AlayaCare Acquires Procura; The Pennant Group Lands New Home Health Agency

AlayaCare announced Friday it has acquired Procura, a division of Complia Health and one of AlayaCare’s largest global competitors. Separately, The Pennant Group (Nasdaq: PNTG) also announced an acquisition of its own.  For AlayaCare, the newly announced deal continues the Montreal-based company’s aggressive growth strategy and lays the groundwork for 2020, founder and CEO Adrian […]

Mythbusting Alternative Payment Models

As new incentives and alternative payment systems continue to come into effect, home health agencies need to make sense of rumors on their impacts and understand how best to navigate the new landscape. Value based purchasing and the Pre-Claim Review Demonstration from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) are taking their hits, but […]

Webinar Last Chance: Straight Talk About VBP & Pre-Claim Auditing

Concerned about Value Based Purchasing (VBP) and Pre-Claim Auditing? It’s not as complicated as you think it is—cut through some hype and noise with this webinar presented by Procura Healthcare Software: Straight Talk about VBP and Pre-Claim Auditing: What you REALLY need to know. Medicare expert Scott Brashears along with Stewart Campbell, both from Procura Healthcare Software, […]

Webinar: Straight Talk About VBP & Pre-Claim Auditing

Concerned about Value Based Purchasing (VBP) and Pre-Claim Auditing? It’s not as complicated as you think it is – cut through some hype and noise with this webinar presented by Procura Healthcare Software: Straight Talk about VBP and Pre-Claim Auditing: What you REALLY need to know. Medicare expert Scott Brashears along with Stewart Campbell, both […]

Webinar: Straight Talk About VBP & Pre-Claim Auditing

Concerned about Value Based Purchasing (VBP) and Pre-Claim Auditing?  It’s not as complicated as you think it is – cut through the hype and noise with this webinar presented by Procura Healthcare Software: Straight Talk about VBP and Pre-Claim Auditing:  What you REALLY need to know. Medicare expert Scott Brashears along with Stewart Campbell, both […]

Business Briefs: Royal Philips Announces Acquistion of Wellcentive

Royal Philips Acquires Wellcentive Royal Philips has announced its acquisition of the US-based provider of population health management software solutions, Wellcentive. The acquisition will expand Philips’ population health management business. Once the deal is signed, Wellcentive and its employees will become part of the population health management business group within Philips, which will be led […]

Procura Acquires Suncoast as Home Health, Hospice Converge

Procura Healthcare Software—whose enterprise solutions are widely used by home health agencies—is gaining new scale, capabilities, and expertise in the hospice arena by acquiring Suncoast Solutions, the companies announced Thursday. The scale of the two companies makes it a noteworthy transaction, and the deal also is yet another sign of the increasing integration of post-acute, senior […]

Home Health Business Briefs: Procura’s New CEO

As one of the fastest-growing sectors in the United States, home health care is teeming with activity — from acquisitions and partnerships to new leadership appointments and promotions. Here’s the latest news buzzing around the industry: Josh Luke Joins Health Dimensions Group as National Advisor  Health Dimensions Group (HDG) recently announced that Josh Luke has […]

Home Health Business Briefs: Visiting Angels Partners With Reverse Mortgage Giant

As one of the fastest-growing sectors in the United States, home health care is teeming with business activity. Here are some of the industry’s latest investments, acquisitions and partnerships:  American Advisors Group Partners With Home Care Franchisor American Advisors Group (AAG), the nation’s leader in reverse mortgage lending, recently announced its partnership with Visiting Angels, […]

Home Health Leaders See Future Cuts Driving More Consolidation

The ever-present and impending funding cuts to the home health industry have yet to signal that the sky is falling, but while some providers may be feeling the strain financially, others are more optimistic of the future to come—with short term consolidation in the meantime.  Regulatory cuts to home health Medicare payment rates, such as […]