Factors Slowing Home Health Care’s Labor Arbitrage

Changing industry dynamics might be slowing home health care’s labor arbitrage. Prior to 2020, a major workforce priority for several home health providers was making sure their clinicians were “operating at the top of their license.” Generally, the belief was that operators could stretch staffing capacity and reduce visit costs by shifting certain duties from […]

Transactions: Care Advantage Acquires National Home Healthcare; SCAN Group Invests In SafeRide Health

Care Advantage Inc. acquires National Home Healthcare in Northern Virginia The Richmond, Virginia-based Care Advantage has acquired National Home Healthcare, which is based in Herndon, Virginia. National Home Healthcare marks the 16th acquisition Care Advantage has made since 2018. It’s the fourth skilled care company under the company’s umbrella, joining All About Care, Paradise Home […]

SCAN Group Acquires The Residentialist Group to Further Build Its Home-Based Care ‘Thesis’

The SCAN Group announced on Thursday that it has acquired The Residentialist Group (TRG), an organization that provides chronic disease management, palliative care and home-based care to seniors. The deal is noteworthy because it marks the first time the organization has acquired an outside company. SCAN declined to disclose financial terms of the deal. “A […]

SCAN Health Plan Teams Up with MedArrive to Help Homebound Seniors

SCAN Health Plan and MedArrive are teaming up to provide COVID-19 booster and flu shots to homebound seniors throughout California’s Los Angeles and Orange counties. The partnership comes as concerns around the Omicron variant grow. Led by former Uber Health CEO Dan Trigub, MedArrive uses telehealth technology, emergency medical services (EMS) professionals and other resources […]

SCAN Group Launches Home-Based Primary Care Arm ‘Welcome Health’

SCAN Group has entered into the in-home senior primary care space with the launch of Welcome Health. Dr. Scott Weingarten will serve as CEO of the independent primary care medical group moving forward. “Welcome Health will care for predominantly Medicare Advantage patients,” Weingarten told Home Health Care News. “It’s a SCAN initiative. We will care […]

The SCAN Group Invests in MedArrive, Expects ‘Explosive Growth’ in Home-Based Care

The SCAN Group, most recognizable thanks to its Medicare Advantage (MA) SCAN Health Plan, has made a strategic investment in the home-focused company MedArrive. MedArrive is a health care logistics and services platform that enables payers and providers to leverage EMTs, paramedics and other health care workers to bring more care into the home. The […]