Patients who receive home-based palliative care (HBPC) services experience fewer emergency department visits, fewer hospitalizations and lower costs once they start receiving services. That’s according to a recent study conducted by the West Health Research Institute of Blue Shield of California. “Home-based palliative care is a powerful tool to improve the care of seriously ill […]
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The in-home medical company DispatchHealth has raised more than $330 million in yet another funding round, according to the company. Overall, that brings its funding total to well over $700 million since it was founded in 2013. The equity raise was led by Optum Ventures, with support from current investors such as Humana (NYSE: HUM), […]
With the annual enrollment period just around the corner, Medicare Advantage (MA) organizations are starting to tout what benefits they’re offering seniors for the upcoming year. MA is a form of Medicare that is administered by private insurers. Over recent years, plans have received more flexibility around what they can offer. That flexibility has allowed […]
When Landmark Health and Blue Shield of California teamed up a year ago on a joint home-based care program, the goal was to improve access to services for the insurer’s most vulnerable members. Since then, the collaboration has yielded more than 15,000 home visits for medical, behavioral and social support services, as well as urgent […]
Landmark Health and Blue Shield of California are expanding a tag-team home care program launched earlier this year for patients with complex health issues and multiple chronic conditions. Blue Shield of California and subsidiary Care1st Health Plan have been collaborating since April with Landmark Health, an in-home medical company with private equity backing, as part […]
Landmark Health—the private equity-backed in-home medical company recently rumored to be up for sale—has entered into a new care-delivery collaboration with Blue Shield of California and one of its subsidiaries. As part of the collaboration, Landmark will work with Blue Shield of California and subsidiary Care1st Health Plan to offer “the 21st century version of house […]
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