BAYADA Home Health Care, a leading provider of in-home health care and support services, and Visiting Nurse Association Health Group (VNAHG), a New Jersey-headquartered nonprofit provider for more than 107 years of home-based health services, today announced that VNAHG intends to join BAYADA to help serve more people and to grow their collective impact to support those in need of high-quality, home-based health care.

Will Chernets, 14, of Cherry Hill, NJ, was diagnosed with spinal muscular atrophy at age three, but that hasn’t stopped him from being an active rower, and a participant in the BAYADA Regatta, where he competes as part of a local adaptive rowing club.

BAYADA has been named to the Forbes list of “America’s Best Employers by State 2019” in Pennsylvania, Delaware, and Hawaii.

BAYADA CEO David Baiada has been honored with a Glassdoor Employees’ Choice Award, celebrating the top-rated CEOs in the United States in 2019. The Employees’ Choice Awards program, now in its 12th year, relies solely on the input of employees who elect to provide feedback on their jobs, work environments and companies via Glassdoor. Baiada is the only home health care CEO honored, and one of four Philadelphia-based CEOs on the list.

BAYADA Home Health Care Area Director of Government Affairs Louise Lindenmeier, RN, BSN, was recently honored with the Martha Esposito Award from the Home Care and Hospice Association of New Jersey. This award is presented annually to an individual who has made an outstanding contribution to the home care and hospice industry.

During our Nurses Week 2019 celebration, BAYADA debuts our new podcast series for clinicians, "Healing on the Home Front."

In honor of National Nurses Week, May 6-12, BAYADA Home Health Care, a leading home health care provider and national nonprofit, has launched NursesWeek.com to offer dozens of exciting resources and events designed to recognize, reward and inspire nurses throughout the country as part of the organization’s Share. Care. Dare. campaign.

BAYADA Home Health Care recently announced the launch of a value-based PerformancePlus® collaboration with AmeriHealth Caritas, the Philadelphia region’s largest Medicaid and Medicare managed care company and an affiliate of Independence Blue Cross. The partnership marks the first performance-based contract between AmeriHealth Caritas and a home care provider. BAYADA serves people of all ages from more than 350 service offices in 23 states and from locations in Germany, India, New Zealand, and South Korea.

“This new payor relationship and partnership is an exciting and important milestone,” said BAYADA CEO David Baiada. “By leveraging insights from key metrics and working together to improve quality and efficiency, we will help support our community members to live healthier lives, right where they want to be – in their homes.”

This partnership will impact all AmeriHealth Caritas' full-risk managed care health plans in Delaware, Pennsylvania, and any potential future markets served by both organizations, and will span across all BAYADA’s services. This includes nursing and assistive care for children, adults, and seniors, as well as rehabilitation and hospice care.

With the PerformancePlus program, BAYADA will receive financial incentives for meeting quality-based goals that include potentially preventable hospital admissions, readmissions, and emergency room visits, among other key benchmarks.

“As one of the largest home care providers to managed care members in the country, our unique, multi-specialty home care capabilities provide critical services to the members of AmeriHealth Caritas' health plans," said Baiada. “We are excited to collaborate with AmeriHealth Caritas on improving client care and look forward to expanding this care model through additional payor partnerships.”

During Cerebral Palsy Awareness Month in March, BAYADA is committed to raising awareness and educating the community about this disorder of the developing brain that affects body movement, posture, and muscle coordination. The disorder, which affects thousands of children and adults worldwide, is caused by damage to one or more specific areas of the brain, usually occurring during fetal development; before, during, or shortly after birth; during infancy; or during early childhood.