MINNEAPOLIS and CHARLOTTE, North Carolina—Atrium Health and Best Buy Health are partnering to develop new offerings to deliver hospital-level care in the home. According to the two companies, the goal is to enable providers to deliver high-quality care to patients in their own homes while helping reduce emotional and financial burdens on patients and caregivers.
DUBLIN, Ohio—Cardinal Health announced its collaboration with Signify Health to offer in-home clinical and medication management services through its Outcomes business. According to Cardinal Health, this collaboration aims to reduce costs and eliminate gaps in care for more than 2.3 million members nationwide to support their treatment journey from prescription to pharmacy to home.
PRINCETON, New Jersey—Parachute Health, a platform for ePrescribing durable medical equipment (DME) and supplies, announced the Parachute Health DME ePrescribing Platform has earned certified status for information security by HITRUST.
NORTH RICHLAND HILLS, Texas—AGE-u-cate Training Institute (AGEucate.com), a provider of aging and dementia training solutions, announced that Laura Ellen Christian has been named as president.
Patients receiving care from for-profit hospices have substantially worse care experiences than patients who receive care from not-for-profit hospices, according to a new RAND Corporation study.
LAS VEGAS—The International Franchise Association (IFA) named Don and Craig Randall, owners of multiple FirstLight Home Care territories in South Carolina and North Carolina, as a 2022 Franchisee of the Year. The Randalls were honored at the 63rd IFA Annual Convention in Las Vegas, Nevada, for being outstanding franchise establishment owner-operators.
The durable medical equipment Medicare administrative contractors (DME MACs) released the updated local coverage determinations (LCD) and policy article (PA) for glucose monitors, that finalizes expanded coverage for continuous glucose monitors (CGMs).
SPARTANBURG, South Carolina—RedSail Technologies, LLC, developer of Axys by Integra, announced the launch of its integration with PointClickCare Technologies, a leading healthcare technology platform enabling collaboration and access to real‐time insights. The integration will allow long-term care pharmacies with an on-demand dispensing model to exchange patient information with facilities that also utilize PointClickCare.
JACKSONVILLE, Florida—Forcura, a health care workflow management company, and Axxess, a technology innovator for health care at home, announced they signed a joint agreement with Texas-based home health care agency JonSan.
Sunset Healthcare Solutions announced it will build upon its founding tenet and sustained efforts to support and advocate for durable medical equipment (DMEs) through its new partnership with VGM.
Based on current COVID-19 trends, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is planning for the federal Public Health Emergency for COVID-19 (PHE), declared under Section 319 of the Public Health Service Act, to expire at the end of the day on May 11, 2023.
Durable medical equipment (DME) Medicare administrative contractors (MACs) published updated frequently asked questions (FAQs) relating to the new Oxygen and Oxygen Equipment Local Coverage Determination (LCD) in early February.
WASHINGTON—Inova Home Health, LLC (IHH), which is owned in-part and managed by Alternate Solutions Health Network, LLC (ASHN), provides home health care coordination services to patients at the Inova Health System in northern Virginia, including through the services of their Post-Acute Care Coordinators (PACCs). IHH and ASHN violated civil rights laws by paying female PACCs less than male PACCs the U.S.
ATLANTA and TOLEDO, Ohio—Gentiva, a dedicated hospice, palliative and personal care company striving for improved access, equity and quality of care for patients, and ProMedica, an integrated health care organization providing, in part, hospice and homecare services through its Heartland brand, announced they have signed a definitive agreement under which Gentiva will acquire Heartland hospice and homecare agencies/loca
BOSTON—Healthy.io and Reset Kidney Health, a hybrid care platform that offers multidisciplinary care to patients with kidney disease, have announced a partnership that will give patients the option to utilize at-home, smartphone-powered kidney testing. Through this partnership, Reset will provide eligible patients with Healthy.io's Minuteful Kidney test to complete at home.
WINTER HAVEN, Florida—React Health, a developer, manufacturer and distributor of medical devices for the treatment of sleep-disordered breathing and oxygen therapy, completed the acquisition of Invacare’s Respiratory line earlier in February 2023.
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BURKBURNETT, Texas—With 2022 now in the books, HomeWell Franchising Inc., the franchisor of non-medical homecare provider HomeWell Care Services, reflects on another year of growth and expansion.
CHICAGO—PurposeCare, a provider of coordinated homecare and home health services in the Midwest, announced Ann O’Heir as the new vice president of clinical operations. Formed in December 2021 with the acquisition of Indiana-based Purpose Home Health, PurposeCare provides home-based care services to more than 3,000 clients a month.
