Category: News

Lifespark — a company that specializes in providing value-based care largely through home- and community-based services — is acquiring Tealwood Senior Living. The transaction could prove to be a milestone for how senior living providers are integrated into population health efforts, with Green House and Eden Alternative visionary Dr. Bill Thomas leading the efforts to […]

Lifespark — the whole-person senior services company based in Minnesota — has added a new page to its innovative playbook. On top of being a fully integrated provider of home health, hospice, primary care and other senior-focused services, Lifespark is also now a bona fide senior living operator. It holds that distinction after announcing the […]

Finalists for the Heartland division of the 35th annual Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Awards were revealed last week. An independent panel of judges evaluated the 36 leaders based on six criteria: entrepreneurial leadership, talent management, degree of difficulty, financial performance, societal impact, and originality. “This year’s finalists are the next class in a long […]

As Home Health Care News continues to cover the direct-contracting landscape, they highlight other home-based providers among the other direct-contracting entities including Minnesota-based Lifesprk and Huntington Beach, California-based Landmark Health. Read on for more…

Home Health Care News reporter, Joyce Famakinwa, says ‘Like a shock to the system, the COVID-19 emergency has been a catalyst for major change across the health care continuum. Home-based care providers, in particular, have been forced to evolve in a multitude of ways. As an industry thought leader and expert in aging, Dr. Bill […]

Home Health Care News is once again on the pulse of trends in payment reform. “A delay in the Global and Professional Direct Contracting Model by the Biden administration has put the already-accepted direct-contracting entities (DCEs) in a coveted position. New entrants are no longer being accepted for participation in the model while the Centers […]

As published in Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal, in-home senior care provider Lifesprk has leveraged a round of venture capital and the Covid-19 pandemic into big growth. St. Louis Park-based Lifesprk had the 17th-largest venture capital raise for a Twin Cities company in 2020, pulling in $16.1 million last March in a round led by California-based Virgo […]

In this article in Home Health Care News Former Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (CMMI) Director Adam Boehler shares how he will ‘reimagine how health care is delivered in the U.S.’ “I find that those modalities are traditionally underappreciated as ways to reduce spend,” Boehler said. “Sometimes, health plans think more about home health […]

Lifesprk joins the conversation on direct-contracting entities (DCEs) with Home Health Care News. Value-based primary care provider Oak Street Health (NYSE: OSH) and Walgreens-backed primary care provider VillageMD are also DCEs, among others. According to Lifespark CEO, Joel Theisen, “I feel like I’m [Charlie in] Willy Wonka and I got the golden ticket. I mean, […]

In Becker Health IT, Lifespark Chief Technology Officer, Jason Wenell shares his thoughts in a webinar hosted by Becker’s Hospital Review and sponsored by Salesforce, where industry experts discussed the shift to digital care and how the provider and patient experiences are changing with the support of new technologies and tools.  Healthcare providers are increasingly embracing […]