AllyAlign Founder Launches Integrated Care Company With Eye on Senior Living

The founder of the company formerly known as AllyAlign has launched a new company and integrated care model that is gaining traction with senior living operators in its initial rollout. The new Richmond, Virginia-based company is called Synergy Healthcare. At its helm is Will Saunders, who previously founded and was CEO of AllyAlign Health, a […]

AllyAlign, Partners Form Curana Health to Expand Value-Based Care in Senior Living

In another sign that value-based care is rapidly growing within senior living, AllyAlign Health is partnering with two other health care organizations to form Curana Health, with a goal of expanding across senior living and skilled nursing facilities nationwide. AllyAlign Health, Elite Patient Care and Provider Health Services are merging to create Curana, in a […]

Value-Based Care Can Help Drive Occupancy, Valuations, Outcomes in Senior Living

Senior living’s shift toward greater clinical capabilities and integration across the care continuum is opening opportunities for providers to partner with primary care networks, physician-led accountable care organizations (ACO) and Medicare Advantage networks. Participating in value-based care could drive better outcomes for residents and their families, operators and investors. Covid-19 will only accelerate the push […]

Covid-19 Opened the Telehealth Floodgates, But Barriers Remain in Senior Living

Over the past three months, senior living providers have embraced telehealth during shelter-in-place orders. At the same time, the way providers and residents use telehealth, along with the forces propelling it forward, continue to evolve. Changes in federal policy and new flexibilities from insurers — some of them from before the pandemic — have made […]

Transactions & Financings: AllyAlign’s $10M Funding Round; $201M Financing for Harbor’s Edge

AllyAlign Health closes $10M funding round AllyAlign Health, a developer and administrator of Medicare Advantage (MA) special needs plans benefiting long-term care providers, closed a $10 million strategic funding round, led by McKesson Ventures, as the Richmond, Virginia-based firm looks to expand. And senior living is in its sights, AllyAlign President President Amy Kaszak told […]

New Senior Living Consortium to Launch Medicare Advantage Network

In a bold move that could give senior housing operators a template for increasing their revenue and power within the care continuum, four companies are teaming up for a big bet on Medicare Advantage. Operators Christian Living Communities (of Englewood, Colorado), Juniper Communities (Bloomfield, New Jersey) and Ohio Living (Columbus, Ohio), and managed services partner […]