The appointment follows Frazier's completed acquisition of MatrixCare

SEATTLE—Frazier Healthcare Partners, a private equity firm focused exclusively on the healthcare industry, has made Frazier Executive in Residence Jonathan Lujan the new CEO of MatrixCare. The appointment follows the closing of its acquisition of MatrixCare from Resmed.

Elizabeth Tucker will handle areas such as homecare & hospice while Brett Travers will advise on real estate & corporate matters

ST. LOUIS, Missouri—Hall Render, a national law firm focused exclusively on healthcare, has welcomed Elizabeth Tucker and Brett Travers as shareholders to its recently opened office in St. Louis, Missouri. Tucker is a healthcare operations and regulatory attorney primarily representing clients in the long-term care sector, and Travers advises healthcare clients on real estate and corporate matters.  

The homecare & senior care companies are collaborating to make finding care resources easier for elderly individuals

CINCINNATI—FirstLight Home Care and SilverAssist announced their new preferred partnership the companies said is designed to make navigating senior care easier for older adults and their families. The collaboration brings together FirstLight's local homecare providers with SilverAssist's network of senior care resources including Oasis Senior Advisors, ElderLife Financial and Caring.com.

This marks the sixth year in a row for the in-home care franchise

BURKBURNETT, Texas—HomeWell Franchising LLC, the franchisor of national non-medical in-home care providerHomeWell Care Services, has been ranked on the 2026 Inc. 5000 list for the sixth consecutive year. HomeWell ranked No. 2,403, climbing more than 1,000 spots from its 2025 ranking and 2,081 spots since its inaugural appearance on the list in 2021.

The Standing Up for Home Care Workers initiative aims to ensure homecare agencies & third-party employers comply with Pennsylvania law

PHILADELPHIA—Pennsylvania Department of Labor & Industry (L&I) Secretary Nancy A. Walker announced the launch of Standing Up for Home Care Workers, a labor law enforcement initiative Walker said is designed to protect homecare workers’ wages and ensure homecare agencies and other third-party employers comply with Pennsylvania law.

The partnership combines WelcomeHome's customer relationship management with WellSky's personal care solution

OVERLAND PARK, Kansas—WellSky, a health and community care technology and services company, has partnered with WelcomeHome Software, a customer relationship management (CRM) solution built for personal care agencies. The partnership connects WelcomeHome’s sales and marketing CRM with the WellSky Personal Care solution, giving agencies clearer visibility across prospect engagement, client intake, scheduling and operations while reducing manual work and duplicate data entry.

The DME companies allegedly billed Medicare for deceased beneficiaries

WASHINGTON—Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced it has identified and is barring 11 medical supply companies with more than $3.4 billion in suspected fraudulent billing practices in 2025 and 2026 from receiving future Medicare Advantage (MA) Part C and Part D payments. 

These 11 durable medical equipment, prosthetics, orthotics and supplies (DMEPOS) suppliers allegedly:

The information was released in a California WARN Report

El Segundo, CALIFORNIA—24 Hour Home Care plans to permanently lay off 738 employees effective Sept. 15, according to a California state employment filing. 

The home health company filed the plans through a Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) report, which California employers must do within a 30-day period if there are any layoffs that impact 50 or more workers. 

Consumer Cellular it is expanding its recently launched SpeakEasy brand with a new connected-care experience the company said is designed to help adults age 75 & older maintain their independence

SCOTTSDALE, Arizona—Consumer Cellular announced SpeakEasy Connect Care+, expanding its recently launched SpeakEasy brand with a new connected-care experience the company said is designed to help adults age 75 and older maintain their independence while giving families visibility built on what the customer chooses to share.

The expansion includes the addition of scheduling & time & attendance capabilities

BERKLEY HEIGHTS, New Jersey—Viventium announced an expansion of its human capital management (HCM) platform through the addition of integrated scheduling and time and attendance capabilities. The offering extends the connected Viventium + Apploi workforce experience, providing healthcare organizations with workforce visibility while reducing the complexity of managing employees across multiple systems.

It was also found that misunderstandings were linked to preferences for hospital or nursing homes

STOCKHOLM, Sweden—A study published by Sage Journals found that a majority of adults wish to receive end-of-life care at home, as well as to die at home rather than in a hospital or senior services home. Sage Journals is an online platform that hosts peer-reviewed journals published by SAGE Publishing.

Porter Cares is a healthcare technology & services company that coordinates patient care & health insurance benefits

BALTIMORE & FORT LAUDERDALE, Florida—Porter Cares, Inc., a healthcare technology and services company that coordinates patient care and health insurance benefits, announced that Jeff Fox has joined the company as chief growth officer.

A letter penned by 19 home health, hospice & suppliers asked the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to rethink some of the proposed updates to the Home Health Proposed Rule

WASHINGTON—In a joint sign-on letter led by LeadingAge, a coalition of 19 partners representing hospitals, physician and clinician practices, post-acute and long-term care providers, home health and hospice agencies and suppliers warned the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) that changes to Medicare provider enrollment provisions included in the proposed payment rule for home health risk penalizing legitimate providers and could result in limiting beneficiary access to care.&n

The report said mergers & acquisitions could return to or surpass pre-pandemic numbers if momentum from first half of 2026 continues

WASHINGTON—A new report predicts there could be a spike in the volume and valuation of homecare mergers and acquisitions (M&A) for 2027.

The report, "Insight into Health Care Services Mergers & Acquisitions," released by the Braff Group, said that M&A transactions have been rising and could return to or even surpass pre-pandemic numbers if the pattern from the first half of 2026 continues.

The organizations said they are looking to modernize how physicians & clinicians manage care through electronic medical record management

REDWOOD CITY, California—WellBeam, a healthcare technology company focused on improving longitudinal care management through electronic medical record (EMR) and clinical workflow interoperability, announced a partnership with Kettering Health, a regional integrated health system, and Alternate Solutions Health Network (ASHN), a provider of home health services.