‘Traditional Care Is Transactional’: Home-Focused Patina Looks to Turn Primary Care Proactive

Walgreens Boots Alliance (Nasdaq:WBA) invested over $6 billion in VillageMD. Humana (NYSE: HUM) invested $100 million in Heal. Patina raised $57 million in Series A. All of those companies – VillageMD, Heal and Patina – have two things in common: They are primary care providers, and they are more focused than their peers on the […]

[Updated] Landmark Names Chris Johnson CEO, Looks to Double Patient Population

Landmark Health is capping off 2021 with a new leader at its helm. The company named Chris Johnson CEO on Tuesday. Founded in 2014, the Huntington Beach, California-based Landmark is a multidisciplinary mobile medical group that delivers comprehensive in-home medical care to “the sickest and frailest” patient populations. The company – whose physician-led teams work […]

How VillageMD Went from Startup to One of Walgreens’ Most Important Partners

In 2020, Walgreens Boots Alliance (Nasdaq: WBA) announced that it would be investing $1 billion in a relatively new primary care company: VillageMD. Since that point, the home- and community-focused VillageMD has thrived in the partnership with the behemoth retailer, so much so that Walgreens invested another $5.2 billion in the company this October. Despite […]

Humana Finds That 20% of Medicare Advantage Expenditures Can Be Addressed Via Home Care Services

Home care has become a crucial part of care plans for primary care providers (PCPs), according to a new value-based care report conducted by Humana (NYSE: HUM). The report tracked physician progress and patient outcomes based on 2020 data and highlighted how value-based PCPs were able to leverage home care to improve some of those […]