House care veteran Jeff Bevis is taking up a brand new problem as CEO of Concierge Care, a nurse registration platform.

As co-founder of FirstLight House Care and most just lately COO of Caring Senior Service, Bevis has been within the dwelling care franchising enterprise for almost twenty years. Now he takes over the helm of Concierge Care, the place caregivers is not going to work for his firm, however along with them.

“It’s a nurse registration mannequin, so we don’t present the care instantly, nor can we instantly make use of the healthcare suppliers. We’re a referral service,” Bevis instructed House Well being Care Information. “There’s a clear distinction as a result of the healthcare suppliers we refer purchasers to are 1099.”

Concierge Care is predicated in Jacksonville and has 14 places in North Florida. It’s privately owned and was initially based by Nancy Ralston.

One of many sights of the corporate for Bevis was the truth that it was a privately held firm, with loads of room to develop.

“I believe that's one of many advantages, not that it's a foul factor to be a non-public fairness proprietor, I've labored in that surroundings earlier than,” he mentioned. “However I believe the truth that that is privately owned is definitely a further indication of how a lot progress and potential I see there over the following 5 to seven years, if not longer.”

The care suppliers who’ve a contract with Concierge Care present non-medical dwelling take care of seniors. They endure a degree two background test earlier than becoming a member of the company community.

“It's a really top quality firm with a powerful concentrate on referral companies,” Bevis mentioned. “And I used to be actually impressed with Nancy and the corporate's concentrate on high quality and attempting to serve extra seniors in a less expensive approach.”

The objective is to primarily proceed to develop the nurse registration mannequin within the Florida market. Subsequent, Bevis can also be eager to foster extra referral relationships on a regional foundation. The nursing registration mannequin is considerably recognized, however under no circumstances universally understood – in Florida or throughout the nation. Bevis believes there is a chance to additional educate seniors and their households about the advantages of the mannequin.

There may be additionally room so as to add service strains. Care administration and care coordination are two areas of excessive precedence for the corporate, in addition to progressive, in-home know-how options for its buyer base.

Though Bevis nonetheless loves the franchise mannequin, he’s wanting ahead to the break of convincing franchisees of latest concepts and ideas.

“I shall be taking plenty of my abilities and expertise within the franchising world and adapting that to the nurse registration mannequin,” he mentioned. “I don't need to give the impression that it's going to be a bit of cake, however I believe will probably be rather less sophisticated as a result of we don't have a third-party franchise relationship as a part of every thing we do. ”