Lawmakers are pushing yet another piece of new legislation that would make it easier for patients to gain access to home health care, specifically by widening the scope of who can certify the need for home health services under Medicare rules. A bipartisan group of representatives introduced the Home Health Care Planning Improvement Act of […]
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Managing chronically ill patient populations across years and becoming a go-to resource for behavioral health needs are among Elara Caring’s biggest priorities over the next several months. Industry consolidation and increasing partnerships with large-scale payers and health systems will also be on the Addison, Texas-based provider’s radar, CEO G. Scott Herman told Home Health Care […]
Home health merger and acquisition activity continued at a healthy clip in the second quarter of 2018, with 21 publicly announced deals. That’s up from 12 acquisitions in Q2 2017, according to newly released data from market intelligence firm Irving Levin & Associates. On a quarterly basis, deal volume dipped slightly; there were 23 publicly […]
Earlier this year, a three-way merger created one of the largest home health providers in the United States, and the combined company now is rebranding as “Elara Caring.” The merger, which closed in May, unites Jackson, Michigan-based Great Lakes Caring; Cromwell, Connecticut-based National Home Health Care; and Addison, Texas-based Jordan Health Services. Backed by private equity […]
It’s been a year of changes for Bayada Home Health Care. This June marks the one-year anniversary of the grand opening of Bayada’s new global support center in Pennsauken, New Jersey. And it’s been about 10 months since David Baiada became the company’s CEO, taking over the role from his father, J. Mark Baiada, who […]
Great Lakes Caring, National Home Health Care and Jordan Health Services have named a new chief financial officer for their freshly merged enterprise. Eric Slusser is taking over as CFO of the newly combined company, it announced Monday, less than a week after Michigan-based Great Lakes Caring, Connecticut-based National Home Health Care and Texas-based Jordan […]
Great Lakes Caring, National Home Health Care and Jordan Health Services Complete Combination Michigan-based Great Lakes Caring, Connecticut-based National Home Health Care and Texas-based Jordan Health Services have completed their previously announced deal, finalizing the creation of one of the largest home-based care providers in the United States. The combined company brings together three market leaders […]