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BURKBURNETT, Texas—HomeWell Care Services announced that multiple of its agencies across the country have been recognized with 2025 Best of Home Care awards from Activated Insights. These awards aim to highlight homecare providers for their commitment to client satisfaction, employee experience and professional excellence.
REXBURG, Idaho—Activated Insights, a provider of technology and analytics solutions for the long-term and post-acute care industries, announced the winners of its 2025 Best of Home Care Awards. The company said this year's winners represent the standards of care in the homecare industry and have demonstrated a commitment to delivering outstanding services to clients and their families.
PALO ALTO, California—Artificial intelligence (AI) company Sensi.AI released insights from its latest research, Sensi Care Intelligence Research, which aims to demonstrate the challenges and triumphs of senior care.
WATERLOO, Iowa—Jim Greatorex of VGM Live at Home, a division of VGM & Associates, has announced his retirement as vice president.
DALLAS—Home Health Companions, a provider of registered nurse homecare services, announced it has received both the 2025 Best of Home Care Provider of Choice and Employer of Choice awards from Activated Insights.
CINCINNATI, Ohio—FirstLight Home Care, a provider of homecare services, announced it has been recognized as one of the top 500 franchises on Entrepreneur’s Franchise 500 list. The company was ranked number 393 on the 2025 Franchise 500 list, which is up 45 spots from its 2024 ranking.
SAN FRANCISCO—Seniors Helping Seniors, an in-home care services franchisor, announced the opening of three new franchise locations in the Silicon Valley, including San Jose, West San Jose and Santa Clara, California. The new locations will be led by Sara Leonard, who has a background in corporate business operations.
WASHINGTON—Senators Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) and Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) have introduced legislation that aims to improve access to titanium and carbon fiber wheelchairs for Medicare beneficiaries, the American Association for Homecare (AAHomecare) wrote in a recent newsletter to members.
ARLINGTON, Virginia—The American Association for Homecare (AAHomecare), a national association for home medical equipment providers and manufacturers, announced the 13 nominees for its 2025 Van G. Miller Homecare Champion Award. This award seeks to honor individuals who have demonstrated leadership in the homecare field and advocated for the needs of both patients and caregivers.
BOSTON—The owner of a home health agency has been sentenced in federal court in Boston in connection with a home health care fraud scheme.
WASHINGTON—The National Alliance for Care at Home (The Alliance) appointed Scott Levy as its inaugural chief government affairs officer. With more than 20 years of experience in government relations, public policy, advocacy and law, Levy aims to lead The Alliance’s legislative and regulatory changes and expand access to quality homecare.
NEW YORK—HHAeXchange, a homecare management solutions company, announced that Anna Pavlik, the company’s former global vice president of human resources, has been promoted to chief human resources officer, and Mark Cope has joined the provider sales team as chief revenue officer.
QUINCY, Massachusetts—Anodyne Medical Services, a homecare services and health care staffing provider, named Courtney Quinn as its new president.
BETHESDA, Maryland—The American Occupational Therapy Association (AOTA) announced its support of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) Center for Devices and Radiological Health’s Idea Lab, which will be a part of its Home as a Health Care Hub initiative.
DALLAS—Homecare Homebase (HCHB), a software provider for home-based care, announced that it finished 2024 with increased market leadership, improvements, advocacy impact and product innovation. The company said it aims to deliver advanced tools and customer support in 2025.
DALLAS—Axxess, the Council of State Associations and the Forum of States recently released the 2025 Care at Home Industry Trends Report, which was compiled from a joint survey of providers. The report found that providers overwhelmingly ranked advancements in artificial intelligence (AI) as the top emerging trend they expect to help transform health care by 2030.
TEMPE, Arizona—Levine Leichtman Capital Partners (LLCP), a Los Angeles-based private equity firm, announced it has partnered with management to acquire SYNERGY HomeCare, a provider of in-home care services, from private equity firm NexPhase Capital. SYNERGY HomeCare said it will continue to be run by its current executive team and led by its current CEO, Charlie Young.
