ALEXANDRIA, Virginia—Affinity Empowering, Inc., a life science technology company that provides health and wellness technology-based solutions, highlighted the availability of eHome, the ability to coordinate care between clinicians and patients that allow for in-home and near-home solutions.
BRENTWOOD, Tennesse—Numotion, a provider of products and services that provide mobility, health and personal independence announced it has been named a Best Place to Work for Disability Inclusion for a third consecutive year after receiving a score of 100 on the 2023 Disability Equality Index (DEI).
DALLAS—Elara Caring, a full-scale, multi-state home health provider of clinical and personalized services across the patient continuum, has closed on its acquisition of Assisted Daily Living, a 50-person, privately owned skilled home health care provider based in Warwick, Rhode Island. Elara said the deal advances its mission of expanding access to high-quality home health care and increases the provider’s geographic footprint in the Northeastern United States.
SAN DIEGO, California—ResMed announced the acquisition of privately held Somnoware, a U.S. sleep and respiratory care diagnostics software.
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.
ELYRIA, Ohio—Invacare Holdings Corporation, announced it has appointed Kai Zhu as senior vice president and chief financial officer, effective July 1, 2023. Zhu, 46, has served as Invacare’s vice president of finance EMEA since April 2022 and has more than two decades of financial leadership experience. Kathleen P. Leneghan, Invacare’s previous senior vice president and chief financial officer, announced her retirement from the company. She will remain at the company until Oct.
Broader Medicare coverage is now available for Biogen and Eisai’s Leqembi (the brand name for lecanemab) following the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) move to grant traditional approval to the drug that treats individuals with Alzheimer’s disease. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services had previously announced this would be the case and released more details on coverage.
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.
WASHINGTON—The Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services' proposed 2024 rule for the home health payment system includes a slew of hospice-specific provisions, many of them designed to reduce fraud and so-called "hospice flipping." Here's a look at what's included, according to the National Association for Homecare and Hospice.
SAN ANTONIO, Texas—Close the Gap in Senior Care, the non-profit arm of Caring Senior Service, announced it is partnering with TruBlue Home Service Ally, a handyman and home services franchise organization that provides affordable, worry-free living for busy adults and seniors, to distribute and install grab bars as part of its Grab the Bars initiative.
BOSTON—Myomo, Inc. (NYSE American: MYO), a wearable medical robotics company that offers increased functionality for those suffering from neurological disorders and upper-limb paralysis, announced that its request to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to classify the company’s MyoPro as a brace has been published for public comment.
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.
