Artificial intelligence can be utilized to detect early signs of mild cognitive impairment (MCI) and with future data, might more accurately predict the markers leading to it. That’s according to a study published in The Journal of the Alzheimer’s Association. The study was conducted by a team of researchers from Geisinger, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis, […]
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 […]
Kaiser Permanente on Wednesday announced it is acquiring Geisinger and folding it into a new entity, Risant Health, in a deal that could have wider implications for how care is delivered in senior living communities. With the deal, the terms of which were not disclosed Wednesday, Danville, Pennsylvania-based Geisinger will keep its name and mission […]
Two senior living leaders have spoken of “self-disruption” in recent weeks. Bickford Senior Living Executive Vice President Alan Fairbanks used the term during his appearance on the SHN podcast, Transform. And HumanGood CEO John Cochrane gave an entire keynote presentation on the concept at the LeadingAge Illinois conference on May 17. Cochrane summed up the […]
Insurance giant Humana (NYSE: HUM) will pay approximately $5.7 billion to take full ownership of the nation’s largest home health provider, Kindred at Home. The transaction values Kindred at Home at $8.1 billion; Humana holds an existing equity value of $2.4 billion — a 40% stake — through a deal executed in 2017 with private […]
Tom DeRosa, CEO of Welltower (NYSE: WELL), earlier this week highlighted a partnership with health system Geisinger as he put forward a vision for how to meet the massive coming demand for senior housing at a middle-income price point. The Geisinger collaboration can be traced to Welltower’s August 2019 acquisition of a portfolio of Clover […]
