In terms of home-based care providers’ relationship with payers, Aveanna Healthcare Holdings Inc. (Nasdaq: AVAH) CEO Jeff Shaner believes that the next few years will be “transformative.” Providers will have to be intentional in their agreements to reach the future success they desire, Shaner believes. He said so on Tuesday during a panel discussion at […]
Category: Personal Home Care
The home care provider HomeWell Care Services is again bolstering its franchisee support systems. Its Learning Lab – launched in May – has led to the “LaunchWell” program, which will help potential franchisees from all walks of life get accustomed to home care. LaunchWell will emphasize continued learning, as opposed to live, long in-person sessions […]
Cypress HomeCare Solutions has received the Arizona Healthcare Cost Containment System (AHCCCS) American Rescue Plan (ARP) program award. The company received the award as part of partnership with Nevvon and PocketRN. Together, the companies were awarded $419,210.06. The funding will help these companies drive value-based care among the Medicaid population. “This is a demonstration grant,” […]
Home Health Care News recently spoke with 15 home-based care leaders for our annual “Executive Forecast” articles, which we published at the end of last year. Those executives’ responses covered a wide range of topics, and were surprisingly and refreshingly diverse. But, in the end, a few themes emerged. In part, these answers helped form […]
Two weeks after BrightSpring Health Services Inc. filed plans for an initial public offering (IPO), the company officially announced the move Wednesday. The company could be valued at up to $3.1 billion. For context, the home health provider Amedisys Inc. (Nasdaq: AMED) was valued at about $3.3 billion when UnitedHealth Group’s (NYSE: UNH) agreed to […]
The Lorient Capital-backed PurposeCare has acquired three more Midwestern home-based care agencies. In total, the company has made seven acquisitions over the last year. Its latest moves include: acquiring the assets of A/Abiding Care-Elder Bridge (AAEB), a private-pay home care agency in Illinois; acquiring equity interests in Michiana Home Care, which provides home health care […]
Workforce pressures are a constant variable in home-based care. But today’s issues require far different solutions than yesterday’s, providers believe. For Accurate Home Care, the biggest pain point isn’t retention, it’s recruiting new nurses to hire. “If I had 200 nurses show up in my parking lot, I would hire them all without interviewing them,” […]
When Hector Barragan joined Family Resource Home Care in December of 2022 as the president and COO, it was understood that he was part of a succession plan. However, in order to make sure a transition was smooth, outgoing CEO Jeff Wiberg wanted to make sure Barragan could help the company succeed in two areas. […]
At the beginning of each year, publications and experts like to lay out predictions for the next 12 months. Home Health Care News also plays prognosticator. We published our 2024 home care trends piece earlier this week, and will publish our home health trends piece next week. But an equally useful exercise – for myself […]
Home care companies have always had to deal with a gray market in senior care, or an “underground” caregiver workforce. But as the cost of providing care continues to rise, providers may find themselves in more of a bind than before. Broadly, caregivers that are part of the underground workforce are individuals who are unaffiliated […]
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