National Alliance for Care at Home and chief strategy officer and general counsel at Omnia Healthcare Group. They talk abo...
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Episode 34
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27:55
Turning the Tables: Interviewing Hospice News Editor Jim Parker
Hospice News editor Jim Parker has been covering the hospice and palliative care community with depth and nuance since the outlet was founded in 2019. The industry has seen enormous change over that time – from M&A, to program inte...
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Episode 33
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16:43
Change Management: The Good, The Bad, The Necessary
In this episode, Tony sits down with Courtney Penn to talk through Transcend’s approach to change management and what successful changes have in common. The conversation touches on key milestones, planning for change and communicating it well, ...
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Episode 32
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28:10
Beyond CAHPS: A Look Inside Consumer Experience
When we talk about the shift to value-based care, we talk a lot about concepts like delegated risk, upside and downside bonuses and incentives, and of course, data. On the quality side, we default to using standard patient satisfaction scores a...
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Episode 31
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19:09
Rapid Response Podcast: Breaking Down the Medicaid 80/20 Rule
Tune in to our latest podcast episode for a rapid response to the final Medicaid Access Rule. Join host Tony Kudner and special guest David Totaro of BAYADA Hearts for Home Care as they dissect the implications of the 80/20 rule on home care pr...
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Episode 30
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26:38
Improving Care Through Predictive Modeling and Other Data Solutions
How can home health and hospice organizations apply data to provide better patient care? What if data-driven predictive modeling could define with a high degree of certainty that a patient was on the verge of hospitalization … or pinpoint when ...
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Episode 29
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26:15
Talkin’ Shop: Transcend Staff Chats About the State of Home-Based Care
Sometimes it’s good to put two “like minds” in a room and get them talking. You don’t have to ask us twice! Transcend’s Stan Massey and Tony Kudner sit down for a free-flowing conversation about the biggest trends in home-based care over the la...
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Episode 28
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28:42
Keeping Humanity in Healthcare When Data Reigns
Data is becoming increasingly engrained and revered in the world of healthcare. And, indeed, data is vitally important in improving medical science, measuring outcomes and proving the value of specific processes.Yet, as data continues to...
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Episode 27
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27:28
Building a Solid Value Proposition for a Value-Based World
Value is more than a buzzword in home-based care these days. Agencies know that payers, policymakers and consumers are all expecting it in the care they provide. But where should a hospice or home care agency start when thinking about how to de...
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Episode 26
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25:13
Building a Sustainable Palliative Care Program (Part 2)
A financially viable home-based palliative care model is driven by appropriate practices, processes and logistics. A big part of establishing successful parameters comes from starting with a sensible staffing model.What are the right rol...
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Episode 25
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23:28
Growing a Smart Continuum of Care
Most healthcare providers – especially providers of care at patients’ homes – started their organizations offering one particular service line. Whether that original service was home health, hospice, private duty nursing or something else, many...
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Episode 24
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19:06
Building a Viable Palliative Care Program (Part 1)
Due to the historically weak reimbursement stream from CMS for palliative care, providers often have been conflicted with providing this undeniably helpful service and staying out of the red while doing so.Some hospice providers started ...
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Episode 23
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22:38
Boosting the Appeal of Careers in Home Care
Most providers of home care are struggling with major staffing shortages – especially among nurses, CNAs and social workers. The COVID-19 pandemic ushered in a new era of professionals reevaluating their careers, resulting in massive job change...
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Episode 22
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34:24
The Unfolding Impact of Remote Patient Monitoring
It’s no secret that most seniors in America want to maintain their independence for as long as possible. In fact, according to the Disabled Living Foundation, the majority of seniors say they fear losing their independence more than they fear d...
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Episode 21
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26:26
Is the Healthcare System Ready for Hospital-at-Home?
COVID-19 magnified the need and desire for patients to stay out of hospitals if possible. A national survey conducted by Transcend Strategy Group revealed that more than 60% of family caregivers had greater confidence in the quality of care pro...
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Episode 19
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26:06
Leading Change in Home-Based Care
COVID-19 ushered in an overwhelmingly stronger preference for patients to receive care at home rather than in a facility. A national survey by Transcend Strategy Group revealed that 60 percent of family healthcare decision makers are now more c...
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Episode 18
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23:54
Should nonclinical home care be serving a bigger role?
When most people think of “home care” or “home health,” they think of clinical or skilled therapy services at home. However, as the “Silver Tsunami” of Baby Boomers continue to age, there’s an exponential need for nonclinical home care. By help...
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Episode 17
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23:56
