Three years after Honor acquired Home Instead, its goal is not to grow through franchise expansion or acquisition. Instead, it’s trying to find ways for current locations to double, triple and quadruple their current censuses. In part, it plans to open up that opportunity through advanced technology, including artificial intelligence. During a recent long and […]
After Honor acquired Home Instead in 2021, many Home Instead franchisees were not sold on the strategic direction they were given. They believed Honor’s model lacked a “proof of concept,” and were unwilling to alter operations to appease their new parent organization. But, over the last few years, a lot of the friction between Honor […]
Maxim at Home has a new name. Now dubbed Villi, the Dallas-based company integrates technology with traditional companion care to keep adults at home, living independently. Villi’s on-demand platform connects individuals with caregivers around the clock, whether it’s a senior needing personal care services or a new mother requiring an extra hand. “Rebranding to Villi […]
Sensi.AI, an artificial intelligence company prevalent in the non-medical home care space, has raised $31 million in Series B funding. The company works with the likes of BrightStar Care, Home Instead, Visiting Angels, Griswold and Always Best Care, according to its website. It leverages audio technology to detect abnormal events in a senior’s home. In […]
The Change Healthcare cyberattack disrupted health care providers across the board, including home-based care providers. Soon, one of the government-backed efforts to offer assistance to those organizations will end. The U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced Monday that its advanced and accelerated payment program tied to the cyberattack will end July 12. […]
Amid efforts to push back the expiration date of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ (CMS) Acute Hospital Care at Home waiver, more patients are expressing their desire to participate in hospital-at-home programs. That’s according to a new survey from Vivalink, a digital healthcare solutions company that offers remote patient monitoring (RPM). “Hospital at […]
More home-based care providers have become curious about the benefits of artificial intelligence (AI), especially when it comes to its potential around easing clinician and caregiver workload and improving patient outcomes. Companies like Homewatch CareGivers and Pinnacle Home Care moved past the curiosity stage, and have implemented AI tools into their operations and clinical processes. […]
The value-based and home-based care enablement platform CareCentrix is in an interesting position. Not only is it in between home health providers and Medicare Advantage (MA) plans, but it’s also now owned by Walgreens Boots Alliance (Nasdaq: WBA) – one of the retailers diving head first into home-based health care services. In a recent conversation […]
A new artificial intelligence tool has emerged in the home health space. And this one comes from one of the industry’s own operators. Trent Smith, the CEO of the Oklahoma City-based Accentra Home Health and Hospice, is behind the new startup, Apricot, which leverages generative AI specifically. Accentra has been using Apricot for months, but […]
Choice Health at Home and Resilient Healthcare have formed a partnership that will give the former access to digital health technologies and hospital-at-home capabilities. Plano, Texas-based Resilient is a technology company that enables health care organizations to deliver higher-acuity care in the home. Meanwhile, Tyler, Texas-based Choice Health at Home is a home health, hospice, […]
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