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 […]
Category: Personal Home Care
Help at Home names market leader for Georgia Help at Home has named Hermina Yarde as its new market leader in Georgia as the company plans to expand further in the Peach State. Yarde’s appointment comes just a month after the franchise company acquired Prosper Home Care, a home care provider based in Atlanta, that […]
While they may seem like outliers from the perspective of most providers in the country, publicly traded home health companies are often a great indicator of where the industry is – and where it’s going. Whether they’re investing in new service lines or diversifying their revenue streams, the big providers on the block continue to […]
Education is emerging as a key tool for home-based care providers as they try to recruit and retain staff. When utilized correctly, quality education is a resource that can help providers keep up with market demand. Always Best Care learned education’s importance firsthand through its own struggles. “We did an in-depth study in house,” Sheila […]
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 […]
Most home care companies are generally committed to a single payer source more than they are the other ones, whether it’s private pay or Medicaid. But many companies have begun engaging with Medicare Advantage (MA), too, and most all companies have at least thought about diversifying their revenue, at least by a little. Still, there’s […]
To solve some of home care’s more persistent challenges – such as retention – agencies have embraced out-of-the-box thinking. Specifically, they’ve turned to engagement platforms – or the “gamification” of the retention process. One of these companies is Care Advantage. A little over a year ago, Care Advantage launched a partnership with Care Heroes, a […]
Top home-based care leaders from across the country gathered at the end of March in Washington, D.C. We got to hear from many of them at Home Health Care News’ Capital + Strategy event last Thursday. While they are advocating for a better regulatory environment – whether in personal home care or home health care […]
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; […]
Home-based care’s buyers and sellers aren’t dealing with a bad market. It’s just a different market compared to a short time ago. “All across the board, health care services are down from 2021, but pretty much slightly up from 2020,” Dexter Braff, president of the M&A advisory firm The Braff Group, said last week at […]
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