Category: News

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 […]

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 […]