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TEMPE, Arizona—SYNERGY HomeCare has announced the opening of its four newest locations: SYNERGY HomeCare of Proctorville, SYNERGY HomeCare of Seminole, SYNERGY HomeCare of West Palm Beach and SYNERGY HomeCare of Columbia. The companies will assist residents with non-medical homecare services, such as companion care, personal care and respite care.
COPENHAGEN, Denmark & SAN FRANCISCO—Teton.ai, the predictive intelligence company for modern health care, announced a $20 million Series A fundraise led by Plural, which also led Teton’s seed round, with participation from Bertelsmann Investments, Antler Elevate and Nebular with a follow-on investment from PSV Tech.
NEW YORK—Meela Inc., a personalized artificial intelligence (AI) companion for seniors, has announced $3.5 million in seed funding led by Bain Capital Ventures (BCV). With these funds, Meela said it will invest in research and development to expand its product capabilities and clinical efficacy research.
WASHINGTON—The U.S. Department of Human Services Office of the Inspector General (OIG) released a review of Medicare Part B payment trends for wound care products known as skin substitutes that the office said “raises major concerns about fraud, waste and abuse.”
In March 2023, OIG issued a report that identified significant gaps in manufacturer compliance with new average sales price (ASP) reporting requirements for skin substitutes.
MINNEAPOLIS—Health Dimensions Group (HDG), a senior living, post-acute, and long-term care management and consulting firm based in Minneapolis, Minnesota, has named Erin Hilligan as its chief operating officer (COO). With this role, Hilligan joins HDG’s executive leadership team.
SAN DIEGO—BetterNight, a provider of comprehensive sleep health solutions, announced the appointment of Inan Beydilli as its new chief executive officer. Beydilli officially assumed the role on Aug. 25, bringing with him health care leadership experience.
NORTH MIAMI, Florida—Paradigm, a revenue cycle management and claims processing company for homecare businesses, has acquired Careswitch, the artificial intelligence (AI)-powered homecare operating system.
PORTLAND, Maine—MedRhythms, Inc., a provider of neurologic and physical rehabilitation, announced its partnership with Edwards Health Care Services (EHCS), a provider of direct-to-home medical products. The partnership will enable nationwide distribution of MedRhythms' currently available devices, InTandem, for adults with chronic stroke walking impairments and MOVIVE for people with Parkinson's disease (PD), to patients with Medicare and/or commercial insurance.
TEMPE, Arizona—SYNERGY HomeCare announced it has welcomed new owners for their franchise located in the Inland Empire and Northern Orange County area, SYNERGY HomeCare in Corona, Arizona.
CERRITOS, California—HealthView Home Healthcare Services has announced it was placed at No. 23 on Fortune Magazine’s 100 Best Small Workplaces list of 2025, and the company also received a 95% employee approval rating in the Great Place to Work recertification survey.
OVERLAND PARK, Kansas—Hospice of the Western Reserve (HOWR), a nonprofit provider of hospice and palliative care services, announced it has selected the Netsmart CareFabric to support its post-acute service lines on a single platform. The Ohio-based provider said it aims to further its mission to provide compassionate palliative and end-of-life care by leveraging a unified platform that supports its clinical, financial and operational efficiencies across the agency’s 11 locations.
DALLAS—Healing Hearts Home Health was recently sold to The Pennant Group, Inc. in an acquisition that closed September 2, 2025.
LOUISVILLE, Kentucky—CenterWell Home Health announced it has launched its 21st annual Food Fundraising Drive, an effort to fight food insecurity in the communities it serves.
DALLAS—Homecare Homebase (HCHB), an industry electronic health record (EHR) platform for home-based care and Element5, a provider of post-acute automation with an agentic artificial intelligence (AI) platform, announced a partnership which will integrate Element5's agentic AI platform with HCHB EHR.
NEW YORK—KabaFusion, a provider of home infusion, and Tennr, a health care technology company that automates patient processing for referral-based care, announced a partnership to further streamline care coordination, drive operational efficiencies and improve patient outcomes through the use of artificial intelligence (AI).
BRENTWOOD, Tennessee—Numotion, a provider of complex rehab technology (CRT), announced the launch of LMN (letter of medical necessity) Navigator, a documentation platform designed to streamline, simplify and strengthen the process of completing mobility evaluations.
LMN Navigator delivers a guided workflow experience that helps therapists, assistive technology professionals (ATPs) and care teams collaborate while ensuring compliance with industry standards.
BALTIMORE—Artificial intelligence (AI) voice agents helped older adults with high blood pressure to accurately report their blood pressure readings and improve blood pressure management, according to preliminary research presented at the American Heart Association’s Hypertension Scientific Sessions 2025.
WASHINGTON—United States Sens. Tim Scott (R-SC) and Brian Schatz (D-HI) have reintroduced the Telehealth Modernization Act, a bill that would extend telehealth access for Americans enrolled in Medicare through fiscal year 2027. Rep. Buddy Carter (R-GA) and Rep. Debbie Dingell (D-MI) are leading the House companion bill.
LOS ANGELES—Playhouse MD, a health care brand focused on pediatric physical wellness through playtime, is now officially available on Amazon.
Partnering with McKesson Medical-Surgical, a subsidiary of McKesson Corporation and a medical distributor and online seller of medical supplies and health care solutions, Playhouse MD's doctor-designed, kid-inspired medical devices are now available to millions of families across the country.
