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Announced earlier this year, the acquisition of Tealwood Senior Living by Lifesprk was an industry milestone. Based in the Twin Cities metro area, Lifesprk specializes in providing value-based care largely through home- and community-based services. The company intends to bring more coordinated, integrated services to senior living residents by leveraging a mix of services and new payment models. […]

In a recent interview with Steve Moran of Foresight TV, Lifespark’s Joel Theisen and Dr. Bill Thomas have a transparent and real conversation about where the senior living industry needs to shift and explore how payment reform is opening the door to redefine the industry in a way that resonates with those we serve. Senior […]

Minneapolis-based Lifespark recently acquired 35 Tealwood Senior Living communities, bringing them under Lifespark Senior Living. Lifespark CEO Joel Theisen recently shared with McKnight’s Senior Living the company’s vision to bring people to services, not services to people, using technology and artificial intelligence. Dr. Bill Thomas, Lifespark’s independence officer, is a key architect in designing the holistic model […]

Lifesprk makes Home Health Care News‘s list of “home health providers to watch.” According to Robert Holly, editor, “The home health powerhouses on this list are worth following for a variety of reasons, whether that’s due to their forthcoming organizational changes, recent industry-shaping acquisitions or attention-grabbing growth strategies. While the following companies are very different […]

Lifesprk, an innovator in whole-person senior services, is jumping into the senior living sector through a partnership with Tealwood Senior Living. The companies forged the alliance because the pandemic has created new opportunities in senior living and senior services.  “Both Lifesprk and Tealwood are well-positioned to seize the opportunity by joining forces to serve seniors more fully, […]

Senior care company Lifesprk has acquired Bloomington-based senior living operator Tealwood Senior Living,it announced Tuesday. The deal will expand Lifesprk’s reach and more than triple its employee count in the Upper Midwest. The terms of the deal were not disclosed. Lifesprk will manage Tealwood’s 35 senior living locations in Minnesota and Wisconsin. Lifesprk won’t own […]

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…