Signify Health hires former Optum executive Signify Health (NYSE: SGFY) has named Paymon Farazi – the former chief product officer at UnitedHealth Group’s (NYSE: UNH) OptumInsight – as its own chief product officer. Farazi has over 15 years of experience in similar roles at OptumInsight, Cargill and Dell. In his role at Signify Health, he […]
Category: Value-Based Care
As more home health providers move into the value-based care space, these organizations are engaging on multiple fronts in order to ensure success. Providers such as VNA Health Group and AccentCare Inc., in particular, exemplify the moves companies are making to support their value-based care strategies. In its broadest definition, value-based care means outcomes over […]
With a number of home health regulatory changes coming once the calendar flips to 2023, agencies are focusing on getting a head start adjusting their staff to changes. Many leaders consider major regulatory shifts as an issue that needs to be dealt with from the top, down. But that’s not necessarily the case. The Home […]
Last Thursday, I moderated three panels at Home Health Care News’ VALUE event, sat in on another three and talked to dozens of attendees, both on the record and off. There were plenty of highlights and insights that came from those conversations. And while everyone seemed to not only have a good time, but also […]
Almost all home-based care providers are trying to move toward value- and risk-based care, either because they want to or have to. In order for the home health care industry to move toward risk, it will need the right collective data to bring to the table. And in order for individual providers to move toward […]
Value-based care remains a loaded term in the home health care industry. But nonetheless, its prevalence is growing by the day. Industry insiders have recently told Home Health Care News that likely less than 5% of industry business is conducted through value-based contracts. Contrasted with that is what 42% of providers say, which is that […]
Humana Inc. (NYSE: HUM) and Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe (WCAS) are pumping $1.2 billion into a joint venture to further expand senior-focused, value-based primary care clinics. Specifically, Humana’s CenterWell Senior Primary Care arm will be the partner in the expanded WCAS relationship. The success and expansion of senior-focused value-based primary care could potentially lead […]
As the larger health care continuum continues to embrace value-based care and home health readies itself for the expansion of the Home Health Value-Based Purchasing (HHVBP) Model, Alivia Care seems like a company ready to navigate these new waters. The company is making a concerted effort to move further into the risk-based environment through its […]
No longer satisfied with just being a player in the value-based care space, Signify Health Inc. (NYSE: SGFY) ultimately is seeking to be a transformative force in health care. Its strategic plan reflects the general moment of home-based care and innovative payment arrangements as well. “As we think about our product roadmap, the core of […]