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JULY 1, 2024

"While we have a number of PT clinics in or near our regional offices for our musculoskeletal practice, we have a lot of patients who come to us from a distance that is not as practical to travel for frequent rehabilitation," said Dr. Scott Boden, chairman of the department of orthopedic surgery at Emory University School of Medicine.

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SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

An example of the latter M&A tactic happened Wednesday, with 24 Hour Home Care buying the non-medical caregiving division of GrandCare Health Services. We thought it was a great opportunity,” Ryan Iwamoto, the president and co-founder of 24 Hour Home Care, told Home Health Care News.

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JUNE 18, 2024

Nurses of Mass General Brigham’s hospital-at-home program have voted to unionize, and the clinicians at the health system’s home care segment are hoping to follow suit. On May 16, 80 of the health system’s home-at-hospital nurses voted to join the Massachusetts Nurse Association (MSA).

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JANUARY 14, 2025

Maxim Healthcare Services, based in Columbia, Maryland, provides a variety of services, including skilled nursing, personal care, respite care, behavioral care and physical rehabilitation for individuals with chronic and acute illnesses and disabilities.

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Healthcare It News

JULY 25, 2022

One of them, the Central Adelaide Local Health Network , was able to launch a surgical pre-rehabilitation programme, which helps patients become fit for surgery. Personify Care has also powered the home care programme of St John of God Murdoch Hospital in Perth.

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Home Health Care

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

Comfort Keepers, a division of Sodexo, is an in-home care franchise that has over 700 locations across the world. Prior to being named the CEO of Comfort Keepers, Abdine served as the global head of corporate development and asset management with Sodexo Worldwide Home Care. The organization is an affiliate of St.

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OCTOBER 11, 2022

(Nasdaq: AMED) and Contessa Health are teaming up with the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) to offer at-home care services to patients in Central Arkansas. The post Amedisys, Contessa Team Up With University Of Arkansas To Offer In-Home Care Services appeared first on Home Health Care News.

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AUGUST 19, 2024

This decrease in transaction volume over the past couple of years has resulted in a backlog of home care agencies looking to sell in the coming year, according to The LTM Group CEO David Kerns. The LTM Group, based in Dayton, Ohio, provides home health, personal care, hospice, and rehabilitation services through multiple locations.

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AUGUST 14, 2024

“When you’re talking about traditional Medicare versus MA of all types, you don’t have as many barriers to entry,” Research Institute for Home Care Executive Director Jennifer Schiller told Home Health Care News. The Research Institute for Home Care (RIHC) funds research related to home-based care delivery.

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AUGUST 12, 2024

The company provides – through multiple locations – home health, personal care, hospice and rehabilitation services. The organization collaborates with health care systems and payers to deliver care to patients in Indiana, Ohio, Michigan and Texas.

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APRIL 25, 2022

Bringing on folks like Kelly Federle as Chief Clinical Officer and Vik Shanbhag as the VP of rehabilitation services helped give the team more stability. The post In-Home Care Provider PathWell Looking to Double Census, Revenue in 2022 appeared first on Home Health Care News.

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SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

Still, home care providers interested in caring for aging veterans have various opportunities to partner with the Veterans Administration (VA) and make a difference for those who served. When setting up home care service, VA medical centers are required to use contracted network providers, if available.

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AUGUST 15, 2024

1 spot is Vytalize Health, an accountable care organization (ACO) and value-based care platform that works with physicians and primary care practices. The company touts in-home care as one of its key solutions. It owns Home Instead, one of the largest home care franchises in the country.

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JANUARY 15, 2025

Headquartered in Atlanta, Aveanna Healthcare provides a range of pediatric and adult health care services, including nursing, rehabilitation, occupational nursing in schools, therapy services, day treatment centers for medically fragile and chronically ill children and adults, and home health and hospice services.

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SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

“No two referral sources and no two payers are exactly the same, and so you’re really getting to know the people who send you cases, and making sure that you adjust your communication style to fit their needs and preference on how they’re learning about your business,” Avid Health at Home CEO Jennifer Lentz told Home Health Care News.

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MARCH 28, 2022

Dozens of provider organizations in Michigan have gone out of business — and more are at risk of the same fate — due to the state legislature’s decision to cut the rates of home care and residential caregivers by 45%. That caused reimbursement to be below the cost needed to sustain an employee to provide care.

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JANUARY 15, 2025

Home health may be just one part of the discharge plan, so it’s really important for us to advocate for the patient, and be a tool for the hospital to ensure that discharge home. The Tyler, Texas-based Choice Health at Home is a home health, hospice, palliative care, rehabilitation and home care services provider.

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MARCH 13, 2025

Atlanta-based Aveanna Healthcare offers a range of pediatric and adult health care services, including nursing, rehabilitation, occupational nursing in schools, therapy services, day treatment centers for medically fragile and chronically ill children and adults, and home health and hospice services.

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APRIL 7, 2022

Although Congressional support continues to grow for the Choose Home Care Act of 2021 in Washington, D.C., Other pieces of legislation for lawmakers have pushed the Choose Home bill down the priority list, but National Association for Home Care & Hospice (NAHC) President William A.

