Care Synergy Network

Name

Care Synergy Network

Legal name

Care Synergy Network

Website

https://caresynergynetwork.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2014

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Nonprofit Hospice, Palliative Care, and PACE Services

NAICS

Home Health Care Services (6216), Nursing and Residential Care Facilities (623), Services for the Elderly and Persons with Disabilities (624120), Social Assistance (624)

SIC

Services-Home Health Care Services (8082), Services-Nursing & Personal Care Facilities (8050), Services-Health Services (8000)

akta.pro primary industry

Hospice & Palliative Care Care Coordination / Navigation (HLADAHAK)

akta.pro secondary industries

Care Coordination & Navigation (Multi-Provider) (HLADALAB), Care Navigation & Service Coordination (Medical, Social, Community) (HSABAIAB), Community Resources, Social Services & Transportation Coordination (HLADALAK)

Keywords

• Hospice care services
• Palliative care services
• Home health services
• PACE program services
• Aging in place programs

Headquarters

HQ city

Denver

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Hospice and Palliative Care Services: Affiliates provide hospice and palliative care services to seriously and terminally ill patients, generating revenue through Medicare hospice benefit, Medicaid, and private insurance. The Denver Hospice provided $419,000+ in charity care in 2025.
2. PACE (Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly): Colorado PACE and Pathways PACE provide comprehensive coordinated care to elderly participants, operating under capitated payment arrangements with Medicare and Medicaid.
3. Home Health Services: Affiliates provide home health services billed under Medicare home health benefit.
4. Community-Based Wellness and Preventive Services: Colorado Visiting Nurse Association focuses on preventive and community programs including Medical Foot Care, serving thousands of individuals. CVNA completed 3,797 patient visits and served 11,384 individuals through foot clinics in 2025.
5. Donations and Fundraising: Affiliates conduct fundraising events including Illuminations luncheon (raised $108,500 in 2026), Trees of Life, Butterflies in the Garden, and A Vintage Affair. The Pikes Peak Hospice Foundation raises funds to ensure care regardless of insurance or financial status.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Care Synergy Network is a parent organization for a network of affiliated nonprofit post-acute healthcare providers delivering hospice care, palliative care, home health, PACE (Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly), and community-based wellness services to seriously ill and elderly individuals across Colorado's Front Range. The network provides shared enterprise services — human resources, finance, information technology, marketing, regulatory/compliance, and clinical support — to its affiliates and operates the CAPABLE National Center in partnership with Johns Hopkins University to license an evidence-based aging-in-place program nationally.

Product overview

Care Synergy Network is a platform organization comprising multiple affiliated nonprofit healthcare providers serving Colorado's Front Range. The network offers a coordinated continuum of hospice care (The Denver Hospice, Pathways, Pikes Peak Hospice & Palliative Care), palliative care services, Colorado PACE (Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly), and Colorado Visiting Nurse Association. Key programs include the CAPABLE evidence-based aging-in-place model and a Nursing Assistant Training Program. Enterprise-level shared services in regulatory management, IT, HR, and clinical support enable affiliate organizations to focus on direct patient care. The network serves approximately 7,000 hospice patients annually with 355,000+ hospice days of care, 2,000+ palliative care patients, and operates the Pathways Inpatient Care Center and Pikes Peak Inpatient Care Center facilities.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• CAPABLE: Community Aging in Place, Advancing Better Living for Elders - an evidence-based program helping older adults improve mobility, safety, and independence through a team-based approach combining occupational therapy, nursing, and home modifications.

Products and services

• Hospice Care Services End-of-life hospice care delivered primarily in patients' homes and at inpatient centers, providing pain and symptom management, comfort, dignity, and family support for terminally ill individuals under the Medicare hospice benefit.
• Palliative Care Services Specialized medical care for individuals with serious illness, providing symptom management, emotional support, and guidance alongside curative treatment — for seriously ill patients and their families.
• Colorado PACE (Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly) Comprehensive coordinated care program for elderly individuals who want to remain living safely at home, providing medical services, therapy, meals, social activities, and transportation at PACE Day Centers under capitated payment arrangements.
• CAPABLE Program (Community Aging in Place, Advancing Better Living for Elders) Evidence-based aging-in-place program combining registered nurse visits, occupational therapy, and home modifications by a handy worker to help older adults improve mobility, safety, and independence at home.
• Nursing Assistant Training Program Two-week Certified Nursing Assistant training program combining classroom, simulation lab, and clinical experience to prepare entry-level nursing assistants for the state licensing exam.
• Pikes Peak Hospice Inpatient Care Center Freestanding hospice inpatient center in Colorado Springs providing 24/7 expert pain and symptom management, private rooms for family visits, specialized hospice physicians and staff, and emotional and spiritual support in a home-like setting.
• Pathways Inpatient Care Center Freestanding hospice inpatient center in Northern Colorado providing 24/7 pain and symptom management, private rooms, specialized hospice physicians and staff, and family support for short-term intensive care.
• Medical Foot Care Program Community-based foot care services delivered through CVNA's foot clinics across Colorado to prevent complications and support healthy aging for elderly and at-risk individuals.
• We Honor Veterans Program Veteran-centered hospice and palliative care recognizing military service, including veteran-to-veteran volunteer programs, recognition ceremonies, and specialized clinical support for veterans with serious illness.
• Grief Support and Bereavement Programs Bereavement counseling, support groups, community remembrance events (Buttersflies in the Garden, Candlelight Remembrance Ceremony), documentary screenings (Voices of Grief), and one-to-one grief support for individuals and families navigating loss.

