With its recent transition to a nonprofit model, Bayada Home Health Care has been busy. Since the 2016 announcement, the company found a new CEO in David Baiada, gifted $20 million to employees and hit one million clients served, just to name a few highlights. Next up for the billion-dollar home-based care provider? Finding new […]
The 21st episode of our podcast, Disrupt, is now available! With its transition to a nonprofit model over the past couple years, Bayada Home Health Care has been busy. Next up for the billion-dollar home-based care provider? Finding new ways to do — and pay for — what it does best. In this episode of […]
When CEO Joel Theisen began Minnesota-based Lifesprk more than a decade ago, he started out with about $500,000 and a handful of employees. Theisen has turned his diverse home-based care company into a roughly $35 million business since then, while simultaneously launching a joint venture with one of the largest health systems in the country. […]
The 20th episode of our podcast, Disrupt, is now available! If you haven’t yet heard of Minnesota-based Lifesprk, you likely will very soon. Led by CEO Joel Theisen, Lifesprk provides a range of services in the home — including home-based primary care — to help seniors achieve their health and wellness goals. The model has […]
LHC Group (Nasdaq: LHCG) is one of the biggest home health providers in the country — and a company that has been a fixture in the home-based care business for more than two decades. During that time, the Lafayette, Louisiana-based home health giant’s business model has stayed largely the same: land joint venture partnerships with […]
The 19th episode of our podcast, Disrupt, is now available! Fresh off a quarter filled with nearly 20 acquisition deals and announcements, LHC shows no signs of slowing down in the months — or years — to come. In this episode of Disrupt, Executive Vice President and Chief Strategy and Innovation Officer Bruce Greenstein gives […]
One of the oldest nonprofit home- and community-based health care organizations in the country is counting on innovative technology and reimbursement models to keep it on the cutting edge in the years to come. As such, preparing for the Patient-Driven Groupings Model (PDGM), pursuing risk-based relationships and exploring predictive analytics are top of mind for […]
The 18th episode of our podcast, Disrupt, is now available! With a new EVP, one of the oldest and largest nonprofit home- and community-based health care organizations in the country has its eyes set on the future. In this episode of Disrupt, you’ll hear from Andria Castellanos, executive vice president and chief of provider services […]
As currently structured, the Patient-Driven Groupings Model (PDGM) will completely change how and when home health providers deliver therapy services. It will do so in multiple ways, most notably by eliminating the use of therapy service thresholds as a factor in payment determinations. It’s a move the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) has long recommended. […]
The 17th episode of our podcast, Disrupt, is now available! Encompass Health is one of the nation’s largest providers of post-acute health care services, offering both facility-based and home-based patient care in 36 states and Puerto Rico through its network of in-patient rehabilitation hospitals, home health agencies and hospice agencies. CEO April Anthony leads the […]