CareAcademy Hires 3 New Executives; Interim HealthCare CEO Joins RIHC Board

CareAcademy makes new leadership hires A few months after making its first acquisition, the caregiver training platform CareAcademy is adding to its leadership team to support its next stage of growth. CareAcademy announced that Laura Bottino will serve as the company’s CFO; Kristin Relyea will serve as the vice president of product, design and engineering; […]

CVS Health To Close On Its $8B Purchase Of Signify Health

CVS Health (NYSE: CVS) announced that it will complete its $8 billion acquisition of Signify Health (NYSE: SGFY) this week. “CVS Health today announced it expects to complete its acquisition of Signify Health on or around March 29, 2023, subject to the satisfaction or waiver of the remaining customary closing conditions set forth in the […]

In-Home Kidney Care Company Monogram Raises $375M with CVS, Humana Backing

The in-home kidney care provider Monogram Health has closed on $375 million in funding, led by major health care players such as CVS Health (NYSE: CVS), Cigna Ventures, Humana (NYSE: HUM), Memorial Hermann Health System and SCAN Group. The Nashville-based Monogram Health has been growing rapidly over the past two years. The kidney care management […]

Top Home Health Trends For 2023

Home health care’s 2022 was dimmed by the dark cloud of Medicare rate cuts. That cloud still hangs overhead in 2023. To weather the storm, providers are scrambling to find answers to persistent problems, namely staffing shortages. At the same time, they’re renegotiating arrangements with Medicare Advantage (MA) plans and pivoting from certain service lines […]

What’s Next For Signify Health After CVS Health Deal

Signify Health (NYSE: SGFY) is a home-focused organization. Therefore, CVS Health’s (NYSE: CVS) $8 billion pending purchase of it means the company is part of the largest home-based care deal of the year.  That deal is also one of the few this past year that have proven the ethos of home-based care. After all, the […]

2022’s Most Interesting Home-Based Care Transactions

The flurry of 2021’s home-based care deals was a tough act for 2022 to follow. Especially in the third and fourth quarters of last year, a record-breaking number of transactions went down. A variety of factors contributed to that volume, including changing conditions that – at least for a short period of time – allowed […]