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Lifespark CEO: One-service Agencies Won’t Survive in Evolving Care Economy

Jun 1, 2022
Meaghan Puglisi
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In McKnights Home Care, reporter Diane Eastabrook talked with Lifespark CEO, Joel Theisen about one-service home care agencies. According to Joel, just as isolation can be deadly to seniors, isolation can be deadly to home care and hospice agencies as well.

Value-based care will reward companies that connect seniors to a variety of services, including those that address activities of daily living, Theisen told McKnights Home Care Daily Pulse in a recent McKnight’s Home Care Newsmakers podcast. Agencies that offer only one service, such as home care or home health, will have difficulty competing as payers look to providers that offer a more holistic approach to care, he explained.

Read on for Diane’s full interview with Joel Theisen…

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