Lakewood, Colorado-based Vivo Infusion announced Stephan Rodgers as CEO. Rodgers has over 25 years of health care experience, including home care, insurance, consulting and employee benefits. Before joining Vivo Infusion, Rodgers was CEO at AccentCare for over a decade. He was also formerly CEO of OptumHealth Collaborative Care, a division of UnitedHealth Group (NYSE: UNH) […]
Integrated Home Care Services
As more home health providers participate in value-based care arrangements, leaders are learning what works, and what falls flat. Enhabit Inc. (NYSE: EHAB) has been active in the value-based care space. The company has a small – but growing – number of value-based contracts on the Medicare Advantage (MA) side, as well as Accountable Care […]
Home health providers often pursue value-based care arrangements, with the goal of delivering quality care and achieving monetary success. But if they are not careful, these companies can also land in financial hot water. “In a value-based arrangement, a financial disaster means I’m now losing money,” Joseph Furtado, administrator of MD Home Health, told Home […]
Though it has become more common for larger home-based care providers to enter and find success in value-based care arrangements, so many small- to mid-sized companies still struggle in this area. Helping these kinds of home-based care companies see success in these arrangements has become Integrated Home Care Services’ sweet spot as a driver of […]
Success for Integrated Home Care Services (IHCS) will ultimately come down to choices. Choices, CEO Chris Bradbury said, that are well thought out and driven by data. And choices that are strategically sound. Take, for instance, the three areas IHCS is involved in: home health, home infusion and durable medical equipment. “We chose those for […]
In a best-case scenario, conveners have the ability to form beneficial partnerships with home health providers. But most industry leaders still believe there is a long road to get there. “Today, the landscape is crappy,” Bruce Greenstein, chief strategy and innovation officer at LHC Group, said on a panel during the Home Care Innovation + […]
Despite the high demand for it, home-based care isn’t always well managed or coordinated. Consequently, this can lead to increased costs and lower-quality outcomes for health plans. As such, health plans and other stakeholders are increasingly considering what it takes to make the home a more effective site of care. Many are finding that home […]
A new survey shows that nearly two-thirds of executives rarely meet to discuss home care and only 38% say their organization is performing “very well” when it comes to supporting members’ use of home care services. Poor communication and coordination among various stakeholders, delayed services and lower member satisfaction are just a few of the […]
Integrated Home Care Services hires new CEO Integrated Home Care Services Inc. has named Christopher Bradbury as the company’s new CEO. Bradbury succeeds Jorge Pereda, who has served as CEO since the company’s inception. Pereda will now serve as chairman of the board. “After building successful companies throughout the last 30 years, I am excited […]
This article is sponsored by Integrated Home Care Services. In this Voices interview, Home Health Care News sits down with Integrated Home Care Services (IHCS) co-founder Paul Pino to learn the top challenges in the home-based care space, and how the IHCS model addresses those challenges. Pino also shares why he views the IHCS model […]