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HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania—The Pennsylvania Homecare Association (PHA) announced praise for the inclusion of a Medicaid reimbursement increase for home health nursing visit services in Pennsylvania's fiscal year 2026-27 budget.
The Pennsylvania Homecare Association is a statewide membership organization of more than 700 homecare, home health and hospice providers.
BOSTON—A new House bill aimed at aiding homecare workers who deal with seniors has been introduced by the state of Massachusetts. An Act to Improve Massachusetts Home Care (S 3170) was introduced to create a licensing process for homecare workers, who provide non-medical care such as dressing, meal preparation, bathing and other tasks that help older adults age in place.
BRIDGEWATER, New Jersey—Quantum Home Cares, a home healthcare and advocacy agency, announced the opening of its office in Bridgewater, New Jersey.
Quantum Home Cares’ services include daily living support, nutrition and wellness, advocacy, independence and specialized care. The company is staffed with nurses, home health aides, specialized drivers, personal assistants and case managers.
DALLAS—Homecare Homebase (HCHB), a provider of software and services for home-based care, has released a new industry report, "What Clinicians Are Really Asking for and What It Means for Your Retention Strategy."
The company said the report examines:
INDIANAPOLIS—Olio, a care coordination software company, announced that Cantex Continuing Care Network will deploy Olio across its Theracare Home Health Agencies and its Texas skilled nursing facility (SNF) portfolio. Olio said it will manage census, coordinate outbound referrals and turn downstream network insights into a competitive advantage.
Cantex is a privately owned operator spanning skilled nursing, home health, hospice and more.
DALLAS—Axxess announced it will be highlighting how its Axxess intelligence ecosystem at the 2026 National Alliance for Care at Home Financial and Technology Summit.
TEMPE, Arizona—SYNERGY HomeCare has announced its two newest locations, SYNERGY HomeCare in Tinley Park, Illinois, and SYNERGY HomeCare in South Frederick, Maryland. The companies will assist nearby residents with nonmedical homecare services, including companion, personal and respite care.
SAINT JOHN, New Brunswick—Kindred Home Care Inc., an independent homecare provider located in Canada, announced that its local Newfoundland subsidiary, TLC Nursing and Home Care Services Limited (TLC), has acquired the Helping Hands group of companies—comprising Helping Hands Home Care Services Ltd., A Better Living Home Care Inc. and In Home Health Care Services Ltd. Financial terms were not disclosed.
SEATTLE—Frazier Healthcare Partners, a private equity firm focused exclusively on the healthcare industry, announced it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire MatrixCare from Resmed.
PLYMOUTH MEETING, Pennsylvania—AdaptHealth, a provider of home-based medical devices including CPAP machines, has revealed it was hit by a cyberattack resulting in data exfiltration last month, yet stressed that vital customer data such as payment card information was not compromised by the breach.
DALLAS—Avid Health at Home announced it has completed its eighth tuck-in acquisition with the purchase of Tech Medical Home Care Services (Tech Med).
Avid Health, a provider of at-home and community-based homecare services, said it is continuing its expansion in the midwestern United States with its acquisition of Tech Med, which is based on Kentucky and Ohio.
BROOKLYN, New York—A massive settlement will be awarded to more than 200,000 family caregivers throughout the state of New York. A federal judge granted preliminary approval of a proposed $162 million wage-and-hour class action lawsuit involving caregivers, aka personal assistants, who were paid through Public Partnerships LLC (PPL), the statewide fiscal intermediary for New York’s Consumer Directed Personal Assistance Program (CDPAP).
BRENTWOOD, Tennessee—Compassus, a national provider of integrated home-based care services, announced it is celebrating 20 years of its work in the industry.
"This milestone reflects two decades of providing compassionate, person-centered care to patients and families across the country as the provider looks to build the next generation of care delivered in the home," the company said in a released statement.
IRVING, Texas—Vizient announced the release of the 2026 Impact of Change forecast, which highlighted how shifts in care delivery, patient complexity and site-of-care access challenges are reshaping healthcare utilization. The 10-year forecast projects continued growth in outpatient services as more care shifts to ambulatory sites, creating new challenges for capacity planning, workforce strategy and care coordination.
NEW YORK—Hera, a senior care management company, announced $27 million in Series A funding to continue building Hera's AI platform. The company said this funding will help it expand into California, Florida, Maryland, Pennsylvania and Massachusetts, with the goal of going live in 25-plus states by year-end. The round was led by Bain Capital Ventures (BCV) with continued participation from Accel and IA Ventures and other parties.
