One of the country’s most aggressive health systems in terms of moving care into the home is teaming up with a new technology partner that bills itself as “the Uber” of urgent care. Earlier in June, Louisiana-based Ochsner Health System announced it has been working with Ready Responders to reduce preventable emergency department visits and […]
Last year’s smooth integration of Almost Family — formerly one of the biggest home health providers in the country itself — has broadened LHC Group’s (Nasdaq: LHC) geographic footprint and bolstered its dealmaking confidence. That will be key looking ahead to 2019, as M&A activity across post-acute care segments is expected to remain robust. With […]
Lafayette, Louisiana-based LHC Group (Nasdaq: LHCG)—a champion of joint ventures with hospitals and health systems—is seeing a bright future beyond fee-for-service with growth prospects to potentially double the size of the company to $2 billion. Specifically, the home health care provider is eyeing the benefits of Medicare Advantage, CEO Keith Myers made clear during a presentation on Tuesday […]