SCHAUMBURG, Ill. (May 19, 2022)—Complia Health, a home health and hospice technology provider, and HealthRev Partners, a provider of revenue cycle management services, announced their partnership to help clients streamline clinical documentation and revenue operations.
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BIRMINGHAM, Ala (May 18, 2022)—There’s a new coalition of homecare providers and associations taking on the home health nurse and caregiver shortage. The Home Care Workforce Alliance (HCWA), which is seeking to improve recruiting and retention in the home caregiver workforce, kicked off its initiatives with a conference call today.
ROSEVILLE, Calif. (May 17, 2022)—Always Best Care Senior Services, a senior care franchise system in the United States, announced that business development and sales professional Sean Hart has been named Vice President of Franchise Development. In his new role, Hart will lead the brand’s aggressive national growth strategy into new and existing markets across the country.
Mark Jacoby and Misty Wade Each Promoted to Vice President of Sales—West and Vice President of Sales, East, Respectively
FORT WORTH, Texas (May 17, 2022)—Jet Health, Inc., a provider of home health and hospice services, announced the promotion of two sales leaders. Mark Jacoby and Misty Wade were each promoted to vice president of sales for the organization.
BIRMINGHM, Ala. (May 13, 2022)—Medicaid can directly pay for independent home health aides' benefits, including health insurance and skills training, according to a final rule the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued Thursday. The final rule allows State Medicaid agencies to provide home health aides not working with an agency employee benefit premiums and union dues deducted from their paychecks.
TROY, Mich. (May 12, 2022)—Best Life Brands, LLC, a multi-brand franchised organization that includes Blue Moon Estate Sales, CarePatrol, ComForCare, At Your Side Home Care, and Boost Home Healthcare has achieved 500 franchise locations across all brands in the United States and Canada. The milestone underscores the company’s position as the premier organization serving people along the continuum of care.
HOUSTON (May 6, 2022)—A Texas home health agency owner and patient recruiter have been arrested on charges of conspiracy to commit, committing health care fraud and conspiracy to pay and receive health care kickbacks, announced U.S. Attorney Jennifer B. Lowery.
BOSTON (May 5, 2022)—HouseWorks, an independent homecare company, announced that it has closed its previously announced acquisition of Greater Boston Home Health Care Services, Inc., a homecare provider serving Medicaid, dual-eligible and private pay clients throughout Eastern Massachusetts, Cape Cod and Martha’s Vineyard.
HARTFORD, Conn. (May 3, 2022)—CareCentrix, a home-centered care company, has named longtime health plan executive and physician Carmella Sebastian, M.D., M.S., as chief medical officer. Sebastian most recently served as vice president of clinical operations at Oscar Health, and before that, held leadership roles at Florida Blue, Humana, and Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Northeastern Pennsylvania.
WASHINGTON, D.C. (April 28, 2022)—Home health providers participating in the Home Health Value-Based Purchasing (HHVBP) model are performing 7% better than their counterparts, according to a new report from the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovations (CMMI). The model covers Medicare-certified home health providers in Massachusetts, Maryland, North Carolina, Florida, Washington, Arizona, Iowa, Nebraska and Tennessee.
GREENWOOD VILLAGE, Colo. (April 28, 2022)—Homewatch CareGivers, a provider of full-service homecare, is furthering its mission to provide tailored services to communities around the country with the announcement of its collaborations with Chefs For Seniors, healthAlign acquired by The Helper Bees, Viventium and Paradigm Senior Services.
LOS ANGELES (April 28, 2022)—Heal, a provider of technology enabled, in-home care delivery, announced its development plan for a suite of key technology assets to further optimize its omni-modal solution to creating better health outcomes, treating senior patients in their homes and eliminating the pain points that primary care providers face each day.
WASHIGNTON, D.C. (April 28, 2022)—Legislation has recently been introduced that would work to improve the Medicare enrollment process for individuals nearing Medicare eligibility, aged 60-64. Longtime homecare champions Sens. Bob Casey (D-Pennsylvania) and Todd Young (R-Indiana) are leading the charge for the Beneficiary Enrollment Notification and Eligibility Simplification 2.0 (BENES 2.0) Act, (S. 2675).
MIAMI, (April 28, 2022)—Porter (based in Miami, Florida) announces the launch of its website and the emergence from operating the company from the early stages in stealth mode.
ATLANTA (April 28, 2022)—Sharecare, the digital health company that helps people manage all their health in one place, announced the creation of a clinical advisory board for its home health platform and network of caregivers, CareLinx by Sharecare.
ATLANTA (April 14, 2022)—Aveanna Healthcare Holdings, Inc., a diversified homecare platform focused on providing care to medically complex, high-cost patient populations, announced it will participate in Arizona's Family Licensed Health Aide Program (LHA), a program in the state of Arizona that will allow Aveanna to train eligible family members to be paid for caring for loved ones in their homes.