Signify Health Inc. (NYSE: SGFY) believes that it will be more suited to deal with workforce shortages than other, more traditional home-based care providers. In fact, it has built a platform that’s flexible and tech-driven specifically to deal with the future in mind – a future that will include workforce issues and a shift to […]
Category: Innovation
ModivCare Inc. (Nasdaq: MODV) – a technology-enabled, home-focused health care services company – continues to execute on its multifaceted strategy. In recent months, it has bolstered its personal care, remote patient monitoring (RPM), non-emergency medical transportation (NEMT) and meal delivery capabilities. Its ultimate goal is to be the premier company addressing social determinants of health […]
Humana (NYSE: HUM) continues to bet on the home as a main site of care. In addition to its multi-billion dollar purchase of Kindred at Home, the insurer has also formed partnerships with home-focused companies such as Heal, DispatchHealth and Papa, among others. Dr. Amal Agarwal, the VP of home solutions for the Louisville, Kentucky-based […]
Everyone wants to know what Walgreens Boots Alliance’s (Nasdaq: WBA) health care strategy is. Over the past month, it has become increasingly clear. On Oct. 14, the company made another investment in the primary care company VillageMD. The price tag was $5.2 billion for Walgreens, following a $1 billion investment in VillageMD last year as […]
Insurtech company The Helper Bees recently launched an aging-in-place provider marketplace. With the rollout of this new platform, the company is positioning itself as a go-between for aging-in-place services providers, such as personal care agencies, and Medicare Advantage (MA) plans. Broadly, Austin, Texas-based The Helper Bees works with large insurance companies to help these organizations […]
ShiftMed – a mobile platform that acts as a liaison between health care providers and workers – announced Wednesday that it has raised $45 million in funding. The McLean, Virginia-based company has experienced explosive growth of late. While it began 2021 in just 10 markets across the country, it will finish the year in 56. […]
Patina Health – a primary care startup focused on delivering care in the home – announced a Series A funding round of $57 million early Tuesday. The company came out of stealth with the announcement, detailing its plans as well as its lead investors: Andreessen Horowitz and GV, the latter of which is Google’s (Nasdaq: […]
Kaiser Permanente is one of the largest health systems and health plans in the entire U.S. And while home-based care has always been a part of the system’s integrated model, it now has its own division, “Care at Home,” underneath the massive brand’s umbrella. Angel Vargas has been enlisted to lead the budding enterprise in […]
Close to 90% of older adults want to receive care in their homes as they age, according to a study conducted earlier this year by the AP-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research. But outside of just aging in place in general, during the COVID-19 crisis, individuals of all ages have also become more aware of […]
On the same day a CVS Health (NYSE: CVS) executive emphasized the company only invests time and resources in its most fervent business beliefs, another exec ambitiously spoke about its at-home care plans. Speaking at HLTH this week, executives from CVS and other health care organizations held a discussion about managing chronic conditions in the […]
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