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Home Health Care

APRIL 3, 2024

Hemant Hora, senior medical director at Point32Health, told Home Health Care News in an email. “We We welcome all home care providers interested in working with us to reach out.” Formerly, home health services required prior authorization after initial evaluations from Harvard Pilgrim and Tufts Health Plan plans. “We

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JULY 18, 2022

To pull this off, the hospital has formed a partnership with the Visiting Nurse Association of Florida (VNA), a home health agency. Together, the two organizations have formed TGH Home Care, powered by VNA of Florida. In terms of the partnership, TGH Home Care will be operated by VNA.

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AUGUST 30, 2021

The health system’s home-based care arm CommonSpirit Health at Home is headquartered in Milford, Ohio. It offers specialized home care, home infusion, hospice and medical transportation services nationwide. There’s some sort of ability to feel like you’re in control of your care and your environment.”.

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JANUARY 12, 2022

In-home care organizations combining operations. Public Health Management Corporation (PHMC) has announced its intention to affiliate with Visiting Nurse Association of Greater Philadelphia, the oldest and largest nonprofit home health, palliative and hospice provider in the region. It also has a 15-bed in-patient unit.

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JANUARY 30, 2024

With nominations in the categories of Behavioral Health, Home Health & Home Care, Hospice & Palliative Care, Senior Housing & Senior Living, and Skilled Nursing (SNF), the program showcases exemplary character and performance of frontline workers across the care continuum.

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MAY 31, 2024

Plano, Texas-based Resilient is a technology company that enables health care organizations to deliver higher-acuity care in the home. Meanwhile, Tyler, Texas-based Choice Health at Home is a home health, hospice, palliative care, rehabilitation and home care services provider.

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APRIL 12, 2024

The Tyler, Texas-based Choice Health at Home is a home health, hospice, palliative care, rehabilitation and home care services provider. When making a decision, Choice Health at Home also asks how it would impact the company’s mission. “By It provides care to about 2,000 patients.

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Home Health Care

SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

“All employees – and I’d say even more so in the helping professions like home care – feel energized to give their best when others recognize that their work is worthwhile and that they are making a difference.” Retention matters to our home care clients because staff turnover understandably causes them anxiety,” Knapp said.

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OCTOBER 31, 2023

billion in cuts to the Medicare home health program since 2020. These cuts are having a devastating impact on Medicare patients who rely on these services to stay in their homes while recovering and rehabilitating from serious conditions.” “This year’s Medicare cut is on top of $3.7

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Home Health Care

AUGUST 15, 2022

This year’s Future Leaders Awards honorees are as follows: Home Health & Home Care. Hospice & Palliative Care. Congratulations to all of this year’s award recipients.”. – Chief Medical Officer, Theoria Medical Shawna Rainey – VP of Clinical Reimbursement, Ignite Medical Resorts.

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SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

In the past, Compassus has also teamed up with personal care franchise company Synergy HomeCare. “I I think [about] three things with regards to the future of home care,” Jeff Marsh, chief growth officer at Compassus, said last month at Home Health Care News’ FUTURE conference.

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JUNE 26, 2022

“Our new partnership with Contessa exemplifies Memorial Hermann’s commitment to deploying innovative care models by transforming our service lines to put the patient experience front and center,” he said in a press statement. These patients will receive daily in-person and virtual visits from their care team.

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Home Health Care

AUGUST 4, 2023

Braff Group hires former Amedisys M&A expert The Braff Group has hired Kris Novak to become the firm’s new managing director of home health, hospice, home care and pediatrics. Pendley has been at FirstLight Home Care since 2018. Our aging population demands it and FirstLight is up to the challenge.”

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Home Health Care

OCTOBER 4, 2023

The Tyler, Texas-based Choice Health at Home is a home health, hospice, rehabilitation, and home care services provider. When it comes to ideal M&A targets, Jackson has a very clear profile of the types of companies Choice Health at Home is interested in purchasing.

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Home Health Care

JANUARY 23, 2022

The Tyler, Texas-based Choice is a home health, hospice and rehabilitation services provider that has made some serious growth moves of late. The private equity company InTandem Capital Partners has completed a growth investment into Providence Care. It is the home-based care arm of the BayCare Health System. “We

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Home Health Care

AUGUST 14, 2024

Adventist HealthCare, headquartered in Gaithersburg, Maryland, comprises Shady Grove Medical Center, White Oak Medical Center, Fort Washington Medical Center, Adventist HealthCare Rehabilitation, Home Care Services, Adventist Medical Group and Imaging. “It

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Home Health Care

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

Despite a hot M&A market and more limited opportunities, Coltala was able to sift around until it found a home health provider it believed in with Choice. A growing company, Choice is a provider of home health, hospice and rehabilitation services with dozens of locations, primarily in the South. Manning: Yes, absolutely.

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Home Health Care

JUNE 1, 2023

According to data from Hoag Orthopedic Institute (HOI), traditional home health PT for post-surgical rehabilitation in 2021 accounted for 10.4% Overutilization of traditional home health poses a challenge in reducing post-surgical costs, especially as demand for those services continues to rise, the study argues.

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