While the coronavirus brings a number of direct challenges for home-based care operators, it presents several secondary hurdles as well. Among them: an exacerbation of mental illness and behavioral health conditions, especially for isolated older adults.

Nizhoni Health is a growing home health provider based in Massachusetts that specializes in caring for populations with acute mental illness. For this episode of Disrupt, HHCN caught up with Nizhoni’s founder and CEO, Joe McDonough, to discuss COVID-19’s impact, the heightened need for mental health services and more.

Listen to this episode of Disrupt to learn:

-- What the coronavirus means for complex patient populations moving forward
-- How Nizhoni Health CEO Joe McDonough built his company around acute mental illness
-- Why Nizhoni remains bullish on its growth strategy despite industry headwinds 
-- And more!

Joe McDonough, Founder and CEO of Nizhoni Health

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For this episode of Disrupt, we caught up with Paymon Farazi, the president of Signify Health. During the conversation, Farazi breaks down Signify Health’s near-term and long-term goals as a value- and home-based care enabler.

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– How at-home care can drive value for retailers like CVS, as well as payers

– How Signify coordinates care for all of its health care partners

– What the future of the company looks like under the CVS umbrella

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Paymon Farazi, President, Signify Health

For this episode of Disrupt, we caught up with John Sneath, the founder and CEO of Tribute Home Care. During the conversation, Sneath provides a unique perspective on his home care agency, and why it may be approaching things a bit differently than others. 

Listen to this episode of Disrupt to learn:

– Why Tribute Home Care is doubling down on private-pay personal care 
– The biggest contemporary challenges facing the business, along with opportunities Sneath sees to improve staffing and operations in the near term 
– How the company gets away with hiring on 1%-2% of its caregiver applicants 
– And more!

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John Sneath, founder and CEO of Tribute Home Care

For this episode of Disrupt, we caught up with Brian Lobley, the CEO of tango. During the conversation, Lobley talked about why tango considers itself an enabler instead of a convener, and how this has allowed the company to form strong relationships with home health providers.

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— How tango is building relationships with home health providers
— How The Vistria Group’s investment in tango has pushed the company forward
— How tango is going deeper into risk
— And more!

Brian Lobley, CEO, tango

For this episode of Disrupt, we caught up with Suzanne Turchetti, the president of HCR Home Care. During the conversation, Turchetti touched on all things home-based care – from regulatory challenges, to emerging technologies, to staffing. 

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– HCR Home Care’s back story as a part employee-owned agency, and how Turchetti went from executive assistant to president 
– How the provider plans to survive with slimming margins 
– The biggest trends, challenges and opportunities in home care and home health care heading into 2024
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HCR Home Care President Suzanne Turchetti

For this episode of the Home Health Care News Disrupt podcast, we caught up with Vince Moffitt, president and CEO of Basin Health Companies. During the conversation, Moffitt talks about how the CMS final rule will impact his agency, how difficult it is to maintain high Medicare star ratings in today’s environment, some unique retention strategies and so much more.

Listen to this episode of Disrupt to learn:

– Why local-level advocacy is so important in today's home health landscape
– How Basin Home Health & Hospice found a unique way to offer its employees an extra paid holiday
– Why data is so important as more payment models shift from volume to value
– And more!

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Joe McDonough, Founder and CEO of Nizhoni Health

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