HomeCare News

FRAMINGHAM, Massachusetts—Alira Health, a global health care advisory, clinical research and technology company, announces the spin-off of ProDevLabs, a new company led by Mitchell Sanders, Ph.D., a former Alira Health executive.

ProDevLabs will continue its work as a product development lab focused on chronic inflammatory diseases, including wound care, cancer, infections/biofilms and neuropathologies such as traumatic brain injury, Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s. 

CHARLOTTE, North Carolina—AOM Infusion (AOM), a specialty infusion provider focused on intravenous immunoglobulin (“IVIG”), chronic inflammatory (CID) and specialty infusion therapy, announced that Keyur Mehta has been named chief executive officer. Christopher York will continue in his position as chairman of AOM.

SANTA BARBARA, California—The

BANNOCKBURN, Illinois and BATON ROUGE, Lousiana—Option Care Health, Inc. ("Option Care Health"), the nation's largest independent provider of home and alternate site infusion services, and Amedisys, Inc., a provider of home health, hospice and high-acuity care, announced they have entered into a definitive merger agreement to combine in an all-stock transaction that values Amedisys at approximately $3.6 billion, including the assumption of net debt.

KFF reported that data released from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), shows Medicare Advantage (MA) now provides Medicare coverage for more than half of its eligible beneficiaries. 

MEDFORD, Massachusetts & COLORADO SPRINGS, Colorado—Innovive Health, a home health care agency serving complex behavioral health patients, announced it is expanding its behavioral health home care model to Colorado. The expansion comes as the nation’s health care system is facing a growing patient population with behavioral health needs and unprecedented staffing and economic pressures in the wake of the pandemic.

The American Association for Homecare (AAHomecare) hopes to bolster its advocacy capabilities in critical areas through the addition of Alexis Ward as Senior Director of Payer Relations, effective June 19, 2023.

FRISCO, Texas—Addus HomeCare Corporation, a provider of home care services, commented on the proposed new rule announced last week by the Biden Administration’s Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) known as “Assuring Access to Medicaid Services.” The proposed rule is in addition to those adopted under the Obama Administration in 2016 and incorporates new requirements covering additional Medicaid Services, including home- and community-based services (HCBS).

AAHomecare has opened its strategic priorities survey and seeks from input all areas of the home medical equipment sector (HME). The survey is designed to capture perspectives from HME suppliers, manufacturers, distributors, service providers to the HME industry and HME association executives. It will remain open through May 12.

​Late last week, Home Care Association of America reported CEO Vicki Hoak announced her resignation. She will continue to lead the organization until her last day, Oct. 24, 2023, after the National Home Care Conference. After three years Hoak intends to focus on other areas of interest and spend time with her family.
 

TAMPA, Florida—RemSleep Holdings Inc., a medical device manufacturer dedicated to treatment provided to Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA) patients, provided an update on its testing protocol for 510K clearance of its DeltaWave CPAP Mask as well as developments for its next-generation masks which it said has shown internal indications of relief from those suffering with certain comorbidities in conjunction with their sleep apnea.

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) published the much-anticipated Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) that provides some directions on the ending of the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency (PHE).

WASHINGTON—Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.) and Sen. Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.) have just introduced S.1294, legislation to further extend the Medicare 75/25 blended rate for non-rural, non-CBA home medical equipment (HME) suppliers through the end of 2024. 

WASHINGTON—A new report from the 33^rd annual Retirement Confidence Survey finds a decline in the confidence Americans feel in having enough money to live comfortably throughout their retirement years. The report also finds both workers and retirees are very concerned about inflation and its impact on their savings and spending.

AUSTIN, Texas—Oracle announced Seema Verma has been named senior vice president and general manager, Life Sciences. In this role, she will lead the Oracle Life Sciences and Oracle Cerner Enviza lines of business.

CINCINNATI—Quipt Home Medical Corp. (“Quipt” or the “Company”), a U.S.-based home medical equipment (HME) provider focused on end-to-end respiratory care‎, announced it has closed its previously announced bought deal public offering of common shares in the capital of Quipt. The public offering was conducted through a syndicate of underwriters led by Beacon Securities Limited and Canaccord Genuity Corp.

ROCHESTER HILLS, Michigan—InfuSystem Holdings, Inc., a national health care service provider, facilitating outpatient care for durable medical equipment manufacturers and health care providers, announced a national distribution agreement with Genadyne Biotechnologies Inc. for its negative pressure wound therapy (NPWT) systems and supplies.

DALLAS—Elara Caring, a full-scale, multi-state home health provider of clinical and personalized services across the patient continuum, partnered with Nevvon to provide training to caregivers in their Personal Care Service (PCS) division. Elara Caring said the move aims to further improve the quality of care provided to patients by ensuring that new caregivers have the knowledge and skills required to provide personalized care at "Elara’s high standard."

WASHINGTON—Moving Health Home (MHH) voiced its support of the introduction of the bipartisan Expanding Care in the Home Act (ECHA) in the House of Representative

WASHINGTON—Following the launch of its highly successful Brain Health Academy in 2022, UsAgainstAlzheimer’s today announced class will be back in session starting May 17. Hosted virtually, the Academy is designed to equip health care providers and wellness professionals with the knowledge and resources to help people reduce their risk of Alzheimer’s and related dementias. This includes helping people understand the connection between lifestyle interventions and brain health.