Preferred Provider Network
A preferred provider network is a curated list of post-acute providers, including home health agencies, that a hospital system, ACO, or payer steers patients toward based on quality, cost, and reliability data. Getting into these networks, and staying in them, has become one of the highest-leverage growth moves available to a home health agency.
Definition
A preferred provider network is a curated list of post-acute providers, including home health agencies, that a hospital system, ACO, or payer steers patients toward based on quality, cost, and reliability data. Getting into these networks, and staying in them, has become one of the highest-leverage growth moves available to a home health agency.
Why it matters
Preferred Provider Network is part of the Quality & Outcomes vocabulary used across home health operations, documentation, and revenue cycle. Understanding it helps clinicians, QA leads, and administrators stay aligned on care quality and compliance.
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