Home Health

SUNRISE, Florida—Interim HealthCare Inc., the nation’s leading franchise network of homecare, senior care, home health, hospice and health care staffing services, welcomed health care services veteran Paul Mastrapa as the new president and CEO of Interim HealthCare and its parent company, Caring Brands International. He brings more than 30 years of experience in delivering care in the home, combined with home health care franchising, to his new role.

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colorado—Tracie Dominguez, owner of HomeWell Care Services in Colorado Springs, was recently selected from more than 36,000 franchisees representing more than 360 franchise brands to be recognized as a “Franchise Rockstar” by Franchise Business Review, a franchise market research firm.

VERO BEACH, Florida—Watercrest Senior Living Group announced its six-time certification as a Great Place to Work awarded by the Great Place to Work Institute and its senior care partner

NEW YORK—HHAeXchange, a provider of homecare management solutions for providers, managed care organizations (MCOs), and state Medicaid agencies, announced the results of a new survey designed to determine the top challenges and business priorities facing homecare agencies, as well as the role technology is playing in supporting their goals.

SCOTTSDALE, Arizona—Executive Home Care, a provider of in-home health care, announced a new strategic partnership with Mirza, a technology company specializing in providing customized care stipends for working parents.

NEWARK, New Jersey—An Ocean County, New Jersey, man admitted his role in a durable medical equipment (DME) kickback scheme, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced.

Alexander Schleider, 57, of Lakewood, New Jersey, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Michael A. Shipp in Trenton federal court to an information charging him with one count of conspiracy to commit health care fraud and one count of wire fraud.

Washington, D.C.—The National Association for Home Care and Hospice (NAHC) filed a lawsuit against the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) and the United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) challenging the validity of a change in Medicare home health payment that reduced rates by 3.925% in 2023 with significant additio

ROSEVILLE, California—Always Best Care Senior Services, a senior care franchise system, announced franchisee Ken Thomas has expanded his business, acquiring the existing territory of Always Best Care of Austin, Texas.

NEW YORK—Fortis Home Health & Hospice (“Fortis” or the “company”), a leading home-based care company and portfolio company of lower middle market health care-focused private equity firm, Grant Avenue Capital, LLC (“Grant Avenue”), announced Rob Radics has joined the company as chief executive officer.

DALLAS—Axxess clients can strengthen their communication and understanding among staff, patients and families through a new integration with Naveon.

FRISCO, Texas—Addus HomeCare Corporation (Nasdaq: ADUS), a provider of homecare services, announced a definitive agreement to acquire the entities comprising Tennessee Quality Care, a provider of home health, hospice and private duty nursing services. Tennessee Quality Care serves an average daily census of approximately 1,800 patients through 17 locations covering a service area of more than 50 counties in Tennessee.

DUNEDIN, Florida—One Health Direct (OHD) provides chronic patients of their partner durable medical equipment (DME) suppliers with a complete system to get qualified for and receive their desired treatment options and ongoing supplies, without the need to leave their homes. OHD said avoiding the exposure risks associated with going into clinics and facilities is a major benefit for patients suffering from illnesses that weaken the immune system, such as diabetes.

Optum, UnitedHealth Group's health care provider, beat Option to the punch in acquiring Amedisys, one of the largest home health companies, in an all-cash transaction valued around $3.3 billion.

FREMONT, California—Simple HealthKit announced it has teamed up with Walmart to make Simple HealthKit’s at-home HbA1c (diabetes), respiratory wellness and sexual wellness tests available at Walmart.com*.

OAKLAND, California—California Attorney General Rob Bonta filed a lawsuit in the Superior Court of California, Los Angeles County, against Care Specialist HCS Inc., formerly doing business as TLC Home Care Services, and its prior operators, accusing the company and its operators of misclassifying in-home care workers as independent contractors instead of employees in direct

CHICAGO—In partnership with ZeniMedical, Sunset is introducing a simple, effective and affordable wound care product line to aid in the delivery of optimal patient care while reducing costs.

ZeniMedical offers a wide range of foam, composite, hydrocolloid, alginate and collagen dressings in multiple sizes with or without borders.

EAGLE, Idaho—The Pennant Group, Inc., the parent company of the Pennant group of affiliated home health, hospice, homecare and senior living companies, announced it has acquired Bluebird Home Health, Bluebird Hospice and Bluebird Home Care (“Bluebird”), which provides skilled home health, private duty and hospice services across Southwestern Idaho.

DALLAS—Through a new partnership between Axxess, a technology innovator for health care at home, and Agenda Health, a health care mergers and acquisitions (M&A) advisory firm, Axxess clients can obtain M&A consultations to achieve their strategic business goals. Agenda Health uses a targeted matching approach that aligns with buying, selling or growing revenue.

DENVER and ATLANTA—Emory Healthcare and DispatchHealth are collaborating to offer patients a new option to receive convenient and safe follow-up and/or high-acuity medical care in the comfort of their own homes.