‘Gentiva’ Formed As Humana Closes Personal Care Divestiture
Humana Inc. (NYSE: HUM) announced Thursday that it has completed its divestiture of Kindred at Home’s hospice and personal care divisions. Clayton, Dubilier & Rice […]
Humana Inc. (NYSE: HUM) announced Thursday that it has completed its divestiture of Kindred at Home’s hospice and personal care divisions. Clayton, Dubilier & Rice […]
As part of its Envision U.S. Healthcare Summit, Microsoft conducted interviews with executives at Aetna CVS Health and Humana to highlight some of the ways […]
When industry insiders think about Humana Inc. (NYSE: HUM) and its home health plans, they immediately go to Kindred at Home, the large provider that’s […]
Longstanding claims that one of the reasons for high drug prices in the US is the actions of pharmacy benefit management (PBM) companies – the […]
Humana’s home health strategy remains firmly on track, with the latest development being the rebranding of Kindred at Home to CenterWell Home Health in several […]
Karen Conway, VP of Healthcare Value, Global Healthcare Exchange (GHX) All the signs point to a bright and expansive future for hospital-at-home programs, which have […]
HealthQuest Capital Team What You Should Know: – HealthQuest Capital, a sector specialist capital firm focused on companies optimizing value in healthcare, today announced the […]
Humana Inc. (NYSE: HUM) and Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe (WCAS) are pumping $1.2 billion into a joint venture (JV) to further expand its senior-focused […]
Home health agencies have had to navigate several changes since 2020, from the payment mechanics of the Patient-Driven Groupings Model (PDGM) to the new policies […]
What You Should Know: – League today announced a strategic partnership with Google Cloud that aims to accelerate and enable successful digital transformation for healthcare providers, […]
Humana Inc. (Nasdaq: HUM) has been one of the key home health players to watch over the past few years, an idea best illustrated by […]
A trip to the Home Care 100 conference in Phoenix, Arizona, this past week was refreshing. It was an escape from the frigid Chicago temperatures. […]
Earlier this week, Axios reported that Humana Inc. (NYSE: HUM) is gearing up for a sale of Kindred at Home’s hospice business and seeking a […]
Two major home-based care companies announced key leadership hires this week that will set the stage for their near- and long-term initiatives. On Monday, Help […]
With all eyes focused on the home, it’s no exaggeration to say there were dozens of blockbuster in-home care acquisitions last year. But while all […]
The public health emergency continued to have an impact on home-based care providers in 2021. It didn’t define the year, however. As the top Home […]
The insurers referred to deals Gilead struck with Janssen, Bristol Myers Squibb to prevent the generic version of its retroviral medications from being used as […]
Humana Inc. (NYSE: HUM) has made “substantial progress” toward scaling its value-based home health model, executives say. The advancements have come as the Louisville, Kentucky-based […]
Humana (NYSE: HUM) continues to bet on the home as a main site of care. In addition to its multi-billion dollar purchase of Kindred at […]
Two weeks ago, Home Health Care News hosted our flagship FUTURE Conference in downtown Chicago. Since then, I’ve been reflecting on the event’s panels as […]
What You Should Know: – Cohere Health announced that Humana Inc. is embarking on a nationwide expansion of Cohere’s digital prior authorization platform for musculoskeletal […]
CMS is lowering the average premium for MA plans to $19 per month in 2022 from about $21 this year. The news comes as several […]
Home health operators have been advocating for more care to be delivered in the home for years. Those calls have now come to fruition. In […]
Trive Capital, a Dallas-based private equity firm, has formed a partnership with Choice Health at Home. Tyler, Texas-based Choice is a home health, hospice and […]
SDoH is just one of the topics at the MedCity INVEST Digital Health conference, a virtual event scheduled for September 20-23, in collaboration with Medical […]
A little over half (55%) of Medicare Advantage plan members actively managed their care in the past year — a nine-percentage-point drop from 2019, according […]
Despite still reeling from COVID-19-related headwinds, Humana Inc. (NYSE: HUM) experienced better-than-expected results in its home and provider businesses during the second quarter of 2021. […]
The hedge fund SS&C Technologies Holdings will be the majority stakeholder, while the two payers will each hold a minority interest in the PBM, dubbed […]
Humana Inc. (NYSE: HUM) is hoping to disrupt the traditional home health model by combining a nationally scaled payer with similarly large provider. Among the […]
If you dig into the home health market, you’ll find that a lot of providers look very much alike. Overall, the home health market is […]
McAnanly takes over at FirstLight FirstLight Home Care announced Wednesday that it has picked its new president. The appointment comes roughly seven months after FirstLight’s […]
Pennant adds end-of-life care provider The Pennant Group Inc. (PNTG) has acquired the assets of First Call Hospice, an end-of-life care provider that operates in […]
What You Should Know: – Humana Inc. announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire integrated post-acute care provider One Homecare Solutions (“onehome”) […]
The COVID-19 pandemic delayed the ambitious plans of most home health providers. Now nearly halfway into 2021, many are picking up right where they left […]
After initially purchasing a 40% stake in Kindred at Home for $2.4 billion in 2018, Humana is now fully acquiring the home health and hospice […]
Humana Inc. (NYSE: HUM) believes it can deliver home health services better than traditional providers do today. More than any other reason, that’s fundamentally why […]
When Humana Inc. (NYSE: HUM) teamed up with private equity giants TPG Capital and Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe (WCAS) to acquire Kindred Healthcare in […]
Medicare Advantage (MA) has provided tailwinds for home-based care providers, as the overall MA member population has grown substantially over the last decade. In 2020, […]
