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 […]
AllyAlign Health
AllyAlign Health has opened a primary care clinic at a continuing care retirement community (CCRC) in Virginia. The move is part of a larger trend of bringing primary care into senior living settings, and is perhaps the first step in a larger plan from AllyAlign. The Glen Allen, Virginia-based company helps senior living providers launch […]
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 […]
The Covid-19 pandemic has created new risks for providers of Medicare Advantage (MA) plans — but those plans are also proving their value and may still be a major future component of senior living. That’s the message from some of the most prominent players that have been pushing for increased MA integration in senior living […]
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 […]
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 […]