How Home-Based Care Providers Take On Risk To Avoid Risk

Taking risk has been a hot topic on the home health and home care conference circuits for some time now. That will heat up more moving forward. Two realities are driving providers to take on risk themselves. Home health providers, in particular, could be in sink-or-swim territory in five months. All the while, payers have […]

‘Transportation Is a Social Vital Sign’: Lifespark, Envoy America Expand Strategic Partnership

Lifespark and Envoy America are expanding a partnership between the two organizations with the launch of Lifespark GO! Their latest collaboration will deliver transportation services to residents of 14 Lifespark senior living communities in Minnesota and Wisconsin — an expansion of a partnership that provides these services to its home-based care clients. Lifespark originally entered […]

[Updated] Why Minnesota’s Largest Medicare Advantage Provider Is Investing in Lifespark

With enrollment up and more plans launching each year, Medicare Advantage (MA) organizations have had to figure out how to differentiate themselves in an increasingly competitive field. For many, MA differentiation has meant embracing in-home care and actually acquiring, or investing in, provider partners. The latest example of this trend took place Tuesday, with Minneapolis, […]