The Next Frontiers for Home-Based Care Operators

Right now, there are three sections of home-based care that I see as core components to the concept: home health, hospice and personal care. There are companies that offer one, two or all three services in some spots. But there’s a growing group of home-based care providers that are hellbent on building out the “three […]

SCAN Health Plan, Commonwealth Care Alliance Back New PACE Model

The Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE) model has certainly drawn increased interest during the COVID-19 pandemic, a frequently repeated fact that’s both generally true and also relatively ambiguous. Now, there are organizations and faces behind that “interest” in the home- and community-based care model. At the end of February, SCAN Health Plan […]

Policy Momentum, PE Interest Could Spur Major Growth for PACE

The Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE) model performed especially well amid the COVID-19 emergency. Building off of that momentum, it’s likely that the model will continue to make inroads throughout 2022. “What a great world we’re in for PACE expansion — I think it started with COVID,” Jade Gong, founder and principal […]

AccentCare CEO: To Avoid Extinction, Home Health ‘Dinosaurs’ Must Embrace New Services

The chief executive officer of any business must balance immediate priorities with future aspirations. That’s particularly true for home-based care CEOs, whose organizations are starting to draw the attention of Amazon (Nasdaq: AMZN), CVS Health (NYSE: CVS) and other potential disruptors. At Dallas-based AccentCare Inc., this balancing act means doubling down on recruitment and retention […]

Digital In-Home Care Platform Hero Forms Partnership with Henry Ford Health System

Hero — a digital home-based care medication management platform — has teamed up with Henry Ford Health System. Through the partnership, Henry Ford’s in-home care patients will have access to Hero’s platform to help with their medication regimens. The partnership reflects how health systems are embracing innovative solutions to care for patients in the home […]

CVS Health Flirts with Idea of Expanding into Medicare Home Health Care

CVS Health (NYSE: CVS) mentioned home-based care from time to time when discussing strategy pre-2020. Over the last two years, however, those mentions have become anything but rare. And when an analyst asked on the company’s fourth quarter earnings call whether CVS may get further into Medicare-based home health soon, CVS Health CFO Shawn Guertin […]

ConcertoCare Raises $105 Million, Has ‘Bold’ Growth Goals in 2022

ConcertoCare, a value-based care provider that offers an array of home-based care services, announced Thursday that it has raised $105 million in Series B funding. The round was led by Wells Fargo Strategic Capital, and included contributions from Obvious Ventures, Vast Ventures and SteekSky Ventures, among others. In tandem, Concerto also announced that it has […]