Colorado-based Bloom Healthcare has acquired Christian Care House Calls, which provides home-based senior primary care in Texas. The deal expands the company’s existing presence in the state.
Bloom Healthcare has locations in Colorado, Missouri and Texas. The company provides home-based services such as hospice, primary and wound care, dementia support, behavioral health and chronic care coordination.
The acquisition increases access to community-based services amid rising demand, according to Bloom Healthcare CEO and Founder Dr. Thomas Lally.
“Christian Care House Calls has built trusted relationships with patients, families and communities,” Lally said in a statement. “This acquisition allows us to build on that strong foundation while expanding the resources and support available to patients throughout the region. Together, we can help more seniors receive consistent, coordinated care in the place they are most comfortable: home.”
Bloom Healthcare was established more than two decades ago. The home-based provider formed its own Accountable Care Organization (ACO), Bloom Health Network, a participant of the ACO Realizing Equity, Access and Community Health (ACO REACH) payment model.
The company’s new acquisition also strengthens the reach of its charitable arm, the Bloom Flourish Thrive Foundation. The foundation provides resources and support to older adults to remain safely and independently at home.
Bloom Healthcare provides more than 50,000 days of home-based care to patients annually. The company’s services have helped to reduce rehospitalizations 37% across its service region, lowering emergency room admissions by 6.5%, according to its website.
Launched in 2015, Christian Care House Calls was co-founded by Dr. Danica Jordan and Don Webster and serves communities across Dallas and Fort Worth, Texas. The organization provides primary care to senior patients in the home, as well as other community-based settings such as memory care units, assisted and independent living facilities.
Acquiring the Texas-based provider allows Bloom Healthcare to build stronger community relationships and better reach patients with complex needs, the company indicated.
Similar to national trends, senior populations are swelling in Texas. Adults 65 and older represent 14.9% of the Lone Star state’s overall population, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.
Homebound seniors 65 and older represented 5.2% of all Medicare beneficiaries in 2023, according to a report published in the Journal of Transport & Health. More than half of these beneficiaries reported health-related barriers due to their homebound status.
“[It’s] bringing together two organizations that share a belief we feel strongly about,” Bloom Healthcare said in a social media post. “Great healthcare should meet people where they are. And for many seniors, that means home. This is more than growth for Bloom. It’s another step toward expanding access to consistent, coordinated, high-quality care that helps seniors flourish and thrive where they choose to live.”
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