Advocate Aurora Health may have surprised some with its acquisition of the home care franchise company Senior Helpers last year. But that’s just one of the steps the health system is taking to build out its home-based care capabilities, as well as a larger, full continuum overall. With the Senior Helpers acquisition and a continued […]
Category: Home-based primary care
Excelin Health expands California footprint Excelin Health — a home health and hospice platform — has acquired On My Care. The Fremont, California-based On My Care is an agency that offers skilled nursing, physical, occupational, and speech therapy, as well as social worker and home aide services. The deal further expands Excelin’s footprint in California, […]
While the majority of their services and energy is concentrated in U.S. markets, a number of home-based care providers are continuing to see the value in participating in international markets. By providing services to countries around the world — whether directly or through franchisees — several U.S.-based companies have taken advantage of demand overseas by […]
In order for AccordCare to reach its goals of becoming a nationally recognized provider, the Marietta, Georgia-based company is dedicated to offering a diversified set of services to its clients. Brandon Ballew, the CEO of AccordCare, is a former Kindred at Home executive. But as the home health industry changed, he saw increased opportunity on […]
Joint ventures and collaborations between home-based care providers, tech companies and health systems continue to have operational upside. Some of the biggest names in home-based care have already proven that to be the case with their joint venture strategies over the past several months and years. Moving forward, however, it could be even more so […]
The SCAN Group announced on Thursday that it has acquired The Residentialist Group (TRG), an organization that provides chronic disease management, palliative care and home-based care to seniors. The deal is noteworthy because it marks the first time the organization has acquired an outside company. SCAN declined to disclose financial terms of the deal. “A […]
CVS Health (NYSE: CVS) has become one of the most interesting home-adjacent health care players since its investor day last December. It’s possible that the “adjacent” tag will soon be dropped, and the company will be squarely in the home-based care space. “We are diversifying our growth portfolio with new health services,” CVS Health President […]
Last week, UnitedHealth Group (NYSE: UNH) revealed that it’s buying aging-in-place giant LHC Group Inc. (Nasdaq: LHCG) and combining the provider with its Optum business. In the aftermath of that announcement, one of the most interesting questions to ponder has been: How will LHC Group fit alongside the rest of Optum’s home-focused offerings? Optum is […]
When Walgreens Boots Alliance (Nasdaq: WBA) invested $1 billion into VillageMD, it was largely viewed as a way for Walgreens to enhance its primary care approach, especially in underserved communities. But in July of 2020, on the day the investment was announced, VillageMD CMO Dr. Clive Fields made it known that a large part of […]
Florida Blue Medicare — the state’s Blue Cross and Blue Shield Medicare plan — is collaborating with Emcara Health to offer eligible members access to home-based primary care. The collaboration reflects how payers are increasingly turning to in-home care organizations of all shapes and sizes. “There’s an advantage in being able to go into a […]
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