Future Leader: Alex Melugin, President, New Day Healthcare And Phoenix Home Care & Hospice

The Future Leaders Awards program is brought to you in partnership with Homecare Homebase. The program is designed to recognize up-and-coming industry members who are shaping the next decade of home health, hospice care, senior housing, skilled nursing, and behavioral health. To see this year’s Future Leaders, visit https://futureleaders.agingmedia.com/. Alex Melugin, president at Springfield, Missouri-based […]

Investment Firm KKR Strikes Massive Deal To Acquire Shares Of BrightSpring From Walgreens

The investment firm KKR & Co. Inc. (NYSE: KKR) announced Friday that it had entered an agreement to acquire 11,619,998 shares of BrightSpring Health Services (Nasdaq: BTSG) stock from Walgreens Boots Alliance (Nasdaq: WBA). KKR is an existing backer of BrightSpring, which had a share price of $13.85 as of market close on Friday. Based […]

Home Care Worker, Client Bonds Increase Job Satisfaction And Retention

Today’s caregivers face many workforce challenges – from low wages to burnout – but new data from HHAeXchange shows that, despite these challenges, they are passionate about what they do and the impact that they have on clients. “Individuals go into the role of being a caregiver, normally because they have a passion for helping […]

Bayada, HomeWell Leaders Share Strategies For Recognizing And Retaining Office Staff

Office staff have the highest client satisfaction scores among home health care provider employees. They also have the lowest administrative salaries. These salaries can impact job satisfaction and cause employees to seek employment elsewhere, according to the 2024 Activated Insights Benchmarking Report. Some organizations are turning to recognition to combat this trend. “Employee recognition is […]

CommonSpirit Health at Home Names New President And CEO

CommonSpirit Health at Home — the home-based care arm of health system CommonSpirit Health — has a new CEO. Trisha Crissman will step into the role, having served as interim president of CommonSpirit Health at Home since October 2023. “Trisha’s leadership has been instrumental in Health at Home’s success, and she will continue to drive […]

Future Leader: Courtny Brooks, Director Of Home Health, Lutheran Senior Services

The Future Leaders Awards program is brought to you in partnership with Homecare Homebase. The program is designed to recognize up-and-coming industry members who are shaping the next decade of home health, hospice care, senior housing, skilled nursing, and behavioral health. To see this year’s Future Leaders, visit https://futureleaders.agingmedia.com/. Courtny Brooks, director of home health […]

More Home Health Providers Sunset Relationships With Largest Medicare Advantage Payers

Essentia Health – a regional, nonprofit health system with a substantial home health arm – announced this week that it will no longer serve as an in-network provider for UnitedHealth Group (NYSE: UNH) and Humana Inc. (NYSE: HUM) Medicare Advantage (MA) plans. It is the latest example of home-focused health care providers drawing a line […]

Senior1Care Sets Eyes On Midwestern Home Care Growth 

A family owned and operated Midwest home care agency has thrived locally for nearly two decades. Its next step is hiring and strategizing for growth. Senior1Care recently announced the promotion of Jane Francis to executive vice president of business development. Francis’ background in health care and business management positions her to drive the organization’s growth […]

Better Referral Source Relationships Kickstart Growth For Home-Based Care Providers

Referral sources are the lifeblood of home-based care companies. Even with payment and staffing headwinds, solid referral source relationships offer a path to sustainability for providers. At Avid Health at Home, there are a number of elements that go into its referral source strategy. The company prioritizes routine communication, and personalizing outreach. “No two referral […]