A Few Ways Home-Based Care Providers Are Leveraging Staffing Technology

Home-based care providers continue to look toward technology to address workforce issues. While there’s no silver bullet, those providers are gaining traction. One of the companies that believes it is uncovering new ways to optimize care through technology is Atlanta-based Sharecare (Nasdaq: SHCR). “One of the things that we leverage our technology for at CareLinx […]

Walgreens Will Leverage CareCentrix For Hospital-To-Home Transitions In New Partnership

Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc. (Nasdaq: WBA) is continuing to expand its health care services capabilities. The latest investment comes through a partnership with Pearl Health, a provider enablement company that will help accelerate the expansion of value-based care under the Walgreens umbrella. “Most primary care providers want to transition from a traditional fee-for-service model to […]

Best Buy Expands At-Home Care Efforts With Geisinger

Best Buy (NYSE: BBY) is growing its at-home care efforts once again, this time through an expansion of its partnership with Geisinger Health System. In July of 2022, Best Buy began leveraging its Geek Squad to help Geisinger better care for chronically ill patients in the home. Geisinger’s ConnectedCare365 initiative was first launched in 2021, […]

Transactions: Community Based Care Buys Your Home Court Advantage; WellSky Acquires Experience Care

Community Based Care purchases Your Home Court Advantage Community Based Care (CBC) recently acquired Your Home Court Advantage to expand its veteran-focused services lines and its footprint. “The transaction is a reflection of both the company and the marketplace,” Cory Mertz, managing partner at Mertz Taggart, told Home Health Care News in an email. “Despite […]

SCAN Group CEO Sachin Jain: ‘Middlemen’ Are A Growing Problem In Health Care

When home-based care providers think about the “middlemen” they are frustrated with, their minds will likely wander to the conveners in between themselves and Medicare Advantage (MA) plans. Undoubtedly, some of those conveners play a middleman role, and can strain the relationship between providers, payers and patients. But they aren’t the only ones. In fact, […]

Amedisys Finds New Hospice President From Within; Elevance Health Announces Next CFO

Geoff Abraskin promoted to hospice president at Amedisys Geoff Abraskin has been named the new president of the hospice division at Amedisys (Nasdaq: AMED).  He has been with the company for nearly 15 years. “Geoffrey Abraskin has been promoted to President of the Hospice Division!” Amedisys wrote in a LinkedIn post last week. “Geoff is […]

Despite Its Benefits, Home Health Providers Should Not View Telehealth As ‘Panacea’

Telehealth can be a useful tool for health care organizations – including home-based care providers – looking to beef up their resources and increase access to care. But virtual care still has its limitations. That’s one key takeaway from a recent study from the University of Texas at Austin published in Information Systems Research. The […]

How Generative AI Is Being Used In Home-Based Care

It has made its way into every industry, just as it has made its way into almost every conversation. Generative Artificial Intelligence (AI) has arrived in home-based care. Providers, in an effort to stay ahead of the curve, are embracing the new technology. On the way, they are finding out how it can help them […]