HomeCare News

WASHINGTON—Stef Tasca was named vice president of marketing and commercialization of New Hampshire Medical Supply with locations in Washington D.C. and Maryland.

Tasca joined New Hampshire Medical Supply with more than 20 years of sales and marketing leadership in the durable medical equipment, pharmaceutical and automotive industries from her latest role as executive director of marketing and managed care contracting with Hart Medical Equipment.

WASHINGTON—The National Association for Home Care & Hospice (NAHC) and the Partnership for Quality Home Healthcare (the Partnership) submitted a pre-comment letter to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) on July 28 warning that the CY 2024 HH PPS P

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

WASHINGTON—The National Association for Home Care & Hospice (NAHC), the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization (NHPCO), and NORC at the University of Chicago presented a Congressional briefing on new research that highlights the quality-of-life and cost savings value that the Medicare Hospice Benefit brings to pati

WATERLOO, Iowa—U.S. Representatives Judy Chu (D-CA) and Mariannette Miller-Meeks (R-IA) have reintroduced the bipartisan H.R. 4779: Breast Cancer Patient Equity Act, which would provide Medicare coverage of custom breast prostheses to breast cancer survivors. Since most private insurance companies follow Medicare coverage standards, passage of this legislation would allow hundreds of thousands of women each year to choose a custom prosthesis after a mastectomy.

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

BOSTON – The owner of Conclave Media (Conclave) and Nationwide Health Advocates (Nationwide) has been charged and has agreed to plead guilty in connection with a $44 million telemedicine fraud scheme involving medically unnecessary durable medical equipment (DME), including orthotics such as back and knee braces and genetic tests. 

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.

Philips Respironics provided the latest results and conclusions on the comprehensive test and research program to assess potential health risks related to the polyester-based polyurethane (PE-PUR) sound abatement foam in specific sleep therapy and ventilator devices under the voluntary June 2021 recall notification/field safety notice.*

CINCINNATI—Quipt Home Medical Corp. a U.S.-based home medical equipment provider, focused on end-to-end respiratory care, announced that members of its management team will host a webcast fireside chat and participate in one-on-one meetings at the 43rd Annual Canaccord Growth Conference on August 9-10. The conference will be held in person at the InterContinental Boston.

Webcasted Fireside Chat

OWINGS MILLS, Maryland—The Board of Certification/Accreditation (BOC) announced Noel Neil, JM, CDME, as its 2023 Certificant of the Year. This recognition honors a BOC-certified professional for outstanding contributions to their profession, including commitments to service, research and outreach.

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.

Indianapolis, Ind. - July 19, 2023 - Elevance Health, Inc. (NYSE: ELV), formerly Anthem Inc., reported second-quarter 2023 results reflecting its financial performance, including double-digit growth in revenue, operating earnings and adjusted earnings per share.

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.

FLORIDA—Two Florida men pleaded guilty for their roles in a scheme to defraud Medicare by submitting more than $67 million in false claims for genetic testing and durable medical equipment (DME) that patients did not need and that the defendants procured with kickbacks.

The pleas came after four days of trial in the Southern District of Florida.