Forecasting the Personal Home Care Industry’s Netflix-Blockbuster Moment

The personal care industry in the United States is full of wonder. Where its home health counterparts are generally built similarly, mostly tied to Medicare as a payer, the personal care market is full of companies with vastly different strategies. There are franchises, non-franchises, those that lean toward private-pay and those that lean toward government […]

Transactions: Kendal at Home Expands Footprint; Help at Home’s Expansion to New York

Kendal at Home expands its footprint in Massachusetts, Kentucky Kendal at Home, an at-home care provider that follows the CCRC-without-walls model, is expanding. The nonprofit announced this week that it has expanded its services to include residents in the Boston area of Massachusetts and Northern Kentucky. “Our presence in Massachusetts and Ohio has built over […]

Help at Home Enters New York, Adding 10,050 Clients, 12,000 Employees

One of the larger home care organizations in the U.S., Help at Home, has made a significant leap in expanding its reach. The company announced last week that it’s entering into New York – a state it had previously not been in – with the acquisitions of Edison Home Health Care and Preferred Home Care of […]

Payer Influence Growing in Home-Based Care

Another in-person event came and went this week, as Home Health Care News hosted its annual Capital+Strategy event in Arlington, Virginia. And as executives, analysts, private equity representatives and others gathered to discuss the state of home-based care, news dropped that UnitedHealth Group (NYSE: UNH) is acquiring LHC Group Inc. (Nasdaq: LHCG) and combining the […]

‘A Pathway to Value-Based Care’: Help at Home Empowering Caregivers with New Predictive Model

Help at Home is launching a new model of care, one that it believes can be centered entirely around the home instead of the doctor’s office or hospital. The model’s goal is to capture insights from caregivers to recognize client needs and then engage the rest of the health system from there. Dubbed “HealthyMATCH,” it […]

Help at Home Reportedly Planning to Go Public by Year’s End

Help at Home — a provider of home- and community-based services (HCBS) — is considering going public. The Chicago-based company has even selected banks to help it prepare for an IPO later this year, Bloomberg News reported. More providers are considering public exits thanks to an increasing demand for home-based care, promising outlooks for public […]

The Home-Based Care Companies That Could Go Public Next

In-home care tailwinds have only grown stronger during the COVID-19 crisis. That, in turn, is prompting the home health industry itself to change. Initially, much of that change has come in the form of more M&A action and investment, especially from private equity interests. Eventually, though, it will also likely manifest in more activity in […]

Jet Health Purchases Carrington Hospice Care; VNAs Reach Merger Agreement

Jet Health acquires Carrington Hospice Care Home health provider Jet Health Inc. announced it has acquired Carrington Hospice Care Inc. Irvine, California-based Jet Health provides physical, speech and occupational therapy services, plus skilled nursing, hospice and personal care. Medical social services are also part of Jet Health’s business mix. The company operates in Texas, New […]

Provider Saves 750 Ill. Home Care Jobs in Limbo

Days after Illinois’ largest statewide provider of social services announced major program and job cuts affecting about 4,700 clients, including homebound seniors, a Chicago-based home care agency has intervened to help. On Jan. 22, Des Plaines, Illinois-based Lutheran Social Services of Illinois (LSSI) eliminated 750 jobs and closed more than 30 programs throughout the state. The […]