Home Health

BURLINGTON, Ontario—VGM Group Services LTD (Canada) announced an addition to the team, effective May 1, 2024.

WASHINGTON—MedStar Health is now partnering with DispatchHealth, a provider of in-home care across the U.S., to deliver ac

ALEXANDRIA, Virgina—The 2024 National Home Infusion Association Annual Conference (NHIA 2024) was held in late March, which brings together more than 1,600 home and alternate site infusion professionals for four days of networking, education, and exhibits. This year’s event saw significant growth in attendance and exhibits over prior years and the expo featured more than 135 companies displaying the latest products and services supporting the industry.

NEW YORK—Tomorrow Health, a home-based health care platform, announced the expansion of its growth team with the hiring of Gabriela Perez as chief growth officer, as well as Craig Thompson, general manager and senior vice president of sales, and Peter Saul, director of provider growth.

HOUSTON, Texas—Seniors Helping Seniors®in-home care services, a franchisor with over 125 franchise partners and more than 200 territories nationwide, has grown rapidly in recent years. Now, local residents Windy and Floyd Webb have opened a new location to serve the North East Harris, Montgomery and Liberty county communities in Texas.

GREENWOOD VILLAGE, Colorado—Homewatch CareGivers, a network of franchised providers of full-service homecare for people of all ages in North America, announced the launch of Homewatch CareGivers Total Care Solutions and Homewatch Connect.

BURKBURNETT, Texas—After consecutive years of growth in revenue, openings and signings, HomeWell Franchising Inc., a franchisor of national homecare provider HomeWell Care Services, achieved its “Road to 100” initiative in March 2024. The completion of this organizational milestone marks 100 unique franchise owners nationwide and the franchise’s first $100 million in annual system revenue.

WATERLOO, Iowa—VGM Group announced its board of directors recently elected two new members: Steve Ryan, senior vice president of client services at GreatBanc in Chicago, and Rebecca Ehretsman, president of Wartburg College in Waverly, Iowa. These two new members replace VGM co-founders John Deery, Jr., who resigned from his position on the board at the end of 2023, and the late Jim Walsh, who passed away on Oct. 12, 2023.

DALLAS—AccentCare (the company), a provider in post-acute care, announced that it is recognized as one of “America’s Greatest Workplaces for Diversity 2024” by Newsweek and Plant-A Insights Group.

NORTH KANSAS CITY, Missouri—North Kansas City Hospital and Alternate Solutions Health Network, a national home health provider, will partner in a new joint venture agreement. Under this collaboration, operating as North Kansas City Hospital Home Health, advanced in-home health care services will be provided to the Northland community and beyond, reaching patients in Clay, Platte, Jackson and Ray counties.

CHICAGO—Waud Capital Partners (Waud Capital), a growth-oriented middle-market private equity firm, announced the acquisition of Senior Helpers, a provider of in-home care and wellness offerings for seniors. Waud Capital is acquiring Senior Helpers from Advocate Health, the third-largest nonprofit health system in the nation. 

SCOTTSDALE, Arizona—Matrix Medical Network (Matrix) announced its strategic roadmap to comprehensively align the organization to its vision of building a healthier world where people receive the care they need, wherever they call home.

ROSEVILLE, California—Always Best Care Senior Services, a senior care franchise system in the United States, announced that franchise owner Shawn Cothran has opened a second location to meet the demand of a growing senior population in North Carolina.

BEVERLY, Massachusetts—MP: Wired for HR, a human capital management (HCM) company focused on transforming the employer-employee relationship and experience, announced Celeste Begley has joined the company as solutions marketing manager and subject matter expert in MP’s home health care vertical.

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RICHMOND, Virginia—The cost of long-term care services increased across all provider types and increased more substantially for certain settings, according to Genworth’s Cost of Care Survey 2023. The most substantial cost increases occurred in home health aide and homemaker services costs. Inflation and the shortage of skilled care workers are the core drivers of increases in the costs of care services.

CHARLOTTE, North Carolina—Family First Home Health Care, Inc. (Family First), a home health care agency located in Gastonia, North Carolina, (now d/b/a Gaston Piedmont Health Care Inc.), and its owner Marion James have agreed to collectively pay $600,000 to resolve allegations that they knowingly violated the Federal and North Carolina False Claims Acts from Jan. 1, 2015, through Jan. 9, 2020, by submitting thousands of fraudulent claims to Medicaid for reimbursement, announced Dena J.

STRONGSVILLE, Ohio—Repair Authority has selected Carl Kozlowski, a health care industry veteran, as its new chief executive officer, replacing the retiring Jesse Keirn. Kozlowski brings nearly 40 years of experience in the health care industry, including most recently as CEO of Cardiothoracic & Surgical Associates.

TAMPA, Florida—Empath Health, a health care organization dedicated to providing care to individuals facing serious illness and grief, announced a decision to sell multiple properties as part of a broader initiative to reinvest in the community, enhance programming and support colleagues.

ROSEVILLE, California—Always Best Care Senior Services, a senior care franchise system in the United States, announced the opening of its second location in Alberta, Canada. Always Best Care of Edmonton East is now providing senior care services throughout Edmonton, Sherwood Park and surrounding areas. The new business is owned by a local family, Gladys Muwhen, Owen Fregene and Igho Muwhen.