Category: News

This opinion piece from Lifespark CEO Joel Theisen in MedPage is driving a lot of conversation about nurses in health care – some who agree and some who don’t. Joel’s biggest point in writing this piece was to point out the opportunity and possibility nurses have to look at their career beyond the bedside into […]

Dr. Nick Schneeman, Chief Medical Officer for Lifespark was very heartfelt in an opinion piece in Medscape where he weighed in on the need for physicians and providers to have human conversations with people about end-of-life decisions and not have that dictated by AI. As Chief Medical Officer of a complete senior health company, and […]

Early in the pandemic, Lifespark stood up a hospital-at-home program rapidly designing and implementing a unique option for customers to receive hospital-level care at home. Created in response to the COVID-19 crisis, Lifespark wasn’t concerned with reimbursement but helping people quickly to shorten hospital stays, ensure the availability of beds and supplies for acutely ill […]

Home Health Care News reporter, Patrick Filbin, included Lifespark in his latest article on companies focused on wellness, not more ‘sick care.’ Home-based companies are focusing on patient “wellness” more than they ever have he notes. Wellness seems like it would be an obvious focus for health care services companies in general. But the fact […]

McKnights Senior Living shared the exciting news that Peter Lutz has joined our team as Chief Information Officer. “Working at scale and the complexities that come with it are my strengths,” said Lutz. “I was at a point in my career where I was ready to do more than build systems and data, instead looking […]

Star Tribune reporter Nick Williams, reached out to Lifespark’s Chief Information Officer, Peter Lutz, to weigh in on the conversation about tech devices for seniors. Tech innovations for seniors are great but not if they are siloed products, in other words, if they are designed only for tech’s sake. From a value-based perspective, tech innovations […]

This was a big year for Lifespark and for the 12th time, we have found ourselves on the Star Tribune Top Workplace list once again. This is important because culture means everything to us – our PEOPLE are our number one priority. If we can’t spark our employees and deliver an exceptional experience, we can’t […]

With all the noise lately on President Biden’s campaign to overhaul Medicare Advantage, Joel Theisen, Lifespark CEO, put pen to paper sharing his opinion on the subject. His thoughts were picked up by MedCity News. In the article Joel said, “Done properly, Medicare Advantage should produce lower costs to taxpayers and better outcomes for patients. […]

In article in Skilled Nursing News, reporter Amy Stulick, writes about how those in the industry continue to adapt amid a historic workforce shortage and higher acuity patients, nursing staff are having to adapt in new ways. All nursing levels, and even dietary and housekeeping staff, need to work together to ensure a facility is […]

In an opinion piece featured in Healthcare Dive, Joel Theisen, Lifespark CEO, argues for an update of HIPAA that acknowledges an advanced technology landscape and scales back healthcare data silos. This conversation is getting a lot of buzz in Washington as congress looks to pass a bill which calls for a commission to review existing state […]