LOUISVILLE, Ky. (March 3, 2022)—One year after launching the CenterWell brand to represent Humana’s payer-agnostic health care service offerings, Humana Inc. has started to transition Kindred at Home’s home health division to the CenterWell Home Health brand.
The brand transition represents a major step in the full integration of Kindred at Home’s home health operations into Humana. Last August, Humana announced that it had completed the acquisition of Kindred at Home (KAH) to reinforce its commitment to invest in home-based clinical solutions that can improve patient outcomes, increase satisfaction for patients and providers, and create value for health plan partners.
“While the CenterWell Home Health brand is new, our commitment to high-quality, compassionate care is stronger than ever,” said Andy Agwunobi, M.D., president of Humana’s home business. “Patients will continue receiving the personalized in-home care from the clinicians they’ve come to know and trust. CenterWell Home Health helps reinforce all we’re doing to expand our home health capabilities to better manage the comprehensive care needs of our patients.”
KAH’s home health locations will transition to CenterWell Home Health over the course of 2022, beginning with seven states—Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Nevada, Arizona, New Mexico and North Carolina. Rebranding all KAH home health locations as CenterWell Home Health will be phased, with other locations transitioning later this year.
CenterWell Home Health will maintain care continuity throughout the brand transition, so patients and providers should notice little change in their experience.
The rebranded KAH locations will now display new interior and exterior signage reflecting the CenterWell Home Health brand. Employees in these locations will receive new uniforms, apparel and other branded materials to help bring the brand to life. When the rebranding is finished, CenterWell Home Health will support patients from more than 350 locations across 38 states.
“Bringing the CenterWell Home Health brand to life in my branch has created a lot of positive energy and excitement,” said Dori Shane, executive director in Everett, Washington. “Many of our clinicians and patients connect deeply with the brand’s mission and goals, and feel that this refresh is a more accurate reflection of the quality, personalized care we’ve always delivered. The rebrand to CenterWell Home Health also creates a lot of optimism in our future because we are becoming part of a growing, national brand that’s focused on providing better experiences not only to patients and their families, but to frontline clinicians too.”
Patients’ lives are centered on their homes, and CenterWell Home Health’s care is centered on them. CenterWell works in collaboration with patients’ health care providers to bring exceptional care directly to the comfort and safety of their homes. Skilled nurses and therapists help people recover from illness or injury and learn to manage their health with confidence so they can remain independent and enjoy a higher quality of life.
Agwunobi said that as the rebrand continues during 2022, CenterWell Home Health will focus on reinforcing its commitment to improving patient health outcomes and making sure people have access to the affordable, quality care they need to live healthier, happier lives.
Leveraging the home as a central part of the patient health care experience offers several benefits, such as fewer hospital admissions and readmissions as well as improved confidence, convenience and quality of life.
The hospice, palliative, community and personal care divisions of Kindred at Home are not part of the CenterWell Home Health rebranding.
Visit centerwellhomehealth.com and humana.com for more information.
