Home Health Care News May 11, 2021
Andrew Donlan

The home is increasingly becoming the No. 1 site of care for seniors, partly thanks to the services of both home health and home care providers.

But as the post-acute care world transitions away from fee for services toward value-based care, in-home care operators often find themselves in need of support. And that’s where the convener comes into play.

Broadly, the convener’s role in post-acute care is to organize services for payers, acting as the middleman between them and the providers they’ve contracted with. Strategically, conveners give payers one go-tosource instead of a slew of providers offering different services to their members, Andy Friedell, the CEO and founder of healthAlign, told Home Health Care News.

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