For other home-based care providers, the Minnesota-based Lifespark can offer lessons in taking on risk to get to the “apex-predator level,” as its CEO Joel Theisen would say. At the same time, the company is also looking outward to learn from others as it gets ready for a nationwide expansion. That’s why the provider – […]
Category: Value-Based Care
The formation of a value-based kidney care powerhouse was completed Wednesday. Officially formed now is InterWell Health, which came together through a merger of InterWell, Fresenius Health Partners and Cricket Health. The deal was first announced in March. Together, the companies will become a $2.4 billion brand. The kidney care market has undoubtedly been booming […]
Just one month after its purchase of One Medical (Nasdaq: ONEM) for $3.9 million, Amazon (Nasdaq: AMZN) reportedly has its eye on another health care entity. This time around its Signify Health (NYSE: SGFY), a value-based care platform with home-based care capabilities. Signify is potentially for sale in an auction that could value it at […]
Last month, Signify Health Inc. (NYSE: SGFY) revealed that it would turn its attention to its fastest-growing and most profitable businesses. The company’s home and community services (HCS) segment fits the bill. “This decision will allow us to invest more in supporting the growth of our in-home services, our total cost of care enablement platform, […]
Humana Inc. (NYSE: HUM) is restructuring. It will make its CenterWell arm, which includes its home health and primary care capabilities, one of two business units. The goal is to simplify the company’s organization and strategy moving forward. Formerly known as Kindred at Home, CenterWell Home Health is the rebranded home health organization of the […]
In order to capitalize off its growth, Signify Health Inc. (NYSE: SGFY) will be shifting its focus to its home and community services business, the company announced last week. It also plans to wind down its episodes of care services segment, and turn attention to its recent Caravan Health acquisition. “Our [home and community services] […]
There are multiple big-time, primary care deals on the horizon. And the names tied to those deals are behemoths in size and influence. They are also tied heavily to the home-based care space. This week, stocks were jumpy for Cano Health Inc. (NYSE: CANO) and 1Life Healthcare Inc. (Nasdaq: ONEM), the parent company of One […]
Signify Health hires former Optum executive Signify Health (NYSE: SGFY) has named Paymon Farazi – the former chief product officer at UnitedHealth Group’s (NYSE: UNH) OptumInsight – as its own chief product officer. Farazi has over 15 years of experience in similar roles at OptumInsight, Cargill and Dell. In his role at Signify Health, he […]
As more home health providers move into the value-based care space, these organizations are engaging on multiple fronts in order to ensure success. Providers such as VNA Health Group and AccentCare Inc., in particular, exemplify the moves companies are making to support their value-based care strategies. In its broadest definition, value-based care means outcomes over […]
With a number of home health regulatory changes coming once the calendar flips to 2023, agencies are focusing on getting a head start adjusting their staff to changes. Many leaders consider major regulatory shifts as an issue that needs to be dealt with from the top, down. But that’s not necessarily the case. The Home […]