What You Should Know: – Boston-based health IT company Cohere Health has closed a $36 million Series B funding round led by Polaris Partners, with additional participation from new investors Longitude […]
The partnership between the insurer and EHR giant — announced a year and a half ago — will now focus on streamlining prior authorizations and […]
Susan Diamond — the Humana Inc. (NYSE: HUM) executive who has been in charge of building the health insurer’s vast home-based care infrastructure — is […]
What You Should Know: – Strive Health, a Denver-based provider of value-based kidney care today announced $140 million in Series B funding with Alphabet’s independent growth fund, […]
What You Should Know: – Unite Us, the tech company creating coordinated care networks nationwide, has just announced a $150M Series C round of funding led […]
Nick Desai, the co-founder and CEO of Heal, announced he would step down on Tuesday. Scott Vertrees, an advisor to the company, will become the […]
Less than a decade ago, Heal co-founder Nick Desai would regularly drive around Los Angeles with his wife and business partner, Dr. Renee Dua, carrying […]
With a new round of financing secured, in-home medical care company DispatchHealth is gearing up for another major expansion push. The Denver, Colorado-based company announced […]
Back in 2018, it felt like the health care sector was on the verge of a massive shift, driven by a desire from payers to […]
The health system and payer are joining forces to offer Medicare Advantage patients access to Mercy’s telehealth center. They also plan to implement a value-based […]
Through a new collaboration, Humana’s Employer Group members will gain access to IBM Watson Health’s AI-powered digital assistant. The chatbot will provide information on member […]
Interest in home-based care is rising amid the Covid-19 pandemic. In line with this trend, Humana is joining forces with an in-home care provider to […]
What You Should Know: – Humana Inc. and DispatchHealth, a provider of in-home medical care, today announced an agreement to provide Humana members with access […]
The payer-agnostic subsidiary, Partners in Primary Care, operates primary care centers for thousands of senior U.S. citizens. It has an aggressive growth strategy, with plans […]
AccentCare appoints Chris Dimos as COO AccentCare has named Chris Dimos its chief operating officer. Dallas-based AccentCare has over 200 locations across the U.S. As […]
The insurer picked digital health startup Vida to offer a virtual diabetes management program for Medicaid patients in Kentucky.
What You Should Know: – Humana Healthy Horizons™ in Kentucky announced it has selected Vida Health’s virtual diabetes management program to serve Kentucky’s Medicaid population. – […]
The newly created organization, dubbed OneTen, aims to create 1 million jobs for Black people over the next decade. Its founders include some big names […]
Going into 2020, many home health executives predicted that the Patient-Driven Groupings Model (PDGM) would kick off a wave of consolidation and agency closures. Others […]
Elizabeth Bierbower, Former President of Humana’s Group & Specialty Division Healthcare can achieve optimum efficiency when patients are at the center of care. When patients […]
The technology company is partnering with major insurers, including Aetna and Humana, as well as providers like Ochsner Health to expand access to its platform […]
The Boston-based startup developed a symptom checker that can also help navigate users to care in their insurance network. Optum Ventures is also one of […]
Today on Health in 2 Point 00, we have scandal, drama, intrigue, $100 million and murder! Wait, no; not murder. On Episode 166, we catch […]
What You Should Know: – Buoy Health raises $37.5 million in Series C funding to expand it’s AI-powered healthcare navigation platform, bringing its total raised […]
Humana Inc. (NYSE: HUM) continues to shift its operations toward value-based care payment models, both with internal service lines and with external provider partnerships. The […]
What You Should Know: – Cohere Health partners with health insurer Humana to modernize the prior authorization process for musculoskeletal treatment across 12 states. – […]
By MATTHEW HOLT Humana is out with a report saying that its Medicare Advantage members who are covered by value-based care (VBC) arrangements do better […]
By MATTHEW HOLT Humana is out with a report saying that its Medicare Advantage members who are covered by value-based care (VBC) arrangements do better […]
What You Should Know: – Humana Inc. and Fresenius Medical Care North America (FMCNA) today announced an agreement to broaden their collaboration toward improving the […]
What You Should Know: – Walmart announced it will begin selling Medicare insurance plans during this year’s annual enrollment period, Oct. 15 through Dec. 7. […]
Health insurer Humana has filed a lawsuit against telemedicine company QuivvyTech that it says resulted in fraudulent prescriptions worth millions of dollars being written for […]
– Healthcare Growth Partners’ (HGP) summary of Health IT/digital health mergers & acquisition (M&A) activity, and public company performance during the month of July 2020. […]
Humana’s (NYSE: HUM) long-standing home- and community-based focus served the insurer well in Q2 2020 — a quarter dominated by the COVID-19 emergency. The coronavirus […]
In-home primary care startup Heal raised $100 million in funding, led by Humana. Heal plans to use the funds to expand into new markets and […]
Health and well-being company Humana Inc. (NYSE: HUM) has spent the past few years adding to its health care services portfolio while aggressively investing around […]
Humana will send 1 million screening kits to its members for managing diabetes and screening for colorectal cancer. The at-home tests are intended to offset […]
What You Should Know: – Microsoft released the public preview of Azure IoT Connector for FHIR (Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources), the latest update to the […]
Telehealth startup Doctor on Demand raised $75 million in a series D round led by General Atlantic. The company plans to use the funds to […]
What You Should Know – Doctor On Demand raises $75M in Series D funding led by General Atlantic to expand comprehensive virtual care. – Doctor On Demand is seeing record usage […]
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