BOSTON—An Alabama-based doctor has been charged and has agreed to plead guilty in connection with an alleged $6 million telemedicine fraud scheme involving medically unnecessary durable medical equipment (DME) and genetic testing primarily used to detect mutations in genes that could indicate a higher risk of developing certain types of cancers.
BOSTON—The attorney general’s office (AGO) of Massachusetts announced that Union Home Health Care Services, a Worcester, Massachusetts-based group adult foster care (GAFC) provider, and its administrator, Bernice Codjia, age 41, pleaded guilty in Worcester Superior Court to charges related to a scheme to defraud MassHealth, the state’s Medicaid program, of more than $1.6 million.
MOORESTOWN, New Jersey—BAYADA Home Health Care announced the start of a leadership role transition that will conclude with current Chief Executive Officer David Baiada moving into a new role on the BAYADA Board of Directors upon the appointment of the company’s next CEO.
TEMPE, Arizona—SYNERGY HomeCare announced its first location in West Virginia, SYNERGY HomeCare in Barboursville.
The company is owned and operated by Chris Lowe—a United States Army veteran who went on to earn a finance degree from Marshall University, followed by a Master of Business Administration in health care administration from Ohio University.
REXBURG, Idaho—Activated Insights announced the release of its 16th Annual Benchmarking Report for homecare, home health and hospice.
LEBANON, Tennessee—Permobil, a global provider of complex rehabilitation technology, announced the appointment of Todd Walling as president of Permobil Americas. Walling currently serves as senior vice president of sales for the region and will now also join Permobil’s global leadership team.
*This article has been updated to include additional companies not previously listed.
NEW YORK— Several homecare service provider companies ranked highly in the 2025 Inc. 5000 list, an annual list of the fastest-growing private companies in America.
NEW YORK—Judge Frederic Block of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York provisionally approved a settlement agreement reached last month between New Yorkers who lost critical homecare services through the Medicaid-funded Consumer Directed Personal Assistance Program (CDPAP) and the New York State Department of Health (DOH).
BURKBURNETT, Texas—HomeWell Franchising Inc., the franchisor of national in-home care provider HomeWell Care Services, announced it has accomplished several major milestones
LAS VEGAS—RxWeb (formerly Rehab Accelerate) a provider of front end documentation and assistive technology professional (ATP) rehab software, announced RxWeb has joined forces with ATLAS Technology, creators of the ATLAS RCM platform.
CINCINNATI—Quipt Home Medical Corp. announced it has signed a definitive agreement with three major health systems and hospitals to form a joint venture. According to the agreement, Quipt will acquire a 60% ownership interest in Hart Medical Equipment, with the remaining 40% interest collectively held by major health systems, Henry Ford Health, McLaren Health Care, Blanchard Valley Health System, Wood County Hospital and the Bellevue Hospital.
ST. PETERSBURG, Florida—MissionCare Collective announced a collaboration with Uber for Business that will help expand access to transportation and food for the country’s direct care workers. Through CoachUp Care, MissionCare Collective’s workforce engagement and retention platform, providers can now provide Uber Vouchers to help fund Uber rides and Uber Eats orders as ongoing incentives or critical, one-time supports.
PLYMOUTH, Minnesota—Nonin Medical, a global manufacturer of wearable and noninvasive medical monitoring devices, has announced the launch of the Nonin Health platform. The purpose-built cloud-based data ecosystem and software platform is designed for durable and home medical equipment (DME/HME) providers, sleep dentists and sleep labs.
CONSHOHOCKEN, Pennsylvania—ActiveProtective announced the FDA-authorized medical device the Tango Belt is now available for sale in select regions nationwide. Using motion-sensing technology, the Tango Belt is clinically proven to detect a serious fall in progress and within milliseconds deploy an airbag to cushion the hips from impact and reduce injury.
FRESNO, California—Sunrise Medical, a provider of advanced assistive mobility solutions, announced the launch of its voice activation feature for Switch-It`s CTRL+5 power seating control module, which Sunrise said is the industry’s first voice-activated power seating system.
MIAMI—Care Resource, a federally qualified health center (FQHC) serving Miami-Dade and Broward counties, announced the appointment of Karin Sabey as its new chief executive officer (CEO), effective Sept. 8, 2025.
MIAMI—Lavior, a leader in advanced healing solutions, announced the appointment of Ryan Shilling as vice president of sales in the United States Market. In his new role, Shilling will focus on scaling Lavior's U.S. operations, expanding market access and aligning sales strategy with evolving provider and payer needs in an increasingly outcomes-based environment.
FRISCO, Texas—Addus HomeCare Corporation, a provider of homecare services, announced that Heather Dixon has been appointed president and chief operating officer (COO) of Addus and is expected to join the company in that role in mid-September. W. Bradley Bickham, the company’s current president and COO, has been appointed advisor to the chief executive officer (CEO) upon Dixon joining and has agreed to serve in that role until his previously announced retirement in March 2026.
MIAMI—The United States has filed civil forfeiture complaints in the Southern District of Florida against two purported durable medical equipment (DME) companies accused of fraudulently billing Medicare more than $33 million combined.
According to allegations in the complaints, Vida Med Center LLC and Med-Union Medical Center, Inc., both enrolled Medicare providers, submitted false and fraudulent claims for DME that were medically unnecessary and not provided as represented.
ATLANTA—Trella Health announced it has added Repisodic—a hospital discharge automation platform enabling patient-centered care transitions—to its solution portfolio.
