PALM BEACH, Florida—Family-owned and operated ComForCare Senior Services of Palm Beach, a private-duty non-medical home health agency, has acquired a major position and operating control of the existing ComForCare operations in Broward and Dade counties. This new partnership will bring ComForcare Home Care’s South Florida operations to a total of seven territories with the team now servicing clients from North Miami to Vero Beach.
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NEW YORK—HHAeXchange, a provider of homecare management solutions for state Medicaid agencies, managed care organizations and providers, announced the company has been selected by the Michigan Depart
DALLAS, Texas—InfuseFlow announced it will release its Magnolia (InfuseFlow v3.6) software which it hopes to be a game-changer for infusion care delivery with the introduction of its second-generation workflow engine. According to InfuseFlow, this platform supports rapidly deploying customized workflows, document types and care templates.
WHITMORE LAKE, Michigan—Trace Medical, the national leader in advanced respiratory rentals and biomedical services based in Whitmore Lake, Michigan and Van G. Miller & Associates (VGM) based in Waterloo, Iowa, have executed an exclusive program agreement to provide advanced respiratory rentals and biomedical services to the entire VGM membership of 3,000 home medical equipment (HME) providers with nearly 7,000 locations.
Washington, D.C.—The United States is facing an unprecedented crisis in developing an adequate workforce of homecare aides and nurses to care for the country’s burgeoning elderly and disabled population. It is estimated that between 2020 and 2030, the number of U.S. citizens 85 years of age or older will double, from the current 2.4 million. Such growth in the U.S. aged population exacerbates the current shortage of caregivers that over 12 million Americans of all ages rely on today.
OLD FORGE, Pennsylvania—Golden Technologies announced it launched two new lightweight foldable power wheelchairs, further expanding its current line of mobility products. Golden Technologies' new products include the GP301 Stride aluminum folding power wheelchair and the GP302 Cricket carbon fiber folding power wheelchair.
ATLANTA—Kit Shellhouse, formerly of ECS North and ACU-Serve, has joined The van Halem Group, a division
of VGM Group, as the director of business development.
With her client-focused approach and more than 20 years of experience in the HME industry, her duties will
include managing key partnerships, generating new clientele and fostering relationships while building The
van Halem Group brand.
OLD FORGE, Pennsylvania—Golden Technologies announced it will showcase new products in both the power lift recliner and mobility divisions at Medtrade, the home medical equipment industry’s largest trade show, in Dallas, Texas, on March 29 and 30. The introduction of new technology and comfort features at the show will help retailers discover new ways to drive cash sales with profit-producing products.
FRISCO, Texas—Soleo Health, a national provider of complex specialty pharmacy services, announced the appointment of Chief Executive Officer Drew Walk to the National Home Infusion Association (NHIA) 2023-2024 Board of Directors.
TROY, Michigan—ComForCare, a franchised provider of in-home caregiving services, was named one of the 2023 Best Workplaces by Great Place To Work in the United States and Canada. This marks the third consecutive year ComForCare has earned this certification in the U.S. and the second year in a row in Canada.
ALEXANDRIA, Virginia—The National Home Infusion Association (NHIA) announced it successfully petitioned the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to secure a new billing code for injectable immunotherapies and revise an existing code to facilitate administration of a wider range of monoclonal antibodies for Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV).
FAYETTEVILLE, North Carolina— HealthKeeperz, a community-based health care service provider founded in Pembroke, North Carolina in 1966, signed an agreement to sell its home health business to BAYADA Home Health Care, a not-for-profit home health care provider.
HOUSTON – A 43-year-old Houston woman has been charged for conspiracy to commit and committing health care fraud, announced U.S. Attorney Alamdar S. Hamdani on Friday, March 10.
Rose Davies is expected to make her initial appearance before U.S. Magistrate Judge Dena H. Palermo.
A federal grand jury returned a six-count indictment March 1 against Davies.
LOS ANGELES— AppliedVR, an immersive therapeutics (ITx) company, announced the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) established a unique Healthcare Common Procedure Coding System (HCPCS) Level II code (E1905) for its flagship product, the RelieVRx program.
LOUISIANA—The U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division found Amazing Grace PCA, a home health care provider, misclassified 77 workers as independent contractors which denied them of overtime wages for hours over 40 in a workweek. The employer also failed to pay one worker for all hours worked which led to a violation of the Fair Labor Standards Act’s minimum wage provisions.
DALLAS—One of the highlights each year at Medtrade is the New Product Pavilion, which HomeCare sponsors.
SOUTH FLORIDA—Patients who need physical therapy (PT) find in-home therapy a great option and support to help them complete their course. Responding to this need, Memorial Rehabilitation Institute recently partnered with Luna to expand access to outpatient, in-home PT services, making this option available to all new and existing patients from Dade, Broward and Palm Beach counties.
SARASOTA, Florida – Beyond HME, a patient outreach specialist that provides support in CPAP resupply, compliance, consulting and other disease states, announced a new partnership with S3. This comes on the heels of Beyond HME's recent collaboration with ACU-Serve, an end-to-end revenue cycle management company. The new partnership will integrate S3's Resupply SaaS platform to provide a complete resupply solution.
KNOXVILLE, Iowa ― Bette Helm was glad to have someone to talk with about her insomnia.
Alexandria, Virginia and Washington, D.C.—Medicare spending for patients who received hospice care was some $3.5 billion less than it would if they had not gotten that care, according to new research released Wednesday, March 22.