Home Health Care News July 3, 2024
The senior care company Lifespark has been building out its value-based care model for years. Now, it has added in-home urgent care, a key service line for a company taking on upside and downside risk.
Ultimately, the goal is to reduce unnecessary emergency room visits or hospitalizations. The urgent care service line will be added to Lifespark COMPLETE, Lifespark’s value-based population health business.
The Minnesota-based company provides home health, home care, hospice, primary care and senior living, among other services. Those services are offered to a wide range of patients. Within Lifespark COMPLETE, however, all of those services are available to members.
In COMPLETE, Lifespark has taken global risk. It is responsible for patient outcomes, full stop. And, while many...