Category: News

In a recent article in Senior Housing News, reporter Austin Montgomery shares how memory care operators are gearing up for deeper participation in the new Guiding an Improved Dementia Experience (GUIDE) program from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), which officially launched this week. Austin interviewed Matt Kinne, Lifespark Chief Operating Officer, on […]

Andrew Donlan, editor for Home Health Care News, shared the latest update on CMS’ GUIDE Model noting Lifespark as a participating organization. CMS said that there will be almost 400 participating organizations building Dementia Care Programs (DCPs) to serve Medicare beneficiaries at first. Those include Lifespark, InHome Connect, VNA Health System, Memory Care Home Solutions, […]

Lifespark was interviewed by Senior Housing News where Lifespark CEO, Joel Theisen, shared our why and vision for adding Urgent Response Services to our Lifespark COMPLETE offerings. This addition is aimed at cutting down on unnecessary urgent care and hospital visits and meeting demand for more value-based care arrangements. Through its new urgent response team, […]

Lifespark CEO, Joel Theisen, sits down with Home Health Care News editor, Andrew Donlan, to talk about why Urgent Response Services is the final piece in our Lifespark COMPLETE offering. 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 […]

Just a few days after Lifespark announced Pete Carlson as our VP, Acute Response Services leading the addition of Urgent Response Services as an integrated part of Lifespark COMPLETE, Modern Healthcare interviews Lifespark CEO, Joel Theisen, on why Lifespark is jumping into the at home emergency care space. “Urgent Response Services aims to close care […]

Lifespark’s Erin Hilligan, Senior VP, Operations, was interviewed by Diane Eastabrook with Modern Healthcare about her take on the latest federal nursing home staffing mandate. Diane wrote, “home health companies fear care delivery could get harder as a federal nursing home staffing mandate forces them to vie for a limited pool of talent with skilled […]

For the 13th time, Lifespark is honored as an award-winning workplace coming in at #32 on the large company list in the annual Star Tribune Top Workplace award. As in years past, the 2024 survey invited employees from around the state to weigh in on mission, values, culture, leadership, pay and benefits, career development opportunities, […]

Listen time: 30 minutes In a lively conversation with Susie Jones, host of WCCO’s Sunday morning Health Radio Show, Dr. Nick Schneeman, Lifespark Chief Medical Officer, talks through why seniors go to the ER and where health care can support their ability to get care at home. In the full hour show, Dr. Nick points […]

President Jimmy Carter entered hospice care in his home, more than a year ago, and has set an inspirational example of how to live your last days on Earth with hope, meaning, and vigor.  As a senior with many serious health issues, he could have retreated into a cocoon of bitterness and self-pity. Instead, former President […]

Lifespark hit the Editorial Page of the Star Tribune shedding light on the physical therapy shortage in Minnesota. In this opinion piece, Lifespark Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Nick Schneeman, points to why physical therapists are a critical part of the complete senior health team – the unsung hero keeping seniors healthy and independent at home. […]