Aveanna beefs up advocacy efforts, leans into preferred payer strategy
08/19/25 at 03:00 AM
Aveanna beefs up advocacy efforts, leans into preferred payer strategy
Home Health Care News; by Joyce Famakinwa; 8/15/25
Amid an uncertain reimbursement environment and sea of recent policy updates, Aveanna Healthcare Holdings Inc. (Nasdaq: AVAH) remains focused on the strategies that have been helping the company achieve success. ... This means ramping up the company’s efforts around advocacy, as well as actively working with various state Medicaid programs. Home Health Care News caught up with Jim Melancon at last month’s National Alliance for Care at Home Financial Summit to learn more. Melancon serves as senior vice president of government affairs at Aveanna. ... The company has 327 locations across 34 states.