Contessa
Position Spotlight: Senior Director, IT Security
“Contessa is helping patients receive care in the comfort and safety of their home. My job is to make that care secure, which inspires me to come to work every day.” – Baskar, Senior Director, IT Security
New Contessa, Henry Ford Health System Venture to Offer Palliative Care
Hospice News, October 4, 2021 Contessa has launched a joint venture in Michigan with Henry Ford Health System to provide high-acuity home care services as…
“It was the Best Care Ever”
When congestion and fever kept Richard from his regularly scheduled golf game, his wife Sue knew he was sick. They went to the Emergency Department at Marshfield Medical Center in Marshfield for the first of two visits where he tested positive for COVID-19. Richard was in and out of the hospital battling COVID-related pneumonia until they heard about Home Recovery Care, which is provided through a partnership with Contessa.
Amedisys’ Contessa Division Partners with Michigan Healthcare System
McKnight’s Senior Living, October 1, 2021 Home care giant Amedisys is expanding its reach into Michigan through a new partnership between its Contessa division and Detroit’s Henry…
Hospital Care at Home: Henry Ford Health System and Contessa Partner to Create New Choice for Patients
Henry Ford Health System announced a new partnership with the nation’s leading operator of high-acuity home care, Contessa. The high-acuity home care offering includes Hospital Care at Home, Skilled Nursing Care at Home and Palliative Care at Home, which brings all the essential elements of hospital, rehabilitation and medical care for skilled nursing patients and broader palliative care services into the comfort of patients’ homes.
Provider Spotlight: Dr. Christians, Gundersen Home Hospital
“Medicine is evolving, and the pandemic is accelerating change. Home Hospital is the future of healthcare. Once you adopt the program and experience the benefits, it’s easy to see why it works.”
Surging COVID Cases and Rapidly Filling Hospitals
Progress Health, September 2021 Throughout the COVID-19 crisis, a key objective has been not overwhelming the health care system, specifically hospitals who are once again…
Amedisys Paying $250M for Contessa
Nashville Post, July 1, 2021 The leaders of home hospitalization and skilled nursing venture Contessa Health have signed a deal to sell the six-year-old company…
Amedisys Snaps up Hospital-at-Home Provider Contessa Health in $250M Deal
Fierce Healthcare, June 20, 2021 Amedisys made a major move to expand its reach in the home healthcare market by acquiring Contessa Health, one of…
Amedisys to Acquire Contessa Health in Move to Increase Patient Acuity
Modern Healthcare, June 30, 2021 Amedisys, a home health, hospice and personal care company, on Wednesday, said it had signed a definitive agreement to acquire…
“Home Recovery Care Made Me Feel Secure”
Dolores spent 2020 in and out of the hospital battling Congestive Heart Failure. In November, she went home with Home Recovery Care and hasn’t had to make a trip back to the emergency room since. She credits the program with her long-term success.
Movement to Advance Care in the Home Growing
Moving Health Home, an alliance to advance home-based care policy Moving Health Home, a coalition of pioneering health care organizations with a bold vision to…