Polaris Healthcare

What Polaris Healthcare does

Polaris Healthcare is an Independent Practice Association (IPA) headquartered in Monsey, New York, that coordinates a portfolio of affiliated healthcare providers delivering a full continuum of senior and long-term care services. Through its member organizations, Polaris operates home health care (Marquis Home Care and Marquis Certified Home Care, both New York State Licensed Home Care Services Agencies), long-term care and retail pharmacy (MedWiz Pharmacy with locations across New York, Illinois, Kentucky, New Jersey, and Massachusetts), assisted living (The Sentinel with four residences and The Eliot with four residences across New York State), adult day care (Friendship Adult Day Center and Serenity Center), home-based occupational, physical, and speech therapy (Stern at Home Therapy), visiting physician services (Visiting Docs), and back-office healthcare management (HCM).

The company serves two primary customer segments: Medicaid-eligible individuals requiring long-term care who are referred through Managed Long Term Care plans and receive services such as skilled nursing, home health aide support, CDPAP, and personal care; and private-pay individuals and families who purchase assisted living, home care, and adult day care services directly. The IPA model allows a single patient to access home, community, residential, pharmacy, and physician services through coordinated member organizations, with kosher-sensitive service offerings and multilingual support (English, Spanish, Creole) at certain facilities indicating a strong focus within Orthodox Jewish and other culturally specific senior communities in the New York tri-state area.

The organization is privately held, employs between 501 and 1,000 staff across the affiliated network, and generates revenue through a mix of Medicaid reimbursement (dominant for home care and MLTC-referred services), private-pay room-and-board and personal care fees for assisted living and adult day care, pharmacy dispensing income, and ancillary service fees. No public revenue, funding, or M&A transaction data is disclosed; the underlying "technology" is the operational and clinical coordination between licensed member providers rather than a proprietary software platform.

Name

Polaris Healthcare

Legal name

Polaris Healthcare

Website

https://polarishcs.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1977

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

501–1,000 employees

Short description

Polaris Healthcare is a privately held Independent Practice Association coordinating affiliated providers across home care, assisted living, adult day care, long-term care pharmacy, home therapy, and visiting physician services for Medicaid-eligible and private-pay seniors, primarily in New York State and the tri-state area.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Home Health Care Services

NAICS

Home Health Care Services (621610), Continuing Care Retirement Communities and Assisted Living Facilities for the Elderly (62331), Nursing and Residential Care Facilities (623)

SIC

Services-Home Health Care Services (8082), Services-Nursing & Personal Care Facilities (8050)

akta.pro primary industry

Independent Living with Supportive Services (Light ADL/IADL Support) (HLADAAAE)

akta.pro secondary industries

Companion Care & Social Support (non-clinical) (HLADAGAB), Independent Living Community Ancillary Services (Dining/Transportation/Wellness Programs) (HLADAAAI), Transitional Care Units (TCU) (HLAFAFAF)

Keywords

• Home health care
• Assisted living services
• Adult day care
• Long-term care pharmacy
• Independent practice association

Headquarters

HQ city

Monsey

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales

Distribution channels7 records

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

Polaris Healthcare is an Independent Practice Association (IPA) that coordinates and delivers a continuum of geriatric and long-term care services through affiliated member organizations. Its core offerings span certified home health care, assisted living, adult day care, long-term care pharmacy, and home-based physical/occupational therapy, primarily serving elderly and chronically ill patients in the New York Hudson Valley region.

Product overview

Polaris Healthcare is an Independent Practice Association (IPA) that serves as an umbrella organization coordinating multiple healthcare service providers. The portfolio includes home health care services through Marquis Home Care, pharmacy services via MedWiz Pharmacy (long-term care and retail), assisted living communities operated by The Sentinel and The Eliot, adult day care through Friendship Adult Day Center and Serenity Center, outpatient rehabilitation by Stern at Home Therapy, visiting doctor services through Visiting Docs, and operational support via HCM (Healthcare Manager). These affiliated providers deliver integrated care across home, community, and residential settings throughout New York State and the greater tri-state area.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Marquis Home Care (Certified Home Health Care) Certified home health care services delivered to elderly and chronically ill patients in their homes, including personal care and skilled nursing support under the Polaris IPA umbrella.
• MedWiz Pharmacy
• The Sentinel (Assisted Living)
• The Eliot (Assisted Living / Residential Care)
• Friendship Adult Day Center
• Serenity Center (Adult Day Care / Memory Care)
• Stern at Home Therapy
• Visiting Docs
• Healthcare Management (HCM)

