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Optum Bid for Amedisys Shows Ongoing Reinvention of the Private Healthcare Ecosystem
Healthcare // June 06, 2023

The growing yet fragmented home health space is moving toward a more consolidated and centralized footing one deal at a time as major players continue snapping up smaller ones, reinventing home health as a consumer-centric product, service and experience, increasingly delivered by major brands. Done...

UnitedHealth Group and Optum See Growth of In-Home Care Trend
Healthcare // April 14, 2023

As the health insurance ecosystem deals with the May ending of COVID emergency measures that will redetermine coverage for millions, UnitedHealthcare and its Optum unit are seeing growth, with particular strength in its home health offerings. On its first-quarter 2023 earnings call Friday (April 14)...

Best Buy Refocuses Geek Squad on Home Healthcare
Healthcare // March 07, 2023

In a move to offset sagging electronics sales while going deeper into the growing home health trend, Best Buy is partnering with multi-state provider Atrium Health on at-home health. In a Tuesday (March 7) press release announcing the initiative, the two companies said, “This partnership takes...

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Home Health Company BrightSpring Plans to Go Public

January 03, 2024
Home health company BrightSpring has revived its plans to go public. The Kentucky-based firm on Tuesday (Jan. 2) filed its plans for an initial public offering (IPO) with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The filing did not include proposed terms for the IPO, though a report by Bloomberg News said the company had said it was aiming to raise […]