Honor names new president, appoints new chief product, financial officers San Francisco-based Honor, the home care tech company that owns Home Instead, has named Ian Clarkson as the company’s new president. Clarkson will lead Honor’s core operations, overseeing the teams that are in charge of care, growth and products. He will also focus on the […]
Category: Personal Home Care
More individuals are having to take on what’s known as the second or third shift — caregiving duties in addition to being employed. At the same time, there has been an increase in Medicare Advantage (MA) plans offering home-based care, including respite services, coinciding with this rise of informal caregivers. For context, informal caregivers are […]
VNS Health has created its own data-driven tasking tool. The company believes it will be a game changer. The tool — officially called the VNS Health HELPS Tool — uses risk analytics and other data to generate health care plan recommendations automatically. At VNS Health, the tool has already administered over 70,000 recommendations since April […]
The personal home care industry in the U.S. has generated both respect and notoriety over the last few years. With that, owners and operators are voicing a larger range of differing opinions than ever about what’s next for the industry. This creates an intriguing issue in home care, where some of the industry’s largest providers […]
More than half of home care agencies lack defined career paths and educational resources to support the advancement of their staff. At the same time, only half of organizations have an established professional development strategy, according to a new survey from Axxess and Home Health Care News. The survey involved 135 professionals who work for […]
After being identified as the No. 1 complaint from care staff in 2021, home-based care providers are taking a closer look at training within their organizations. As home-based care providers face severe staffing shortages, effective training programs that keep staff engaged remain crucial. A new survey from HCP gathered data on training from 335 agencies, […]
Dr. Sachin Jain – the CEO of SCAN Health Plan – is a provocateur on the topic of home-based care. I’ve talked to him in the past about his concerns with value-based care, for instance, at a time when value-based care is almost ubiquitously championed. In a closed-door discussion on Thursday, Jain offered more of […]
As seniors age, it’s critical to find the right setting for them to do so. For many, that’s aging in place while receiving home-based care services. For others, it means moving into an assisted living facility. With this in mind, a number of home-based care providers are getting into the business of helping seniors find […]
Amedisys Inc. (Nasdaq: AMED) and Contessa Health are teaming up with the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) to offer at-home care services to patients in Central Arkansas. The parties involved announced a joint venture this week that will allow Contessa and Amedisys to deliver care across the full continuum in the home in […]
Ahead of the annual enrollment period Medicare Advantage (MA) organizations have been offering a peek into what benefits they’re offering seniors in 2023. Notably, many will give their beneficiaries access to home-based care services. Now, ATI Advisory is sharing exactly how many have made these services available to seniors. The number plans offering in-home support […]
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