HomeCare News

GLASSBORO, New Jersey—“More. Great. Nurses”

That was the chant echoing through the room as BAYADA founder and chairman of the board Mark Baiada energized the crowd during a ceremonial signing event on Nov. 17 at Rowan University. The event launched a new agreement between Rowan and BAYADA Home Health Care that aims to create a debt-free pathway for aspiring nurses and expand access to high-quality home health care in the region.

DETROIT—Residential Home Health and Hospice, a division of Graham Healthcare Group, has announced that it has been awarded Top Workplaces honors for 2025 by the Detroit Free Press. This is the 15th year in a row that Residential Home Health and Hospice has received this award.

PEEKSKILL, New York—Angels on Call Homecare, a provider of dementia, Parkinson's disease and home health services across the Hudson Valley, announced it has achieved recognition as an Age-Friendly Health System—Committed to Care Excellence by the Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI) and the John A. Hartford Foundation, in partnership with the American Hospital Association (AHA) and the Catholic Health Association of the United States (CHA).

LOUISVILLE, Kentucky—CenterWell Home Health announced it has collected food and monetary donations amounting to more than 287,000 meals in its 21st annual food drive to feed people in the communities it serves around the country.

CenterWell collected food and cash equivalent to 137,888 meals. With a boost from grants from the Humana Foundation, the tally rose to 287,888 meals—20% higher than last year’s total.

EXTON, Pennsylvania—AideChoice, an app-based platform connecting individuals with short-term non-medical homecare services, announced its official launch following an initial soft launch phase. AideChoice said the app was designed to address the growing need for flexible, on-demand homecare amid evolving health care trends and dispersed family networks. 

SALT LAKE CITY—Cotiviti, a provider of data-driven health care solutions, announced it will attend the 2025 National Health Care Anti-Fraud Association (NHCAA) Annual Training Conference, November 18–21, 2025, in Nashville to showcase 360 Pattern Review, its new fraud prevention and management system. Cotiviti will also be presenting at the event on fraud, waste and abuse (FWA) in home health and personal care services.

LOUISVILLE, Kentucky—Wicked Technologies, a Louisville-based health care innovation company specializing in continence care solutions for senior living, has announced the commercial launch of its newest product, the Wicked Smart Pad.

SAN DIEGO, California—Resmed has announced the launch of its new full sleep apnea face mask, the AirTouch F30i Clear.

DETROIT—The Area Agencies on Aging Association of Michigan (4AMI) has launched Mi Caregiver Connection, a one-stop web resource for caregivers throughout Michigan to connect to one of the local 16 Area Agencies on Aging (AAA) across the state.

DALLAS—Homecare Homebase announced the winners of its 2025 Customer Awards and the recipients of its Home Care Aide Scholarships. These annual recognitions honor customers and caregivers who the organization declares exemplifies excellence, innovation and impact across the home-based care community.

TAMPA, Florida—Activated Insights, an experience management and workforce enablement platform partnering with more than 16,000 long-term and post-acute care providers across North America, announced the acquisition of CareAcademy, a provider in caregiver education and compliance automation.

NEW YORK—Tennr announced that it is bringing on Maulik Shah as general manager of Health Systems.

Shah has helped health systems implement electronic health records (EHRs) at Epic, guided hospitals in getting the most out of those systems at Huron and enabled clinicians to work more efficiently with ambient artificial intelligence (AI) at Ambience. Throughout the past decade, he has helped hospitals cut costs, close care gaps and give clinicians more time to focus on patients.

SPARTANBURG, South Carolina—RedSail Technologies announced the acquisition of RxMile, an all-in-one delivery management platform built for independent pharmacies. 

JACKSONVILLE, Florida—Nemours Children’s Health announced the launch of Advanced Care at Home—a pediatric at-home care program designed by a freestanding children’s hospital. The company said this program is the first of its kind and implements technology and 24/7 clinical access with personalized care, allowing children to heal where they feel most comfortable: at home.

OVERLAND PARK, Kansas—WellSky, a global health and community care technology and services company, announced additional findings from a national study of the health care workforce conducted in partnership with the Center for Generational Kinetics.

CONCORD, New Hampshire—New Hampshire home health and hospice agency Granite VNA announced that President and CEO Beth Slepian will retire, effective June 12, 2026.

Slepian joined Granite VNA in 2013 and was named president and CEO in 2015. Prior to joining Granite VNA, Slepian spent 19 years in management and patient care at Northeast Rehab Home Care in Salem, New Hampshire. Her career in the homecare industry has spanned more than 30 years.

WATERLOO, Iowa—VGM & Associates announced that Desiree Trimble has been named the vice president of marketing, effective Monday, Nov. 17.

WASHINGTON—The American Telemedicine Association (ATA) announced that Ann Mond Johnson will retire as chief executive officer, effective Dec. 10, 2025. ATA’s board of directors said it unanimously selected Kyle Zebley, who currently serves as senior vice president, public policy at the ATA and executive director of ATA Action, to succeed Johnson. Zebley will continue to serve as executive director of ATA Action following his appointment as CEO.

LEBANON, Tennessee—Permobil, the global provider of assistive mobility products, announced the appointment of Mark Elliott as executive vice president of quality and regulatory. This newly created global role places Elliott on Permobil’s group management team, reporting directly to CEO Chuck Witkowski.

Elliott previously served as vice president of quality for Permobil’s Americas region.

WASHINGTON—U.S. News & World Report, an American online media company that publishes health care rankings and consumer advice, announced the addition of Best Home Health to its annual series of ratings of health care providers. This new set of ratings will assess the quality of in-home health care.