Category: News

In an article in Home Health Care News, reporter Patrick Filbin shares that although value-based payment models are trendy in the home-based care space right now, a new study shows that a majority of all health care payments are still based on fee for service. The study was conducted by the Health Care Payment Learning & […]

Joel Theisen, Lifespark CEO was part of a health care roundtable featured in the Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal. Panelists included Matt Kucharski, president of Padilla; Rick Kes, health care partner and senior industry analyst at RSM US; Mike Sharpe, principal at Davis; and Chris Schultz, partner, health care consulting at EisnerAmper. Frank Jaskulke, vice president of intelligence and head of […]

In an article featured in MedCityNews, Lifespark CEO Joel Theisen says “let’s tear down the silos that transport seniors through the classic stages of hospitals, rehab, assisted living, and nursing homes.” Value-based care or better yet, global risk, has a way of disintegrating these silos. If providers want to get paid, they must collaborate. That […]

Tim Regan, reporter for Senior Housing News, took a different spin on Lifespark’s acquisition of Livio Health and investment from Blue Cross focusing on what this means for the senior living industry and residents we serve. Joel Theisen, Lifespark CEO, added that the acquisition is furthering the company’s overall vision for transforming senior living in […]

Home Health Care News reporter, Joyce Famakinwa shared the news that Lifespark has agreed to acquire Livio Health, a wholly owned subsidiary of the parent company of Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota (Blue Cross). What’s more, the parent company of Blue Cross has landed a minority owner stake in Lifespark through a cash […]

Chris Snowbeck, reporter for Star Tribune, updated readers on Blue Cross’s investment in Lifespark. The parent company of Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota is selling Livio Health, a business that provides in-home health services to seniors. Livio will be acquired by Lifespark, a St. Louis Park-based company with a technology platform for helping […]

Matt Kinne, Lifespark’s Vice President, Growth joined Mike Cheek, Senior Vice President for Reimbursement Policy and Legal Affairs for AHCA (American health Care Association) for a panel discussion at the AHCA /NCAL convention in Nashville. The conversation focused on ‘Advances in Care at Home Policies: Overview of CMS Proposals and the Future of PAC/LTC’ with […]

Lifespark CEO, Joel Theisen, gets personal in an article he wrote that was published in MarketWatch on the subjects of hospice and end-of-life. He shares what he learned but also what he’s seen working with thousands of seniors and their families. He explains the dos and don’ts when it comes to ensuring your loved one’s […]

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 […]