When it comes to the larger health care industry, home health care is no longer the little kid on the playground. It’s all grown up. The leaders at Frontpoint Health — a somewhat new home health agency — are banking on this growth spurt, and home health care’s overall value, to gain leverage in relationships […]
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David Klementz left Encompass Health (NYSE: EHC) to become the CEO of Traditions Health in April of last year. Like many others, he saw the future value in delivering care in the home. Since then, he’s helped build one of the fastest-growing home health agencies in the space. The College Station, Texas-based Traditions is a […]
The path to home-based care is different for all professionals in the space. Inna Plumb, the co-founder and COO of the New York-based MedArrive, took an interesting one as well. Now, her company is one of the most successful startups in the home-based care space. MedArrive, which both coordinates and delivers care in the home, […]
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 – […]
Choice Health at Home started off with a few credit cards, five employees and an idea for a business. Now, the Tyler, Texas-based company operates in 60 locations, four states and has over 2,500 employees. As far as services, Choice Health at Home delivers what David Jackson, the CEO of Choice Health at Home, refers […]
At the Halifax, Nova Scotia-based Nova Leap, the expression Thank God It’s Friday (TGIF) has taken on a whole new meaning. Over the years, the company – which is a rapidly growing home care services company that operates in the U.S. and Canada – has become a regular on the M&A scene. Typically, the company […]
The chief executive officer of any business must balance immediate priorities with future aspirations. That’s particularly true for home-based care CEOs, whose organizations are starting to draw the attention of Amazon (Nasdaq: AMZN), CVS Health (NYSE: CVS) and other potential disruptors. At Dallas-based AccentCare Inc., this balancing act means doubling down on recruitment and retention […]
The hospital-at-home model has finally gained momentum in the U.S. One of the beneficiaries – and drivers – of that is Medically Home. The company had already raised $64 million before two health care titans, Mayo Clinic and Kaiser Permanente, tacked on an extra $100 million to its funding total through a strategic investment in […]
The end of 2021 brought a handful of key home health policy issues to a temporary conclusion, including the congressionally secured delay to Medicare sequestration. But the industry still has a long list of other priorities that it’s hoping to carry out in Washington, D.C. – starting with Choose Home. “Potential cost-saving is what is […]
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 […]