HouseWorks acquires Care and Help Home Care, Amedisys’ personal care division The Massachusetts-based HouseWorks is expanding its footprint in Pennsylvania by acquiring Care and Help Home Care. Care and Help Home Care is a privately-owned personal care provider serving the greater Philadelphia area. “We are excited to welcome the Care and Help team to the […]
CenterWell Home Health
CenterWell Home Health – a subsidiary of Humana Inc. (NYSE: HUM) – has agreed to acquire Trilogy Home Health. Based in West Palm Beach, Trilogy has 11 locations across the state of Florida. The company provides home health care, personal care and care coordination services. Trilogy’s employees were notified about the deal on Monday, a […]
In late February, Humana Inc. (NYSE: HUM) announced that it would be exiting the Employer Group Commercial Medical Products business, meaning it would further focus on Medicare Advantage (MA), Group Medicare, and, of course, its CenterWell health care services arm. The company offered up the rationale for that move – as well as its future-facing […]
After the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released a final rule that poses sizable risk to its Medicare Advantage business, Humana Inc. (NYSE: HUM) leaders insisted panic was not necessary. “The rule did not provide the details needed to fully understand the potential impact of the future audits,” Humana CEO Bruce Broussard said […]
In home-based care, persistent headwinds are forcing leaders to employ new strategies. Those strategies include searching for new partnerships to drive efficiency; looking outside the industry for inspiration; and taking on more value-based and risk-based opportunities. The headwind with the most persistence is staffing woes. At CenterWell Home Health, forming relationships with universities has been […]
The home health industry is at an inflection point. As any year comes to a close – especially 2022 – it’s one of the most interesting times to hear what executives are saying about their own companies and the industry at large. Luckily, earnings calls and investor presentations have allowed us insight into what is […]
The home health leader of one of the nation’s largest health insurers believes the industry will need to be ready to move toward value-based care. Meanwhile, critics of Medicare Advantage (MA) should start to spend time with payers to understand what their needs are and what is driving up their costs. In turn, home health […]
For Humana Inc. (NYSE: HUM), the wheels are already in motion for the expansion of its senior-focused, value-based primary care clinics. As part of Humana’s joint venture with private equity firm Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe (WCAS), the company expects to pay between $450 and $550 million to acquire the first group of the JV’s […]
Humana Inc. (NYSE: HUM) is restructuring. It will make its CenterWell arm, which includes its home health and primary care capabilities, one of two business units. The goal is to simplify the company’s organization and strategy moving forward. Formerly known as Kindred at Home, CenterWell Home Health is the rebranded home health organization of the […]
The relationships between Medicare Advantage (MA) plans and home health care agencies have not changed much over the last few years. They are often filled with bitterness and lack communication. What has changed is how vocal home health providers have been about the issue. Providers went from shying away from the topic, to discussing it […]