Honor Expands Its Executive Leadership Team; New Executive Director Joins MedPAC

Honor make four new additions to its leadership team

Four new executives recently joined Honor’s leadership team.

The new additions to the team include: Linn Free, who was named senior vice president of operations; Stefan Haney, who was named senior vice president of growth technology; Mark Privett, who was named vice president of design; and Tejas Saraiya, who was named vice president of platform sales.

Founded in 2014, Honor is a home care technology company. It owns Home Instead, one of the largest home care franchises in the country.

“We’re thrilled to welcome Linn, Stefan, Mark and Tejas to our executive leadership team,” Honor President Ian Clarkson said in a press statement. “Each are experts in their fields and will strengthen our company to achieve our mission of revolutionizing how society cares for older adults, their families, and care professionals. As we refine our tech solutions and increase their adoption across our Home Instead franchise network, their leadership will be key in enhancing the user experience for our clients, care professionals, and home care network.”

Free will specifically serve as senior vice president of operations for the Home Instead network. He will be responsible for network performance, and will lead franchise development teams. Before joining Honor, Free was the global director of operations for KFC Global.

Haney will be in charge of developing systems for network growth and performance. Most recently, Haney served as the marketplace growth strategy advisor at Vantage International.

As part of his new role, Privett’s focus will be revamping the company’s digital experiences. Privett previously served as vice president of user experience and design at Nerdy.

Saraiya will head up the company’s sales efforts in support of Honor Care platform growth. He serves as the board vice president at Abode Services.

MedPAC’s new executive director

Paul Masi is the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission’s (MedPAC) new executive director.

MedPAC — established by the Balanced Budget Act of 1997 — informs Congress on Medicare spending and policy.

“Leading the staff at MedPAC is a great honor, and I want to thank Mike Chernew and Amol Navathe, MedPAC’s chair and vice chair, for this opportunity. I also want to thank Jim Mathews for his long service to MedPAC,” Masi said in a statement.

Masi succeeds Mathews, who has served in the executive director role at MedPAC since 2017.

“Leading the commission through these last several years has required Jim to navigate unprecedented challenges,” Masi said. “During that time, the commission continued to be an outstanding source of analysis and advice, and it thrived in fulfilling its mission.”

Masi recently managed the Medicare cost estimates unit at the Congressional Budget Office. From 2017 through 2019, he served as the assistant director at MedPAC.

CVS Health names new health care division leader

CVS Health (NYSE: CVS) has appointed Shawn Guertin president of its health services division.

“The health services strategy is really about accomplishing two objectives,” Guertin said last week during Morgan Stanley’s 21st Global Healthcare Conference. “One is to create more accretive earnings growth from year to year. But also, over time, to fundamentally change the growth rates inherent in this company as we build a new business that has more attractive long-term growth characteristics than the enterprise. That’s the big challenge, financially.”

Guertin also serves as the company’s CFO.

“We always were going to have to have someone lead our health services division,” CVS Health CEO Karen Lynch also said. “I’m very excited that Shawn will be taking over the leadership role, which means Oak Street and Signify will report to Shawn, and he will be responsible for unlocking the long-term value, the revenue and earnings power of those businesses.”

In March, CVS Health acquired Signify Health for $8 billion. At the start of the year, CVS Health purchased Oak Street Health for $10.6 billion.

Advocate Health appoints senior vice president of continuing health

Advocate Health has named Denise Keefe senior vice president of continuing health.

Advocate Health is the third-largest nonprofit, integrated health system in the U.S. The health system was created from the combination of Advocate Aurora Health and Atrium Health.

Keefe has been at the company for 30 years. Most recently, she served as executive vice president of Advocate Aurora Health and president of the Advocate Aurora continuing health division.

HCR Home Care branch names director of patient services

Vincent Tata was appointed director of patient services for HCR Home Care’s Finger Lakes location.

In his new position, Tata will be responsible for overseeing the day-to-day clinical operations and all patient care for the agency. He recently served as senior manager of clinical operations at UR Medicine Home Care.

Founded in 1978, HCR Home Care is a provider of home health services across New York state. The company’s service lines include nursing, physical therapy, speech therapy and occupational therapy, speech therapy and more.

HHAeXchange announces new chief technology officer

HHAeXchange has named Tim Brewer as the company’s chief technology officer.

“As we look to our next phase of growth, I’m honored to welcome Tim to the team, and work with him to enhance our suite of solutions and services to connect and support the entire homecare ecosystem,” HHAeXchange CEO Paul Joiner said in a press release. “Ensuring that our technology is meeting the needs of today’s home care providers and payers is our top priority at HHAeXchange, and with Tim’s expertise, we will collectively see to it that our customers have access to the best software possible.”

HHAeXchange is a New York City-based home care technology platform and an aggregator of EVV data for payers and providers.

Brewer brings more than 30 years of experience to the role. He recently served as principal at Unleash Innovations.

“I’m excited to join HHAeXchange at such a pivotal moment for the company, where we are continually improving and innovating our trusted solutions to ensure that we are developing the best tools and technology that meet the unique needs of all homecare stakeholders today and for the future,” Brewer said in a statement. “I’m looking forward to working with the team and building a better home care ecosystem through technology advancements.”