Home Health Care News November 16, 2021
SCAN Group has entered into the in-home senior primary care space with the launch of Welcome Health. Dr. Scott Weingarten will serve as CEO of the independent primary care medical group moving forward.
“Welcome Health will care for predominantly Medicare Advantage patients,” Weingarten told Home Health Care News. “It’s a SCAN initiative. We will care for seniors largely, although not exclusively, in their home by sending out health care providers, including physicians and allied health professionals. We will also care for them using telehealth.”
SCAN Group is a nonprofit organization focused on helping older adults age in place. SCAN Group’s holdings include Long Beach, California-based SCAN Health Plan, which is one of the nation’s largest not-for-profit Medicare Advantage plans.
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