As home-based care continues to be the preferred care delivery method, it follows that companies delivering these services, as well as vendors in the space, would see growth as a result. With this in mind, it’s no surprise a number of companies working in the home health, home care, senior care and health care technology […]
Category: Home-based primary care
WellBe Senior Medical has expanded its services to, now, reach more than 75,000 patients. The Chicago-based WellBe offers home-based medical care services, including integrated mobile urgent care, in six states: Georgia, Illinois, Ohio, Utah, West Virginia and Pennsylvania. The organization partners directly with health plans, health systems, and provider groups to work with their patients […]
Jeff Kang, the CEO of WellBe Senior Medical, has been in health care for a long time. He was the first chief medical officer of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), serving in that role from 1995 to 2002. Since then, he has held leadership roles at Cigna (NYSE: CI), Walgreens Boots Alliance […]
The Home Centered Care Institute (HCCI) is a microcosm of the larger trend that is home-based primary care. This type of care is proliferating across the U.S., as is HCCI. The organization’s Illinois House Call Project launched in the spring of 2022 with a goal of serving 3,000 new patients in their homes over the […]
As one of the largest health systems in the country, Intermountain Healthcare has moved mountains to establish its place in the home-based care space. With a number of care-at-home programs under its belt — including home health care, primary care, hospital-at-home and more — the health system is attempting to move the needle with an […]
Coming off an unfavorable final rule for Medicare Advantage (MA) plans, Humana Inc. (NYSE: HUM) is still riding high. The company’s leaders explained the strategy behind recent success in MA, and future success in home health care, on an earnings call Wednesday. During the call, Humana CEO Bruce Broussard applauded the Centers for Medicare & […]
Given their shared goals of closing care gaps, home-based primary care providers should be home health providers’ natural ally. While that has been the case for some organizations, it hasn’t been for others. Emily Cook, the CEO of Welcome Health — SCAN Group’s home-based primary care medical group — believes that the fragmented nature of […]
In tandem with an executive order, the White House announced a bevy of directives for government agencies on Tuesday, many of which were centered around bettering home-based care. Perhaps most notable is the timing, however. As states work through their budgets and potential Medicaid spending, the Biden administration has put home care at the forefront […]
About 15 years ago, Scott Powder — the president of Advocate Health Enterprises — was excited about a new idea. It was 2008 and the project was dubbed “Clinically Home”. The mission was to scale a hospital-at-home program pioneered by Johns Hopkins University. Advocate Aurora Health, Amedisys Inc. (Nasdaq: AMED) and Raphael Rakowski – now […]
CareAcademy makes new leadership hires A few months after making its first acquisition, the caregiver training platform CareAcademy is adding to its leadership team to support its next stage of growth. CareAcademy announced that Laura Bottino will serve as the company’s CFO; Kristin Relyea will serve as the vice president of product, design and engineering; […]
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