FirstLight Home Care expands franchise support center team, makes leadership changes FirstLight Home Care has made several leadership changes and additions to its franchise support team. The Cincinnati-based FirstLight Home Care has about 200 locations across the country. Mark Vanase, FirstLight’s former EVP of business development and field operations, has been named the company’s new […]
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Boost Home Healthcare names new brand president Boost Home Healthcare has named Larry Blacker its new brand president. Boost is a Michigan-based home health provider that offers in-home nursing, therapy and home care services. The company was acquired by The Riverside Company in 2021 and is now part of Best Life Brands. “Larry comes to […]
Gentiva – the company comprised of the hospice and personal home care assets of what was formerly Kindred at Home – has agreed to acquire ProMedica’s Heartland home health and hospice assets for $710 million. Led by the former CEO of Kindred, David Causby, Gentiva is backed by both Humana Inc. (NYSE: HUM) and the […]
The COVID-19 emergency has triggered a rise in the use of telehealth strategies to deliver care, especially virtual visits. In fee-for-service Medicare alone, the number of virtual visits delivered each week in the U.S. skyrocketed from 14,000 pre-coronavirus to more than 1.7 million during the pandemic’s peak, according to Department of Health and Human Services […]
The acquisition of HCR ManorCare, the nation’s second-largest skilled nursing provider, by nonprofit health system ProMedica falls in line with a growing trend of payors and providers building out their care continuum, with one goal being to treat patients more frequently in lower-cost care settings like home health care. On late Wednesday night, ProMedica announced […]
Nonprofit health system ProMedica is planning to acquire the operations of HCR ManorCare, including the company’s large home health arm. At the same time, Welltower Inc. (NYSE: WELL)—one of the largest U.S. health care real estate investment trusts (REITs)—has reached an agreement to acquire ManorCare landlord QCP in a $1.95 billion all-cash deal. Going forward, […]
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