Home Health

After a hospitalization, home health care enables patients to recover where they feel most comfortable: in their own home. Nurses visit patients there to provide care with the goal of keeping them at home, given that hospital readmissions cost the U.S. healthcare system more than $41 billion each year.

WATERLOO, Iowa—VGM & Associates announced a new partnership with Fisher & Paykel Healthcare. With the addition of Fisher & Paykel Healthcare to the VGM & Associates portfolio of vendor partners, VGM members now have access to F&P’s myAirvo line of products, in addition to F&P’s CPAP masks.

WASHINGTON—The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released updated guidance that will extend COVID-19 public health emergency (PHE) flexibilities approved in the states' section 1915(c) home- and community-based services (HCBS) waiver Appendix K amendments.

OVERLAND PARK, Kansas—WellSky, a health and community care technology company, announced the launch of WellSky TeamInsights for Personal Care—a workforce analytics platform providing real-time insights into caregiver productivity and performance—helping personal care agencies to optimize personnel resources, improve engagement and increase caregiver retention.

CINCINNATI, Ohio—FirstLight Home Care, a leading provider of home care services, announced the promotion of Kerri Pendley to chief growth officer.

In this role, Pendley will focus on driving business growth by opening up new paths to revenue and building the mechanisms to get there. This includes aligning teams around shared goals, improving the processes that generate revenue and planning for the future.

LIVINGSTON, Tennessee—Encore Healthcare, a provider of respiratory management solutions, announced its proprietary software, Nexus, reached a milestone by serving more than 100,000 patients across the U.S.

LOUISVILLE, Kentucky—Two of CenterWell Home Health’s four regions have been recognized by the American Diabetes Association (ADA) for delivering the best in self-management education and support for people with diabetes.

NASHVILLE, Tennesse—Despite record investments in virtual physical therapy companies a new study shows that physical therapy patients materially prefer hands-on, home-based care.

NEW YORK–ACARE HHC Inc., doing business as Four Seasons Licensed Home Health Care Agency (“Four Seasons”), a Brooklyn-based company that provides its clients with home health aides, violated federal law by removing aides from their work assignments due to their race and national origin to accommodate client preferences, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit filed today.

BATON ROUGE, Lousiana—Amedisys, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMED) reported its financial results for the three and six-month periods which ended June 30, 2023.

Three-Month Periods Ended June 30, 2023 and 2022

OVERLAND PARK, Kansas—WellSky, a leading health and community care technology company, released its second annual Evolution of Care Report.

TEMPE, Ariziona –SYNERGY HomeCare, a national homecare franchise and an Entrepreneur 500-ranked enterprise, again led the homecare industry in territory sales growth in 2022.

DALLAS—Home health care technology provider Axxess has acquired Complia Health to help both organizations combine resources to help clients accelerate outcomes and provide world-class care team and consumer experiences.

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--DocGo Inc. (Nasdaq:DCGO), a provider of last-mile mobile health services, announced the expansion of its partnership with HealthCare Partners NY, an organization led by physicians with the goal to empower health care providers to deliver exceptional health care to patients in New York.

CINCINNATI, Ohio—FirstLight Home Care, a provider of homecare services, announced that Kristen Duell has joined the company as the executive vice president of experience and innovation.

Optum, an American health care services provider under parent company UnitedHealth Group, has named Dr. Amar Desai as chief executive officer.

FAIRFAX, Virginia—A federal court has directed a Fairfax homecare agency and its owners to pay more than $1.6 million in back wages and liquidated damages to 202 home health aides in a consent judgment obtained by the U.S. Department of Labor.
 

NASHVILLE, Tennessee—Luna, a provider of in-home, in-person physical therapy, announced RaeAnn Grossman will join as its chief growth officer to expand Luna’s strategic relationships with health plans and providers, and in-home physical therapy growth opportunities.