More startups and innovators are being drawn to the home-based scare space. These forward-looking companies offer a new avenue for health plans looking to reach their members and, in turn, improve health outcomes. One such company, DUOS, engages with the seniors through Medicare Advantage (MA) plans and dual-eligible plans in order to aid them in […]
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Home health providers can help meet the needs of vulnerable patients that need skilled services in their home through telehealth and virtual partnerships. That’s according to a new study conducted by AccentCare and Sound Physicians, a telehealth and physician service provider. The study also found that when telehealth was offered, there were timely initiations of […]
UCM Digital Health (UCM) and MVP Health Care (MVP) have announced a new program that will give MVP members access to emergency room-level care in the home. The program is dubbed Treatment in Place. “This partnership was really based on the exact concept of keeping people out of the ER, out of the hospital and […]
The Metaverse is the future. Or it is theoretical nonsense. It all depends on who one talks to. Either way, there are plenty who believe that it will transform the way society operates. Investment from industries across the board are evidence of that. And senior care players have followed suit. MyndVR – a virtual reality […]
Anytime a company gets a new owner with a new vision, it’s almost inevitable there will be dissent. That’s even more likely when it comes to franchisers being bought up in home-based care, given the individual franchisee owners involved. There were multiple large-scale franchise acquisitions in 2021, and all with different sorts of acquirers. For […]
Sprinter Health and Firefly Health, two companies dedicated to improving access to home-based care, are partnering to bring a new hybrid model of telehealth and at-home care to patients in the Boston area. The new partnership will aim to improve access to care by integrating Sprinter Health’s in-home clinical services into Firefly Health’s virtual primary […]
The home health business comes with plenty of challenges. When dealing with pediatric care, that’s especially true. Labor issues, for instance, are exacerbated in pediatric home health care. At the same time, there is a dire need for these types of services. The Denver-based Solace Pediatric Home Healthcare is an example of a company that […]
CareLinx — a tech-enabled home-based care company that coordinates personal care services and offers clinical care services — is trending upwards. Sharecare (Nasdaq: SHCR) CEO Jeff Arnold offered up this update during the company’s third-quarter earnings call Thursday. The digital health company Sharecare is a virtual platform that helps people manage all their health needs […]
VNS Health has created its own data-driven tasking tool. The company believes it will be a game changer. The tool — officially called the VNS Health HELPS Tool — uses risk analytics and other data to generate health care plan recommendations automatically. At VNS Health, the tool has already administered over 70,000 recommendations since April […]
GE Healthcare, the $17.7 billion health care arm of General Electric (NYSE: GE), is further investing in the home-based care space through a remote patient monitoring (RPM) partnership with AMC Health. This week, the two companies announced a joint venture that will allow GE Healthcare clinicians to offer RPM as a virtual solution to care […]
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