Transactions: HouseWorks Acquires Care and Help Home Care; Pennant Bolsters Colorado Home Health Footprint

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 […]

Humana’s CenterWell To Acquire Trilogy 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 […]

Humana CEO Bruce Broussard: CenterWell Provider Assets Are Doing ‘Quite Well’

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 […]

Amid Higher MA Scrutiny, Humana Remains Focused On Home Health Growth

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 […]

Home-Based Care Leaders Employ New Strategies To Fix Old Problems

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 […]

CenterWell Home Health President Susan Benoit Discusses Value-Based Care, Partnership Strategies

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 […]

CenterWell to Take Center Stage for Humana After Restructuring

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 […]