Home Health

BURKBURNETT, Texas—HomeWell Franchising LLC, the parent company of national non-medical homecare provider HomeWell Care Services, has received a Brandon Hall Group Gold HCM Excellence Award in the Best Use of a Blended Learning Program category for its LaunchWell franchise onboarding and certification program.

KNOXVILLE, Tennessee—LivTech, a provider of healthcare tech solutions specifically designed for long-term post-acute care, announced an investment in its in-home care division with the launch of Alora Anywhere 2.0.

MINNETONKA, Minnesota—UnitedHealth Group announced it will eliminate prior authorization requirements for 1,700 service codes, including many under home healthcare and durabl

SEATTLE—Frazier Healthcare Partners, a private equity firm focused exclusively on the healthcare industry, has made Frazier Executive in Residence Jonathan Lujan the new CEO of MatrixCare. The appointment follows the closing of its acquisition of MatrixCare from Resmed.

DENVER—Modivcare, a provider of non-emergency transportation, personal care services and monitoring solutions, announced the appointment of Matt Williams as chief corporate affairs officer.

ST. LOUIS, Missouri—Hall Render, a national law firm focused exclusively on healthcare, has welcomed Elizabeth Tucker and Brett Travers as shareholders to its recently opened office in St. Louis, Missouri. Tucker is a healthcare operations and regulatory attorney primarily representing clients in the long-term care sector, and Travers advises healthcare clients on real estate and corporate matters.  

BURKBURNETT, Texas—HomeWell Franchising LLC, the franchisor of national non-medical in-home care providerHomeWell Care Services, has been ranked on the 2026 Inc. 5000 list for the sixth consecutive year. HomeWell ranked No. 2,403, climbing more than 1,000 spots from its 2025 ranking and 2,081 spots since its inaugural appearance on the list in 2021.

PHILADELPHIA—Pennsylvania Department of Labor & Industry (L&I) Secretary Nancy A. Walker announced the launch of Standing Up for Home Care Workers, a labor law enforcement initiative Walker said is designed to protect homecare workers’ wages and ensure homecare agencies and other third-party employers comply with Pennsylvania law.

El Segundo, CALIFORNIA—24 Hour Home Care plans to permanently lay off 738 employees effective Sept. 15, according to a California state employment filing. 

The home health company filed the plans through a Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) report, which California employers must do within a 30-day period if there are any layoffs that impact 50 or more workers. 

FORT WAYNE, Indiana—Senior1Care has named Cate Palace president of its Northeast region. Palace brings more than 20 years of senior care leadership experience and will oversee the company’s operations and growth across Northeast Indiana, including offices in Fort Wayne, Angola and Syracuse.

TAMPA, Florida—Paradigm, a specialty care management organization that delivers solutions aimed at improving outcomes for individuals with complex injuries and diagnoses, has appointed Jim Ryan to its board of directors.

BALTIMORE & FORT LAUDERDALE, Florida—Porter Cares, Inc., a healthcare technology and services company that coordinates patient care and health insurance benefits, announced that Jeff Fox has joined the company as chief growth officer.

WASHINGTON—A new report predicts there could be a spike in the volume and valuation of homecare mergers and acquisitions (M&A) for 2027.

The report, "Insight into Health Care Services Mergers & Acquisitions," released by the Braff Group, said that M&A transactions have been rising and could return to or even surpass pre-pandemic numbers if the pattern from the first half of 2026 continues.

REDWOOD CITY, California—WellBeam, a healthcare technology company focused on improving longitudinal care management through electronic medical record (EMR) and clinical workflow interoperability, announced a partnership with Kettering Health, a regional integrated health system, and Alternate Solutions Health Network (ASHN), a provider of home health services.