Quantifiable outcome

• 355,000+ hospice days of care annually; 7,000+ hospice patients; 2,000+ palliative care patients; $1.6M+ charitable care provided.
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers5 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Partnerships

Nine partnerships are on record, tiered flagship, minor and core.

• Johns Hopkins University School of NursingflagshipStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2024Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing transferred the national leadership of the CAPABLE (Community Aging in Place, Advancing Better Living for Elders) program to Care Synergy. The partnership established the CAPABLE National Center to support training, implementation, quality assurance, and nationwide expansion. CAPABLE has grown to 48 licensed sites across the United States and Nova Scotia.
• Hearts & HorsesminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerHearts & Horses is a community partner that provides animal-assisted therapy visits to Pathways Inpatient Care Center. Miniature donkeys Paco and Levi make regular visits to bring joy to patients, families, and staff.
• Flags for Fallen VetscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerFlags for Fallen Vets partners with Pikes Peak Hospice & Palliative Care to coordinate annual flag placement events at Pikes Peak National Cemetery ahead of Memorial Day, honoring veterans laid to rest there. More than 200 volunteers place approximately 4,500 flags annually through this partnership.
• Home Front Military NetworkcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerHome Front Military Network is a nonprofit dedicated to connecting military members, veterans, and their families with critical resources, emergency assistance, and support services. Pikes Peak Hospice & Palliative Care partners with the organization and sponsors events like the Honoring the Brave Golf Tournament.
• Superior Medical EquipmentcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSuperior Medical Equipment partners with Pathways to support patient comfort at home by providing medical equipment that enhances hospice care delivery.
• VitalantminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerVitalant partnered with Care Synergy and its affiliates for a community blood drive, providing a critical community resource that supports hospitals and healthcare providers throughout the region.
• CarePatrolminorGTM or Marketing PartnerCarePatrol, a senior care referral service, partnered with Pikes Peak Hospice & Palliative Care to sponsor a commemorative tree at the Caregivers Pampering Day event.
• Gulley GreenhouseminorOthersGulley Greenhouse donated a large variety of flowers for Pathways employees, exemplifying community support and goodwill toward healthcare workers.
• Voices of GriefcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPikes Peak Hospice & Palliative Care assumed the programming of Voices of Grief, a documentary and support program for individuals navigating grief. Sarah Lee, formerly with Voices of Grief, joined Pikes Peak Hospice's Center for Grief & Loss to continue and expand grief support services in the community.

Scale indicators14 records

Recent moves9 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Compassus: National provider of hospice, palliative, and home health services across the U.S. Compassus operates a multi-site integrated network model closely aligned with Care Synergy's hospice + palliative + home health continuum and shared-services affiliate structure.
• Empath Health: Large nonprofit integrated network providing hospice, palliative, home health, and PACE-equivalent services across Florida. Empath Health mirrors Care Synergy's mission-driven, multi-affiliate nonprofit structure and is among the closest comparables on operating model.
• InnovAge Holding Corp. National PACE (Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly) operator with multiple centers across several states. Directly comparable to Care Synergy's Colorado PACE and Pathways PACE programs on capitated dual-eligible care economics.
• BrightSpring Health Services: Public company providing hospice, palliative, home health, and pharmacy services across all 50 states. Direct overlap with Care Synergy's hospice/palliative/home health offering, though structured as a for-profit platform with broader services.
• BAYADA Home Health Care: Mission-driven, nonprofit-converted home health, hospice, and palliative provider with national footprint. Closely aligned with Care Synergy's nonprofit ethos and continuum-of-care model, especially on hospice and aging-in-place services.
• Gentiva: National hospice and palliative care provider operating in 38+ states. Gentiva competes directly with Care Synergy affiliates on hospice referrals and clinical labor, with similar patient population focus.

Broad incumbents

• Enhabit (formerly Encompass Health Home Health): Public home health and hospice operator spun off from Encompass Health in 2022. Overlaps with Care Synergy's home health and hospice services at national for-profit scale, serving as a market-pricing benchmark.
• LHC Group (Optum): National home health, hospice, and palliative provider acquired by Optum in 2023. LHC's home health/hospice service mix directly parallels Care Synergy's clinical lines, but at national for-profit scale within a much larger parent.
• Amedisys (Optum): National home health and hospice operator acquired by Optum in 2024. Directly comparable service lines to Care Synergy affiliates (hospice, palliative, home health), competing for clinical labor and referral sources in overlapping geographies.
• Chemed Corporation (VITAS Healthcare): Operates VITAS Healthcare, the largest U.S. hospice provider, plus Roto-Rooter. VITAS is a broad incumbent in hospice services with national scale Care Synergy does not match, providing a for-profit benchmark for hospice operating economics.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles14 records

Subsidiaries5 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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