Disrupt Podcast

CCRC-Without-Walls Pioneer Kendal at Home Breaks Down Its Growth Trajectory

The CCRC-without-walls model is a new twist on an old concept. Essentially, the at-home concept allows seniors to reap all the same benefits of traditional continuing care retirement communities (CCRCs) while still aging in place. While the CCRC-without-walls model has slowly begun to gain traction in recent years, there are still fewer than 40 programs […]

‘Delivering Value Requires Transformation’: How Humana Is Tearing Down Silos, Accelerating Home-Based Care Innovation

When you’re already one of the biggest health insurance companies on the block, what’s the next move? For Humana Inc. (NYSE: HUM), it’s transforming into one of the biggest home-based care companies around. But then again, the company that originally launched in the 60s as a nursing home provider is no stranger to transformation. This […]

Disrupt Podcast #51: Greg Sheff of Humana Inc.

The 51st episode of our podcast, Disrupt, is now available! For this episode of Disrupt, Home Health Care News sat down with Greg Sheff, interim segment president of home solutions at Humana Inc. (NYSE: HUM), to chat about how the health insurance giant has continued to solidify a spot in the home-based care space over […]

Disrupt Podcast #52: Lynne Giacobbe of Kendal at Home

The 52nd episode of our podcast, Disrupt, is now available! For this episode of Disrupt, Home Health Care News sits down with Lynne Giacobbe, the CEO of Kendal at Home – one of the most well-established “CCRC without walls” in the nation. During the conversation, Giacobbe explains how Kendal at Home is an aging-in-place pioneer […]

Why Finding a Home Health Provider to Acquire Has Become Tougher

When Coltala Holdings acquired a stake in Choice Health at Home in June, its co-founders – Ralph Manning and Edward Crawford – were ecstatic. After all, the Dallas-based private equity firm was looking to enter into the home health industry, but wasn’t sure it would be able to. Its confidence in finding the right provider […]

Disrupt Podcast #50: Ralph Manning and Edward Crawford of Coltala Holdings

The 50th episode of our podcast, Disrupt, is now available!  For this episode of Disrupt, Home Health Care News sat down with Coltala Holdings co-founders Ralph Manning and Edward Crawford to chat about getting into the home health sector in 2021 through the acquisition of Choice Health at Home. Dallas, Texas-based Coltala Holdings is a holding company […]

GrandCare Health Services CEO: ‘Generalist’ Home Health Agencies Will Be Squeezed Out of the Market

When David A. Bell first took over as the CEO of GrandCare Health Services, the home-based care provider was stuck in limbo. While the Southern California-based GrandCare had a solid orthopedic home health division, it was weighed down by several other service lines that really weren’t going anywhere. To get his company trending upward, Bell […]

Disrupt Podcast #49: David A. Bell of GrandCare Health Services

Most home health agencies are “generalists,” meaning they serve patients with a wide variety of in-home care needs. GrandCare Health Services, however, sees itself as an orthopedic rehab specialist, which is why it sold its non-medical home care division to 24 Hour Home Care in September. For this episode of Disrupt, HHCN caught up with […]

Disrupt Podcast #48: Tim Hanold of Care Advantage

In June, Searchlight Capital Partners acquired a majority stake in Care Advantage, one of the largest in-home care companies in the Mid-Atlantic region. Aside from giving the company more firepower for future M&A activity of its own, the deal will likely help Care Advantage accelerate its value-based care strategy. The in-home care provider already has […]

Care Advantage CEO on Caring for Anthem’s ‘Sickest and Frailest’ Members

Care Advantage has worked to solidify its place in the home-based care space over the past three decades. Now, its latest mission puts value-based care square in its crosshairs. Care Advantage offers a variety of services to patients across Virginia, Maryland, Washington, D.C., and Delaware. The Richmond, Virginia-based company cared for roughly 12,000 patients last […]