The management workforce of the Nationwide Alliance for Care at Dwelling (the Alliance) is finalizing its type. Sherl Model – who has important management expertise in provider, affiliation and third-party roles – would be the subsequent COO.

Model will begin her new place in mid-January. She turns into the primary COO of the group, which was the results of a merger between the Nationwide Affiliation for Dwelling Care & Hospice (NAHC) and the Nationwide Hospice and Palliative Care Group (NHPCO) earlier this yr.

Dr. Steve Landers was named CEO of the Alliance in August.

“Sherl's management expertise and historical past of efficiently managing commerce associations, house well being care and hospice organizations make her an ideal match for the Alliance,” Landers mentioned in an announcement. “I see Sherl as the proper companion to make sure that the Alliance's operations workforce is engaged and arranged to make sure our valuable members obtain nice companies and assist. She has the data and expertise to steer our actions throughout this dynamic time for the Alliance and the care at house motion.”

The Alliance was created due to the rising scope of care that may be offered at house. The Washington, D.C.-based group represents house well being, house care, palliative care and hospice suppliers, in addition to different house well being entities.

As for Model, she is at present SVP of hospice and palliative care at VNS Well being. Nonetheless, earlier than becoming a member of VNS Well being, she labored at CareCentrix for nearly eight years. CareCentrix, now owned by Walgreens Boots Alliance (Nasdaq: WBA), serves as an middleman between payers and residential care suppliers.

Previous to CareCentrix, Model held different senior management roles at post-acute care organizations together with VNA Well being Group and Bayada Dwelling Well being Care. She additionally served as president and CEO of the Dwelling Care Affiliation of New Jersey for seven years, and was a board member of NAHC.

Like Landers, the depth of senior management expertise at post-acute care organizations will doubtless please the suppliers represented by the Alliance.

Her expertise with CareCentrix may even doubtless be very invaluable. Probably the most urgent points going through house well being suppliers immediately is their relationship with managed care. CareCentrix is aware of higher than anybody what drives these care plans.

“I’m honored and deeply grateful for the chance to function Chief Working Officer of the Nationwide Alliance for Care at Dwelling,” Model mentioned in an announcement. “I’m privileged to have spent my profession in our sector working with high-quality organizations and a state commerce affiliation that helps house care suppliers, and I stay up for working with the Alliance workforce to advance training, to supply world-class conferences and training. assets our members want and deserve. The longer term seems vivid for the house care group. Collectively we’re stronger.”