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As a former service provider of 20 years, I have seen many ups and downs for service providers within the Developmental Disability Service System. During this period, I can count on one hand the number of rates increases that providers received. While rate increases are greatly appreciated, they do little to attract and retain Direct Support Professionals (DSPs), the valued frontline workers in the system.

Today, the healthcare industry offers many challenges for healthcare executives. Many times, healthcare providers miss the opportunity to better understand the value of their company, or how to strategically increase value over time. There are many reasons a provider may want to consider selling the business, merging, or acquiring another company. 

The pandemic underscored the significant value of the direct support workforce, the challenges they continue to grapple with, and how these issues are paramount to the health and safety of the workers and the people they support. Under the current presidential administration, however, there’s a chance to reexamine the state of the caregiver workforce and implement several changes that could improve the profession, thus ensuring care for...