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The "Capability Overhang" of AI in Distributed Care

In the early 1900s, American factories electrified. Owners spent enormous sums ripping out steam engines and installing large electric motors. The upgrades were expensive, visible, and widely celebrated as modern. And yet, productivity barely moved. Economists later called this the “productivity paradox,” but there was nothing paradoxical about it. Factory

Firefighting vs Fireproofing Home-based Care

The Arya team spent all of last Saturday helping providers and thousands of caregivers "firefight" the storm. Here’s an actual recording of Arya's agents deployed for free to providers, helping a caregiver and attempting to keep a patient visit from collapsing. Winter Storm Callout with

Arya raises $18.2M Series A to build the AI-native “system of action” for distributed care

Arya raises $18.2M Series A to build the AI-native “system of action” for distributed care

My little daughter Arya- the namesake behind Arya Health- helped me share the story today of the company's $18.2 million Series A funding to accelerate our mission of automating the administrative backbone of distributed care. The round brings Arya’s total funding to $25 million. It fuels

Impact of the April 2025 U.S. Tariff War on Health Services M&A

Impact of the April 2025 U.S. Tariff War on Health Services M&A

The April 2025 U.S. tariff war has emerged as a pivotal factor reshaping the home health M&A market. Prior to the tariff announcement, home health dealmaking was on a recovery path – with strong strategic rationale underpinned by demographic trends, value-based care initiatives, and ample investor capital fueling

From RAGs to Riches: Lessons from the “Bleeding Edge” of Building AI Agents

From RAGs to Riches: Lessons from the “Bleeding Edge” of Building AI Agents

Healthcare is fundamentally different from other industries. The stakes are higher, compliance requirements are stricter, and every minute saved through automation means more time for what truly matters: patient care. At Arya, we've spent the last two years building AI agents that automate the mundane so healthcare staff

Executive Brief: Home Health M&A Reshapes in 2025 After a 2024 Slowdown

Executive Brief: Home Health M&A Reshapes in 2025 After a 2024 Slowdown

Deal Volume Hits a Low – Signs of a Rebound Ahead The U.S. home health M&A market entered 2025 at a crossroads. After a frenzied boom in 2021, deal activity plummeted through 2023 and hit its nadir in 2024. In fact, home-based care M&A volume fell

The Three Types of Healthcare Workers: A New Framework for Staffing Success

The Three Types of Healthcare Workers: A New Framework for Staffing Success

There's a fundamental truth about healthcare staffing that most providers refuse to acknowledge: the workforce is not monolithic. At a recent conference with some of the largest healthcare operators in the country, I was struck by how many leaders still approach workforce management with a one-size-fits-all mentality. The

[WEBINAR] Celebrating Healthcare Workers Like a Boss in 2025

[WEBINAR] Celebrating Healthcare Workers Like a Boss in 2025

The Thank You's and Thanksgiving Turkeys and gift cards have started flowing freely to celebrate our amazing healthcare workers this holiday season. But what does Jan 3, 2025 look like, when it comes to recognizing these caregivers in the new year? How are you going to answer questions

🤐 Secret Lessons from Scaling Workforce @ Uber

🤐 Secret Lessons from Scaling Workforce @ Uber

Well before the word "marketplace" was codified, Vaibhav Rikhye was busy building frameworks for managing an on-demand workforce as one of the early employees at Uber. He hasn't been allowed to talk about his work publicly... till now. I had a chance to sit him down

Arya Health: Oct '24 Product Updates

Arya Health: Oct '24 Product Updates

"Automate the mundane, so you can focus on optimizing the meaningful". With this mantra in mind, our engineering team has been busy this past month! We've rolled out some incredible new features - including two new skills that allow the Scheduling Assistant to engage caregivers about

Arya Health Raises $4 Million Seed Funding

Arya Health Raises $4 Million Seed Funding

Arya Health has been growing rapidly this past year. We support some of the most innovative healthcare services organizations with what I believe is already the most flexible workforce automation product on the market. But the need to re-imagine how healthcare organizations engage their workforce has never been more urgent.

🦈 What appearing on Shark Tank taught me about workforce management

🦈 What appearing on Shark Tank taught me about workforce management

Eons ago, I had the surreal opportunity of appearing on the hit TV show Shark Tank at the height of its popularity. This is a true story about how I learned the power of knowing how to measure performance and how to talk about performance in changing outcomes. Sounds like

A "no B.S." take on the state of AI for workforce ops in 2024

It's official. Gartner has placed AI at the Peak of the Hype Cycle as we exit 2023. This means two important things: Whether they've said it or not, your leadership expects that you consider AI to automate everything to increase productivity "yesterday" The same

AI in Payroll: Are you Human, Cyborg or Centaur?

We recently released the 'Beginner's Guide to AI and Automation in Payroll' eBook, which you may have seen. We got incredibly positive feedback from payroll teams on hearing about all the latest and greatest in AI. As its author, however, I must admit I'm

🤐 Secret Lessons from Scaling Workforce @ Uber