Right at Home announced Tuesday that Brian Petranick resigned from his long-held position as president and CEO. At this point, it’s unclear if succession plans had already been in the works at Right at Home, a subsidiary of RiseMark and one of the largest home care franchise companies in the industry. The in-home care provider […]
Throughout home care’s ongoing staffing shortage, agencies have deployed a number of tactics to recruit caregivers. Some have even begun looking outside of the home care talent pool altogether. And with good reason. Roughly 599,800 openings for home health and personal care aides are projected on average each year, over the next decade, according to […]
Over the last few years, home care providers have begun to embrace a greater mix of payers, including Medicaid waiver programs, veterans assistance (VA), managed care and Medicare Advantage (MA). At the same time, some providers have seen the value in further leaning into predominantly private-pay revenue structures. In contrast to their home health counterparts […]
Throughout 2021, the home care industry saw M&A heat up while staffing shortages placed pressure on providers. As industry leaders gear up for 2022, they are focused on addressing these workforce challenges and leaning further into dealmaking. From his perspective, Right at Home President and CEO Brian Petranick is optimistic about what the labor climate […]
As I tried to fall asleep the other night doing the 21st century version of counting sheep – listening to a podcast, of course – I heard an advertisement about home care. The ad was placed on a popular sports show from CVS Health (NYSE: CVS). Among a few other things, it featured the idea […]
Since last spring, home care companies have had to battle through an ongoing pandemic and a worsening labor crisis. They’ve had to face those challenges, too, while trying to meet the needs of a rapidly growing U.S. senior population. In many ways, it has felt like trying to stay afloat in an endless wave pool, […]
Right at Home has teamed up with the National Minority Health Association (NMHA) and its COVID-19 vaccination reward program, Flex for Checks. “It’s a really great holistic program that we are pretty excited about,” Kerin Zuger, chief of strategic growth at Right at Home, told Home Health Care News. Right at Home has more than […]
Non-medical home care was on the rise prior to 2020, as Medicare Advantage plans and health systems began investing more heavily around social determinants of health and activities of daily living. The COVID-19 pandemic, however, has arguably made home care the hottest corner of the senior care world. There are dozens of home care companies […]
Amazon (Nasdaq: AMZN) takes another step toward health care almost monthly. Lately, one of its biggest focuses has been the shift of health care into the home. The Seattle-based company announced in March that it was expanding its on-demand health service, Amazon Care, from just its employees in Washington to the entire country. It also […]
DispatchHealth partners with two new health systems The in-home medical care provider DispatchHealth on Tuesday announced partnerships with Eastern Connecticut Health Network (ECHN) and Waterbury Health. The partnerships revolve around bringing patients same-day, at-home medical care. Denver-based DispatchHealth partners with health systems and payers to offer an array of services within the home. The company’s […]
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