Two major home-based care deals have crossed the finish line. DispatchHealth and Medically Home complete merger In March, DispatchHealth and Medically Home announced their plans to merge. Today, the companies revealed that the merger has officially closed. DispatchHealth and Medically Home are two of the most visible companies in the hospital-at-home space. As one combined […]
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The day before our Capital+Strategy conference began in Orlando during the first week of April, Mertz Taggart released the firm’s latest M&A data. The timing was perfect, as Capital+Strategy primarily focuses on trends in dealmaking. The Mertz Taggart data indicated a surge in home-based care M&A activity at the start of the year, and the […]
DispatchHealth and Medically Home — two of the most prominent companies in the hospital-at-home space — recently announced plans to become one organization. Separately, Medically Home and DispatchHealth have each played significant roles in shifting higher-acuity care away from traditional brick-and-morter hospitals, placing the home at the center of care delivery. I believe the merger […]
DispatchHealth and Medically Home have announced their merger, creating the country’s most comprehensive provider of advanced medical care at home, according to the companies. After the deal is finalized, Medically Home will join DispatchHealth, extending care into patients’ homes across 50 major metropolitan areas in collaboration with nearly 40 health systems and most major health […]
On Tuesday, the U.S. House of Representatives passed a continuing resolution that would extend the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Hospital-at-Home (HaH) waiver program and telehealth flexibilities through Sept. 30, pending Senate approval. This program, scheduled to end on March 31, enables hospitals to deliver hospital-level care to patients in their homes. However, […]
We’re now about one month away from the end of the hospital-at-home waiver that has been keeping the program alive. With the March 31 deadline fast approaching, the push to further extend the program is picking up steam. Earlier this month, in-home care advocacy group Moving Health Home sent a letter to Congress urging the […]
As more advanced care moves into the home setting, traditional home-based care providers can ensure they aren’t left behind by forming innovative partnerships. The collaboration between BrightStar Care and Medically Home is one example of this. “More care is moving into the home, and higher acuity care is moving into the home,” Shelly Sun Berkowitz, […]
Dr. Pippa Shulman, the chief medical officer at Medically Home, believes the home will eventually become the lynchpin of the U.S. health care system. “What you’re going to see is a full shift to the idea of hospitals, as a place where you seek ICU care, surgical care and emergency care for trauma, but that […]
Medically Home’s board of directors has appointed a new president and CEO. Graham Barnes will take the helm of the company, effective immediately. “[Graham Barnes’] track record of growing and nurturing health care companies gives us deep confidence in his ability to elevate Medically Home and build on the strong market position that has been […]
Hospital-at-home care has a chance to become a mainstay in the larger home-based care ecosystem. As its stakeholders aim to get it there, there are a few factors that need to be considered. Firstly, without payment, there is no hospital-at-home model. Early pioneers of the model in the U.S. know that all too well. But […]