After Partnership With CD&R, Elevance Health Continues To Bet On Its Provider Services Arm

Elevance Health (NYSE: ELV) continues to point to its provider capabilities – which include home-based care services – as a strategic priority. The company has partnered with the private equity firm Clayton, Dubilier & Rice (CD&R) on a primary care initiative that will bring together Carelon Health – Elevance Health’s provider arm – and apree […]

Elevance Health Sees Provider Arm As Near-Term Growth Driver

Elevance Health Inc. (NYSE: ELV) is going all-in on Carelon Services — the company’s provider services arm — as a future growth driver. “Carelon has, and will continue to add, attractive capabilities that we can scale rapidly and sustainably over the long term,” Elevance CEO Gail Boudreaux said during the company’s fourth quarter earnings call […]

Transactions: Elevance Health To Acquire Paragon Healthcare; New Day Healthcare Buys Compassion Hospice

Elevance Health to acquire infusion provider Paragon Healthcare Elevance Health (NYSE: ELV) announced that it has plans to acquire the infusions services company Paragon Healthcare. The acquisition opens up the opportunity for Elevance members to receive more in-home care. “The acquisition of Paragon Healthcare will deepen our capabilities around providing affordable, convenient access to specialty […]

Medicare Advantage Plans Pulling Back On In-Home Care Supplemental Benefits

Insurance companies selling Medicare Advantage (MA) plans have been facing increased scrutiny from members of Congress and regulators, with critics of the private version of Medicare claiming carriers are profiting far too much. In light of those sentiments and expected constraints, some believed MA plans could begin trimming their supplemental-benefits packages, which could lead to […]

Amedisys Finds New Hospice President From Within; Elevance Health Announces Next CFO

Geoff Abraskin promoted to hospice president at Amedisys Geoff Abraskin has been named the new president of the hospice division at Amedisys (Nasdaq: AMED).  He has been with the company for nearly 15 years. “Geoffrey Abraskin has been promoted to President of the Hospice Division!” Amedisys wrote in a LinkedIn post last week. “Geoff is […]

Elevance Health Teases Big Plans For At-Home Acute Care

Elevance Health Inc. (NYSE: ELV) plans to go big on post-acute care models and value-based care. Those were two main takeaways from the Indianapolis-based company’s second quarter earnings call Wednesday. Elevance CEO Gail Boudreaux noted that Carelon Services — the company’s provider services arm — delivered solid organic growth led by the expansion of post-acute […]

How Home Care Providers Establish Credibility With Managed Medicaid Plans

Home-based care providers — both big and small — are struggling at the negotiating table with Medicare Advantage (MA) plans. But they’re also struggling in negotiations with managed Medicaid plans. While MA plans and managed Medicaid plans operate a bit differently, providers are having similar issues with both. Proving value to health plan leaders is […]

Elevance Health Trying To Create ‘Differentiated Experience’ For Post-Acute Care Providers

For Elevance Health Inc. (NYSE: ELV), the focuses remain clear: Medicare Advantage (MA) member growth and value-based care growth. To achieve both of those, the company is likely to leverage home-based care. Elevance’s myNEXUS – a post-acute care convener – remains one of the company’s emerging assets within the Carelon health care services platform, Carelon […]

Elevance Health Looking Forward To More Upside, Downside Risk Sharing

Like many other insurers, Elevance Health Inc. (NYSE: ELV) is beginning to capitalize on its health care service capabilities. Starting this year, the company will separate its business reports for its provider services wing, Carelon, as a way to adapt to the company’s evolving infrastructure. “Carelon offers a diverse suite of services across behavioral health, […]