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Ten partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Marquis Home CarecoreOthersMember organization providing home health care services including skilled nursing, home health aides, personal care aides, companion care, CDPAP, and transitional care. Located at 230 N. Main Street, Spring Valley, NY 10977.
• Marquis Certified Home CarecoreOthersCertified home care agency serving Albany, NY area at 1762 Central Avenue, Albany, NY 12205 and 118 Sanford Farms Shopping Center, Amsterdam NY 12010.
• MedWiz PharmacycoreOthersLong-term care pharmacy with locations in New York (Bardonia), Illinois (Woodridge), Kentucky (Lexington), New Jersey (Cherry Hill), Massachusetts (Foxborough), and retail location in Spring Valley, NY. Provides unit-dose packaging, blister packing, sterile/IV compounding, and eMAR services.
• The SentinelcoreOthersAssisted living communities in New York State: Amsterdam (10 Market Street), Port Jervis (2247 Greenville Turnpike), Rockland (200 Rella Blvd, Montebello), and Mohegan Lake (3441 Lexington Ave). Licensed by NYS Department of Health with assisted living and personal care services.
• The EliotcoreOthersResidential and personal care communities in New York State: Catskill (122 Jefferson Heights), Erie Station Middletown (12 John Street), Troy (2902 Tibbits Ave), and New Rochelle (41 Lockwood Ave). Licensed by NYS Department of Health with one and two-bedroom suites.
• HCM (Healthcare Management)coreOthersHealthcare management services partner with Tel: 845.584.4200 and Fax: 845.253.6810.
• Stern at Home TherapycoreOthersHome therapy provider offering occupational therapy, physical therapy, and speech therapy services. Located at 4 Medical Park Drive, Pomona, NY 10970. Focus on geriatric and rehabilitative therapy in patient homes.
• Visiting DocsminorOthersVisiting doctor services at 242 North Main Street. Provides physician visits to patients.
• Serenity CenterminorOthersAdult day care and support services at 232 North Main St. Provides care and services to complement the IPA network.
• Friendship Adult Day CentercoreOthersSocial adult day care center providing safe, interactive, vibrant environment for adults. Offers activities, meals (including KOSHER), transportation, beauty salon, game room, movie theater, library, computer lab. Languages spoken: English, Spanish, Creole. 8:1 participant to staff ratio.

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• All Metro Health Care: NY-based LHCSA providing skilled nursing, home health aides, and personal care services under similar Medicaid MLTC referral arrangements as Marquis Home Care.
• PharMerica: National long-term-care pharmacy competitor to MedWiz, serving assisted living, skilled nursing, and behavioral facilities — directly comparable on unit-dose packaging, sterile compounding, and eMAR integration.
• BrightSpring Health Services: Diversified home- and community-based provider (home health, hospice, pharmacy, behavioral health) — a public-market analog of the multi-vertical, multi-state platform model Polaris is pursuing.
• Premier Home Health Care: NY-based licensed home care agency serving the same Medicaid waiver and MLTC patient populations as Marquis, with overlapping geography across the Hudson Valley and Downstate regions.
• Bayada Home Health Care: National home health, personal care, and hospice provider with significant NY operations; competes directly for Medicaid aide hours, private-duty nursing, and adult/pediatric home care authorizations.
• VNS Health: New York-based nonprofit offering a comparable continuum of home health, personal care, hospice, and MLTC plan services, making it the closest functional analog to Polaris's IPA-coordinated NY LTC model.
• ArchCare: NY continuing-care provider operating PACE, home health, assisted living, and skilled nursing across the same geography and populations (Medicaid MLTC and dual-eligibles) that Polaris targets.
• Guardian Pharmacy Services: Long-term-care pharmacy operator in multiple states providing unit-dose packaging, IV compounding, and consulting to senior living operators — a direct peer for MedWiz's multi-state LTC pharmacy model.

Regional players

• Centers Health Care: NY-based post-acute and senior care operator with skilled nursing, assisted living, and rehab services across overlapping geographies — competes for assisted living referrals in many of the same NY communities Polaris serves.

Broad incumbents

• LHC Group: Large national home health, hospice, and post-acute platform; an incumbent scale player whose service lines and payer relationships overlap substantially with Polaris's Medicare/Medicaid home-care business.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Subsidiaries9 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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