Health Care

OVERLAND PARK, Kansas—Lucet, a behavioral health company providing tech-enabled services to health plans, employers and providers, announced its acquisition of Emcara Health (previously PopHealthCare, a GuideWell Company), a national medical group focused on delivering home-based care to clinically complex and high-risk populations.

BOSTON, Massachusetts—GenHealth.ai announced the launch of its artificial intelligence (AI)-powered automation solution specially designed for durable medical equipment (DME) and home medical equipment (HME) providers, helping relieve the burden of complex workflows such as medical order intake, eligibility verification and prior authorizations.

OKLAHOMA CITY, Oklahoma—Purple Flag Excellence in Dementia Care, a dementia care accreditation program adopted by senior living communities throughout the Northeast, has formed a partnership with the Oklahoma Senior Living Association (OKSLA), a nonprofit organization dedicated to the preservation of dignity and choice for older Oklahomans and the quality of their care in the senior living setting.

LOUISVILLE, Kentucky—A former Kentucky resident was sentenced last week to two years and nine months in federal prison for engaging in a conspiracy to commit health care fraud in connection with durable medical equipment businesses.    

PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania—Roundtrip, a digital solution for health care organizations to optimize non-emergency medical transportation (NEMT), and ESO, a data services and software provider for dispatch, EMS, fire departments, hospitals and state and federal agencies, announced the integration between Roundtrip and Logis Dispatch.

BERKELEY HEIGHTS, New Jersey—Viventium, which offers a payroll, HR and compliance platform purpose-built for health care providers, announced a partnership with Exclugo, an artificial intelligence-powered exclusion monitoring and license verification company. This collaboration will integrate Exclugo's real-time, continuous exclusion monitoring and license verification services into Viventium's platform, offering health care providers a path to monitoring compliance.

WASHINGTON—Senators John Barrasso (R-WY) and Chris Coons (D-DE) introduced the Expanding Seniors Access to Mental Health Services Act (S 1797), a bipartisan bill that would make mental health services provided by clinical social workers more available to Medicare beneficiaries.

WASHINGTON—The American Telemedicine Association (ATA) announced the winners of its fourth annual Telehealth Innovators Challenge, taking place at the association’s annual conference, Nexus 2025 in New Orleans. The ATA’s Innovators Challenge provides a platform for early-stage companies and innovators to showcase virtual care solutions in front of stakeholders, investors, decision-makers and the global health care industry.

DUBLIN, Ohio—Cardinal Health reported third quarter fiscal year 2025 revenues of $54.9 billion, flat to the third quarter of fiscal year 2024. 

WASHINGTON—National Skills Coalition (NSC) announced the launch of the Care Workforce Advisory Council—and released a new brief on care workers—to address the urgent challenges facing the care workforce as demand for long-term care and childcare services continues to grow nationally. The council comprises 20 industry-leading professionals and experts in direct care, early childhood care and education and workforce development. 

CHARLESTOWN, Massachusetts—Hallmark, a health care workforce management technology company, announced the appointment of Jim Teas as chief revenue officer (CRO) and Nick Brignola as chief financial officer (CFO). Hallmark said these leadership additions reinforce its commitment to accelerating its growth and delivering workforce solutions for health care providers.

DENVER—Modivcare Inc., a technology-enabled health care services company that provides a platform of integrated supportive care solutions focused on improving health outcomes, announced that Daniel Silvers has been appointed to its board of directors, effective April 24, 2025. The appointment of Silvers completes the board’s previously announced plan to add three new independent directors pursuant to its contractual obligations with its lenders.

PLANO, Texas—Tapcheck announced a strategic partnership with Viventium, which offers a payroll, HR and compliance platform purpose-built for health care providers. Tapcheck, a provider of on-demand pay services, will integrate its earned wage access (EWA) feature directly into Viventium's robust payroll and HR platform, enabling access to Tapcheck’s pay benefits for a swiftly growing health care workforce of more than 500,000.

PORTLAND, Oregon—Voodoo Doughnut will continue its support of the Alzheimer's Foundation of America (AFA) this year with its latest cherry cola flavored "Giving Doughnut." As part of its quarterly give-back campaign, Voodoo Doughnut is introducing the cherry cola doughnut, and a portion of proceeds will benefit AFA’s mission to provide critical programs, services and research for those affected by Alzheimer’s di

DALLAS—Integrity, LLC (Integrity), an independent distributors of life, health and wealth products, announced it has been awarded "Best Company Culture" from Comparably, a workforce surveyor and employee sentiment platform that compiles data from more than 70,000 public and private companies. Other prominent Best Company Culture award winners include Adobe, TopGolf, In-N-Out Burger, Workday and others.

ROCHESTER HILLS, Michigan—InfuSystem Holdings, Inc., a national health care service provider, facilitating outpatient care for durable medical equipment (DME) manufacturers and health care providers, announced Richard DiIorio will be stepping down as the company’s chief executive officer, effective May 19, 2025.

DALLAS—Axxess, a global technology platform for health care at home, has partnered with Home Care Answers (HCA), a coding and OASIS audit provider, to offer Axxess clients audit services that enhance the ac

PORTLAND, Oregan—Tabor.AI announced its rebrand to Livmor Inc., introducing a new corporate identity, executive team and product roadmap to further the organization's purpose: helping seniors worry less and live more. The company focuses on simplifying the Medicare ecosystem to improve how seniors access health care coverage. 

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia—The 2025 National Home Infusion Association Annual Conference (NHIA 2025) concluded earlier this month. The conference brings together 1,600 home and alternate site infusion professionals for four days of networking, education and exhibits. This year's event saw significant growth in individuals investing to attend the event and the expo featured 150 companies displaying the latest products and services supporting the industry.

WASHINGTON—As Dr. Mehmet Oz completes his first week as the 17th Administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), he shared his agenda and vision for the agency in a press release. A cardiothoracic surgeon and former host "The Dr. Oz Show," he now leads the largest agency under the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), with a $1.7 trillion budget, tasked with delivering health outcomes for more than 160 million people.