Lack of Scalable Home Care Assets Means Buyers May Have to Get Creative

These days, landing a large personal care services acquisition can often feel like finding a needle in a haystack. As a result, potential buyers may have to become increasingly more creative to grow their home care footprint, M&A experts say. The recent agreement between Amedisys Inc. (Nasdaq: AMED) and ClearCare Inc. — which allows Baton […]

New Amedisys-ClearCare Personal Care Network Spreading Like Wildfire

In an effort to expand its capabilities and open the door for future Medicare Advantage (MA) opportunities, Amedisys Inc. (Nasdaq: AMED) recently struck an agreement with ClearCare Inc. to create a network of personal care agencies. Already, that network is spreading like wildfire, with 308 agencies representing 32,000 caregivers in 39 states, Amedisys CEO and […]

[Upcoming Webinar] How Personal Care Agencies Can Improve Health Outcomes

Date: May 16Time: 1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. CTRegister Now The health care industry is undergoing transformative change as the entire ecosystem recognizes the impact of non-clinical factors on health outcomes, quality of life and overall cost. Functional limitations and social determinants related to health outcomes have an exponential effect on costs for complex chronic populations.  […]

[Upcoming Webinar] How Personal Care Agencies Can Improve Health Outcomes

Date: May 16Time: 1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. CTRegister Now The health care industry is undergoing transformative change as the entire ecosystem recognizes the impact of non-clinical factors on health outcomes, quality of life and overall cost. Functional limitations and social determinants related to health outcomes have an exponential effect on costs for complex chronic […]

[Upcoming Webinar] How Personal Care Agencies Can Improve Health Outcomes

Date: May 16Time: 1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. CTRegister Now The health care industry is undergoing transformative change as the entire ecosystem recognizes the impact of non-clinical factors on health outcomes, quality of life and overall cost. Functional limitations and social determinants related to health outcomes have an exponential effect on costs for complex chronic populations.  […]

Chronic Conditions Cost US Economy More Than $4.5 Trillion

The overall economic burden associated with diabetes, heart disease, dementia and other chronic medical conditions in the United States now adds up to more than $4.5 trillion, a new report has found. While already staggering, that economic burden is projected to double within the next three decades as well, propelled by the wave of aging […]

ClearCare Launches Home Care Tool for Tracking Condition Changes, Hospitalizations

Online home care platform ClearCare announced Monday the launch of a new tool for helping home care agencies better handle client condition changes and track hospitalizations. San Francisco-based ClearCare currently provides caregiver scheduling, billing and other software solutions to more than 4,000 home care agencies in total, including several of the industry’s largest. Its latest […]

How Home-Based Care Companies Can Minimize Their Insurance Premiums

The health care industry is experiencing an increase in the severity and frequency of insurance claims — and the home-based care sector is no exception. Despite the threat of increased costs, agencies can drive down their premiums by adding automated systems and implementing periodic caregiver screenings. “Profit margins are generally not very padded [for home […]