As part of BAYADA Home Health Care’s transition to nonprofit and to show gratitude to BAYADA employees for the meaningful work they do, BAYADA Founder and Chairman Mark Baiada today surprised employees with a $20 million gift to be distributed among RNs, LPNs, social workers, home health aides, therapists, associates, client services managers, clinical managers, office support, and other staff among the ten specialties in the 22 states in which the company operates.

BAYADA Pediatrics Minneapolis Associate Director Frances Fernandez, was recently appointed as Chair of the Minnesota Home Care Association’s (MHCA) Workforce Task Force. BAYADA Pediatrics, a BAYADA Home Health Care specialty practice, provides nursing services at home and school for children from birth through adolescence.

MHCA is a professional trade association of 150 home care providers in Minnesota working to ensure that quality home care services continue to be accessible for residents who need it. The Workforce Task Force focuses on helping to feed the pipeline of qualified home care nurses to meet growing population demands and to stem a burgeoning nursing shortage in Minnesota.

BAYADA CEO David Baiada sat down recently with the editor of Home Health Care News and Senior Housing News for an in-person interview about BAYADA Home Health Care and the home health care industry. Baiada highlighted the organization's focus on recruiting and retaining top talent and creating a great candidate experience, and the opportunities that exist for BAYADA to provide more and more people with high-quality care at home. He also addressed the company's unique culture, innovations in technology, and strategic partnerships. 

Company founder Mark Baiada retires as president to focus on company’s unprecedented transition into a nonprofit organization

BAYADA Home Health Care appointed David Baiada as the company’s Chief Executive Officer, succeeding his father and company founder Mark Baiada, who will transition to the role of Chairman on his 70^th birthday today. Mark Baiada will celebrate the milestone by launching the process of gifting the company he established in 1975 into a newly created nonprofit organization. Believed to be the first transition of its kind in the home health care industry, this transition is designed to protect the company from sale and help to ensure that BAYADA’s mission, vision, values, and beliefs, codified as The BAYADA Way, will endure for generations to come.

Bill Wiseley, director of recruiting process operations for BAYADA Home Health Care, has been appointed as president of the Philadelphia Area Association of Health Care Recruiters (PAAHCR).

Wiseley joined PAAHCR in 2010 with the goal of networking and sharing knowledge with other recruiters who are committed to helping professionals find the best health care opportunities. Prior to his appointment as president, he served on the executive board as secretary.

BAYADA Practice President David Baiada delivered an inspiring commencement speech for Drexel University’s College of Nursing and Health Professions at The Mann Center for the Performing Arts in Philadelphia.

Drawing upon the wisdom he’s acquired through years of one-on-one conversations with clients on their couches and at their kitchen tables, he shared how the home is a powerful place to tune into people’s needs and truly make a difference.

BAYADA Home Health Care Founder and President J. Mark Baiada has won a Glassdoor Employees’ Choice Award recognizing the Highest Rated CEOs for 2017. Glassdoor’s annual report highlights top leaders who employees love working for in countries throughout North America and parts of Europe. Baiada received an impressive 92 percent approval rating based on the anonymous and voluntary reviews BAYADA employees shared on Glassdoor throughout the past year.

BAYADA's Chief Recruiting Officer Melinda Phillips shared her expertise in Chicago at the Post-acute Link conference, the first event of its kind to bring together leading providers from all post-acute sectors to discuss the future of value-based care. Phillips and other leading experts drove a panel discussion about "Winning Staffing Strategies for Post-acute Providers."

With a global health care staffing crisis estimated to get progressively worse, providers are faced with the challenges of an increasing demand for labor, a decreasing pool of available candidates, and shrinking reimbursement rates from payors. Phillips sees the challenges as opportunities to adapt and evolve and was tapped to discuss BAYADA's unique culture and the challenges of sustaining it.

As Father’s Day approaches, Practice President David Baiada shares 10 business and life lessons he learned from his father, Founder and President Mark Baiada. Read the full guest column from the Philadelphia Business Journal here: http://www.bizjournals.com/philadelphia/news/2017/06/16/fathers-day-10-business-and-life-lessons-i-learned.html

Mark Baiada, Archbishop Charles J. Caput, and Ann Baiada

BAYADA Home Health Care Founder and President Mark Baiada and his wife Ann, received the 2017 Distinguished Graduate Award for dedicating their lives to helping others and ensuring that children of all backgrounds can access the lifelong benefits of a Catholic education. The Archdiocese of Philadelphia’s Office of Catholic Education (OCE), Business Leadership Organized for Catholic Schools (BLOCS), Faith in the Future (FIF), and Independence Mission Schools (IMS) sponsored the event, which was held on Thursday, May 4 in Philadelphia.