Category: News

Andrew Donlan with Home Health Care News (HHCN) gets candid with Joel Theisen, Lifespark CEO and Advisory Member, Paul Mastrapa, in HHCN’s video series ‘HHCN Talks.’ Andrew points out, “For other home-based care providers, the Minnesota-based Lifespark can offer lessons in taking on risk to get to the “apex-predator level,” as its CEO Joel Theisen […]

In Home Health Care News, reporter Andrew Donlan shares how ‘taking risk has been a hot topic on the home health and home care conference circuits for some time now. That will heat up more moving forward.’ He sat down with Lifespark CEO Joel Theisen and Lifespark Advisory Group Member Paul Mastrapa to talk about […]

AHIP is the national association for members who provide health care coverage, services, and solutions to hundreds of millions of Americans every day. Joel Theisen, Lifespark CEO, and Hilary Marden-Resnik, UCare CEO joined AHIP’s podcast ‘Next Big Thing in Health,’ to share a bit more about our unique partnership and what this means for providing […]

Three Lifespark COMPLETE members at Birchwood Arbors Assisted Living had the ride of their life. In a wish created by their Life Manager, Josie Muntifering, an occupational therapist, Josie explained to the Pioneer Press that her job is “to spark lives and get people engaged in purposeful activity and bring joy to their lives.” This […]

In The Hill, Joel Theisen, BSN, RN, Lifespark CEO, explains his opinion on we can lower medical costs, achieve better outcomes, more satisfied Medicare recipients and stronger profits. Sound like an impossible dream of healthcare reform? Turns out it’s all happening now under a new wave of policies embraced by both the Biden and Trump […]

Tim Mullaney, editor for Senior Housing News goes deep into the growth of Lifespark with the hiring of Matt Nyquist, Chief Population Health Officer. He asks the tough questions – is Lifespark really as scalable as we say? Read on for some provocative conversation about the shifts taking place in value-based, global risk, and primary […]

Lifespark CEO, Joel Theisen, shares his thoughts on how geriatric care managers help families map the coming changes and explore the options before they are even needed. “It can happen in an instant. One day your dad is living on his own, independent and mostly healthy despite advancing age. The next he’s in bed with […]

Lifespark gears up for national scale-up with ex-UnitedHealth exec on board, recently hiring Matt Nyquist as Chief Population Health Officer. Prior to joining Lifespark, Nyquist was the Chief Product Officer/Chief Information Officer for the Center for Digital Health with UnitedHealth Group – Optum. He was also Optum’s Chief Information Officer. Read on for the full […]

Home Health Care News reporter, Patrick Filbin, shared “there are several trends in the home-based care industry that are colliding all at once. The baby boomers are getting older, seniors want to age at home more than ever, and families who have typically cared for their loved ones are moving away, which is creating a […]

Too many seniors get caught up on a roller coaster of health care crises: being hospitalized after a sudden event – like a fall – and then being released, rehabilitated and re-hospitalized with another acute event, with the cycle then continuing. It’s a reactive, expensive approach that inevitably leads to a steady decline in independence. […]