The HomeCare Magazine Podcast

The Founder and CEO of Honor, Seth Sternberg, joins the podcast to share how the company is growing to meet the needs of the senior population, and where homecare is headed next.

Dr. Kurt Merkelz, the senior vice president and chief medical officer for Compassus, joins the podcast to share some insights on better medication management for your home health and hospice clients. Merkelz is scheduled to present his findings on the topic at AMDA – The Society for Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine’s PALTC22 conference in March during his session “Beyond Deprescribing: Effective Medication Management Strategies with Measurable Impacts on Safety and Quality of Life.”

Lisa Wells has a 20-plus-year career in the home medical equipment industry, leading the charge on digital marketing and branding. She joins the podcast to share how you can better manage your brand, create buzz, and more.

Sources mentioned in this episode:

HomeCare Magazine article: https://www.homecaremag.com/november-2019/marketing-people-disabilities

Office of Disability Rights People First Language: https://odr.dc.gov/page/people-first-language

United Spinal, Disability Etiquette: https://www.unitedspinal.org/pdf/DisabilityEtiquette.pdf

Calvin McDaniel, NAHC's director of government affairs for home health interests, and Davis Baird, NAHC's director of government affairs for hospice, join the podcast to discuss legislation and regulatory concerns of the moment.

We discuss the HEAT Act, the Choose Home Care Act, the Expanding Access to Palliative Care Act, the Better Care Better Jobs Act, recent CMS rule making and more.

On this episode of the HomeCare Podcast, Melissa Kozak, CEO and co-founder of Citus Health, talks about patient and workforce engagement, care collaboration, interoperability and more.

Founded in 1996 by Ron and Sharon D’Aquila, family-owned homecare agency Assisted Living Services, Inc. provides quality care to residents across Connecticut to allow them to age in place. The agency created its unique award-winning CarePlus program that blends personal care with technological safety and monitoring devices from sister company Assisted Living Technologies, Inc., which focuses on technologies that promote independence safety, and improved quality of life for elderly and individuals with special needs living in private homes and community-based settings. ALS’s Chief Operating Officer, Mario D’Aquila, joins us today to talk about how the company managed recruiting and retention during the pandemic, and to share more about keeping seniors safe at home.

Tim Rutti, former president and owner of Phoenix, Arizona-based Valley Medical Supplies, joins us for our 25th episode. In early 2021, Rutti sold Valley Medical Supplies to Copper Star Home Medical, which is under the umbrella of Caddis Capital Management. Caddis oversees four HME companies across the Southwest. Rutti is now the Regional Retail Marketing Director for Caddis. Listen as he shares insights from the sell side of an acquisition.

Crystal Franz is the newly appointed CEO of HomeWell Care Services. HomeWell is one of the nation’s premier providers of in-home care providers franchised by HomeWell Franchising Inc. Originally founded by a caregiver, the company’s passion is to help others. Franz brings more than 15 years of franchising experience to her new role. She joined the company in July 2018 as the vice president of brand strategy, marketing and communications. In her new role, she will lead the executive leadership team at HomeWell in their mission to accelerate the company’s growth. In this episode she shares some of that mission with us.

Ty Bello, president of Team@Work, joins the podcast in this episode to talk about building your sales strategy and how the pandemic has changed the sales process.

In this episode, Karina Tama-Rutigliano, CEO and founder of Seniors Care Clicks joins the show. Senior Care Clicks is a digital marketing agency that focuses in the senior care industry, providing services to homecare agencies, nursing homes, assisted living facilities and any business related to senior care. Karina has worked in-house in different senior businesses such as homecare and nursing homes, applying that knowledge to create customized strategies for the senior care industry.