Dr. Julian Harris is a polymath in the health care space — a physician, a C-suite level executive, and an investor that also spent time working for the government. Currently, there are two key organizations benefiting from Harris’ experience and expertise. The first is ConcertoCare, a value-based care provider operating in New York that offers […]
In modern history, the hospital has been the center of the health care universe. Other care delivery models were considered ancillary. With the rise – or reemergence – of home-based care, that notion is starting to change, according to Andy Slavitt. “The home is going to be the center point … with some obvious exceptions, […]
In the view of most health care stakeholders, the hospital-at-home model is here to stay. Still, there are many hurdles that could still prevent widespread adoption. One of these challenges is clinician comfort with the model, according to Ross Armstrong, chief commercial officer at Biofourmis. “‘Am I going to put my license at risk, if […]
Two executive leaders join Mission Healthcare After the news that Paul VerHoeve would be stepping down as CEO, Mission Healthcare has named Phil Spencer as his replacement. Backed by The Vistria Group, San Diego-based Mission Healthcare is a large, regional provider of home health, hospice and palliative care services in seven states. Before joining Mission […]
Inbound Health — an enablement platform that helps health systems and health plans develop hospital-at-home and SNF-at-home programs — is expanding to include post-surgical care for general surgery. The company’s home hospital care program will now include orthopedics, bariatrics and hernia as part of this expansion. One of the main goals is to help solve […]
As one of the largest health systems in the country, Intermountain Healthcare has moved mountains to establish its place in the home-based care space. With a number of care-at-home programs under its belt — including home health care, primary care, hospital-at-home and more — the health system is attempting to move the needle with an […]
Another one of the largest home health companies is likely to lose its independence soon. And the potential combination of Option Care Health (Nasdaq: OPCH) and Amedisys (Nasdaq: AMED) – announced in early May – is fascinating, especially if you read and write about home-based health care every day. It’s time to question, though, what […]
When it comes to legislation aimed at expanding at-home care initiatives, most have learned to temper expectations from the jump. That’s part of the reason why the new, sweeping Expanding Care in the Home Act (ECHA) casts such a wide net. When the Washington D.C.-based advocacy group Moving Health Home was formed, two of the […]
It was not too long ago when only a handful of U.S. health systems invested in hospital-at-home programs, with Mount Sinai and Johns Hopkins Medicine being two of the very early adopters. Since the onset of the COVID-19 public health emergency, that has changed – in a big way. Hospital-at-home alternatives are becoming table stakes […]
About 15 years ago, Scott Powder — the president of Advocate Health Enterprises — was excited about a new idea. It was 2008 and the project was dubbed “Clinically Home”. The mission was to scale a hospital-at-home program pioneered by Johns Hopkins University. Advocate Aurora Health, Amedisys Inc. (Nasdaq: AMED) and Raphael Rakowski – now […]
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