Watermark Retirement Communities is working with Curana Health in a partnership that will bring value-based care arrangements to onsite community clinics as well as into older adults’ homes. Watermark and Curana are now collaborating on six onsite clinics at Watermark communities in Florida, Texas, and Pennsylvania, Curana announced today. The companies also have plans to […]
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This article is a part of your SHN+ membership Chip Gabriel shared some news with me during Senior Housing News’ recent WELLNESS event: The venture he’s undertaking with Formation Capital Executive Chairman Arnie Whitman and other partners recently executed its first acquisition, purchasing a 120-bed assisted living/memory care community in Tennessee. And Gabriel himself is […]
I recently wrote about the senior living implications of Option Care’s planned acquisition of home health giant Amedisys (Nasdaq: AMED). The situation became even more interesting last week, with UnitedHealth Group’s Optum arm making an all-cash play for Amedisys.This news makes it more evident than ever that senior living providers must have business strategies that […]
The last week brought major health care business news — including the creation of a new home health giant valued at nearly $10 billion — that bears careful consideration by senior living providers. The new at-home care organization is being created through the merger of Option Care Health (Nasdaq: OPCH), a major provider of home […]
Curana Health is partnering with Serviam Care Network in a move aimed at bringing more value-based care services to senior living communities. Under the partnership, announced Monday, Serviam will add Curana’s health care platform to as many as 40 Virginia-based assisted living and memory care communities later this year, according to Serviam CEO, Tim Donnelly. […]
The rise of hospital-at-home and SNF-at-home models has been making headlines for the last month, with related opportunities and complications for senior living becoming clearer. Best Buy (NYSE: BBY) generated some of these headlines by announcing a partnership with Advocate Health. The partnership aims to expand Advocate’s hospital-at-home offering, which the Charlotte, North Carolina-based health […]
The big health care headline in the last week was CVS’ purchase of Oak Street Health for about $10.6 billion. Also last week, Humana announced a five-year agreement with ChenMed — a company similar to Oak Street — to provide “senior-focused concierge care” to Humana’s Medicare Advantage members. Senior living providers have observed the reinvention […]
Senior living providers are more focused than ever on providing high-quality health care — and finding ways to be compensated for doing so. This is driving investment in clinical capabilities and pushing the industry to a tipping point on value-based care. These are among my takeaways from the recent American Seniors Housing Association (ASHA) meeting […]
Senior living companies — and other providers serving older adults — must raise their games to succeed within a new health care paradigm, as payers and consumers demand a more integrated continuum. “We all have to compete, and we all have to play harder,” Dwight Brown, CEO of Homebase Medical, said last week at Aging […]
September has started with blockbuster health care news that carries major implications for the older adult market — and, by extension, the future of senior living. Giants of retail and insurance are behind the latest headlines: CVS Health — parent company of Aetna — is to acquire Signify Health in a transaction valued at about […]
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