Geoff Abraskin promoted to hospice president at Amedisys Geoff Abraskin has been named the new president of the hospice division at Amedisys (Nasdaq: AMED). He has been with the company for nearly 15 years. “Geoffrey Abraskin has been promoted to President of the Hospice Division!” Amedisys wrote in a LinkedIn post last week. “Geoff is […]
Category: Staffing
To alleviate staffing headwinds, home-based care providers are having to get creative. One provider, in particular, has seen impressive returns on some of its newer strategies. Elara Caring is investing in new technologies and programs to ensure its caregivers are spending as much time as they can delivering care. “Our growth strategy is fueled by […]
The at-home companionship company Papa has made what it believes to be a crucial hire. Jane Yu has joined as the head of trust and safety. “The work that Papa is doing is very personal to me,” Yu told Home Health Care News. “My mother worked as a professional caregiver. My father injured himself after […]
Private equity investment remains down in health care services. But the firms active in home-based care will likely have a major impact on the industry in the near future. The decisions those firms make – while entering or exiting – will have a lasting impact. In the second quarter, there were 164 PE deals across […]
Travis Messina co-founded Contessa Health as a hospital-at-home startup in 2015. He served as CEO until March 2023, helping to grow the business into a higher-acuity care innovator with joint venture partnerships with some of health care’s biggest names. Messina now finds himself leading another organization. The Franklin, Tennessee-based Regent Surgical Health announced Monday that […]
The odds are stacked against home health providers. Even while more care is heading to the home, providers have three fundamental problems. The first is that there is an insufficient workforce to meet demand. The second and third are both rate-related. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is actively reducing home health reimbursement […]
Jennifer Sheets won’t ever exit the home-based care space. But for now, she’s taking a step back, and doing so with many thoughts on the past, the present and the future. She became the president of Interim HealthCare in January of 2019, and Home Health Care News caught up with her shortly thereafter to discuss […]
Home-based care providers are focusing more on training programs as industry-wide staffing challenges persist. That’s according to the recent State of Home Care Training 2023 survey. The survey was conducted by Home Health Care News in partnership with CareAcademy, in order to find out how home-based care providers are utilizing technology to beef up their […]
While referrals to home health care are ballooning, providers are rejecting them at an unprecedented rate. As hospitals scramble to place patients in the hands of appropriate post-acute care providers, skilled nursing facilities’ referral volume has rebounded. Home health referral volume also remains above pre-pandemic levels, but providers are struggling with staffing challenges and sicker […]
Chris Gerard, the former CEO and COO of Amedisys Inc. (Nasdaq: AMED), has found a new home. He is the next CEO of TheKey, a national home care provider. “I’m happy to share that I’m starting a new position as Chief Executive Officer at TheKey!” Gerard wrote on LinkedIn Monday. Delray, Florida-based TheKey provides home […]
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