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The latest moves come from HomeHero, which on Tuesday announced it is launching a care management platform, converting all care providers from independent contractors to W-2 employees, introducing a new HIPAA-compliant mobile app, and bringing on board a chief medical officer and chief nursing officer.
The care management platform stands out, as it turns HomeHero from an almost exclusively consumer-facing company to one that also has a strong enterprise product, CEO and co-founder Kyle Hill told Home Health Care News.
“In order for home care to be the discharge of choice for hospitals and skilled nursing facilities, a lot of other services have to accompany home care,” Hill said. “It’s not just personal care and companionship, but meal delivery, physician house calls, home modification, etc., that makes home care a better discharge.”
The care management platform, dubbed the HomeHero Collaborative, aims to bring all these services together. To create this platform, HomeHero is identifying potential partners in each of its markets and screening them, such as by interviewing their founders or directors. Typically, those companies that join the Collaborative offer a discount to HomeHero clients, such as a 15% to 20% coupon code.