HomeCare News

PORTLAND, Oregon—Voodoo Doughnut will continue its support of the Alzheimer's Foundation of America (AFA) this year with its latest cherry cola flavored "Giving Doughnut." As part of its quarterly give-back campaign, Voodoo Doughnut is introducing the cherry cola doughnut, and a portion of proceeds will benefit AFA’s mission to provide critical programs, services and research for those affected by Alzheimer’s di

DALLAS—Integrity, LLC (Integrity), an independent distributors of life, health and wealth products, announced it has been awarded "Best Company Culture" from Comparably, a workforce surveyor and employee sentiment platform that compiles data from more than 70,000 public and private companies. Other prominent Best Company Culture award winners include Adobe, TopGolf, In-N-Out Burger, Workday and others.

DALLAS—Axxess, a technology platform for health care at home, and Texas Capital, a full-service financial services firm that delivers customized solutions to businesses, entrepreneurs and individual customers, announced a product integration that will enable faster payment reconciliation for home health and hospice providers.

WATERLOO, Iowa—Heartland Conference announced significant updates to our upcoming conference. Heartland is designed to address the unknowns in the industry and provide attendees with the latest insights, resources and critical networking and relationship building opportunities needed to thrive in the growing industry. Heartland said its agenda is built to offer education and expertise that is not available anywhere else, at one conference.

CHICAGO—Waud Capital Partners (Waud Capital), a growth-oriented middle-market private equity firm, announced the acquisition of MedTec Healthcare (MedTec), a provider of in-home care and adult day services. This acquisition represents a milestone in Waud Capital's strategy to build a market-leading platform in home-based care services through its newly formed holding company, Altocare.

COLUMBUS, Ohio—Elumina Health Inc announced the launch of artificial intelligence (AI) based patient risk triaging capability in Basis EHR. Basis EHR leverages AI to identify home health care patients who are at high risk for hospitalization on the basis of their demographic and medical data.

BELLEVUE, Washington—DocNow, a provider of electronic health record (EHR) solutions for post-acute care, announced the launch of DocNow Telehealth, a secure, Zoom-powered virtual care platform built specifically for providers in skilled nursing facilities (SNFs), long-term care (LTC) and home health settings.

CHICAGO—Help at Home, a national provider of in-home personal care services, announced its 50th anniversary, commemorating five decades of enabling individuals to live with dignity and independence in their own homes. What began as a modest office in Evanston, Illinois, has grown into an organization that is "Doing More for More"—more for its 60,000 caregivers, more for its 70,000 clients and more for the communities it serves.

WASHINTON—The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) should delay its proposed national policy coverage determination (NCD) on noninvasive positive pressure ventilation (NIPPV) and make substantive changes or risk harming patient access, the American Association of Homecare said in public comments. 

ROCHESTER HILLS, Michigan—InfuSystem Holdings, Inc., a national health care service provider, facilitating outpatient care for durable medical equipment (DME) manufacturers and health care providers, announced Richard DiIorio will be stepping down as the company’s chief executive officer, effective May 19, 2025.

CONCORD, New Hampshire—Granite VNA President and CEO Beth Slepian has been named a 2025 Outstanding Women in Business Awardee by New Hampshire Business Review for her commitment, vision and leadership in health care. The annual awards celebrate New Hampshire women who excel in their professional lives and communities as leaders and as role models.

SKOKIE, Illinois—Synapse Health, a provider that aims to advance the durable medical equipment (DME) industry toward value-based care, announced the appointment of Mandira Singh as president. Singh, who first joined Synapse in August as a senior advisor, now joins an expanding executive team that is committed to modernizing the DME ecosystem to better serve patients, prescribers and DME provider partners.

NASHVILLE—Dr. John R. Manning, 64, of Ashland City, Tennessee, was sentenced to three years in federal prison for his participation in a health care fraud conspiracy, announced Acting United States Attorney Robert E. McGuire for the Middle District of Tennessee

PARIS and NEW YORK—Cemag Care, a pharmaceutical company focusing on the development of innovative solutions to address unmet medical needs, announced its partnership with Clara Care Inc. as the exclusive U.S. launch partner for Cinesteam, a non-adhesive secondary dressing designed to eliminate unpleasant odors and absorb exudates in wound management.

PHILADELPHIA—Impilo, a provider of at-home health care through connected device and diagnostics operations, announced it has joined the Elation Partner Hub. This partnership aims to integrate Impilo's platform with Elation Health's best in KLAS EHR platform to enhance patient care, streamline clinical workflows and improve patient outcomes.

PORT WASHINGTON, New York—CareConnect, a provider of homecare artificial intelligence (AI), software and services, announced the general availability of Occupational Health Services, automated and integrated directly through Home Health Care Hire, its Applicant Tracking System (ATS), purpose-built for Homecare and Post-Acute Healthcare.

LAS VEGAS—A federal jury convicted a Nevada man for participating in a three-year conspiracy to fix the wages for home health care nurses in Las Vegas and for fraudulently failing to disclose the criminal antitrust investigation during the sale of his home health care staffing company.  

WASHINGTON—The Elizabeth Dole Foundation announced that its 10th Annual National Convening will take place on Tuesday, May 20 at the Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center in Washington, D.C., with Douglas A. Collins, 12th secretary of Veterans Affairs, delivering the keynote address. 

WASHINGTON—The American Association for Homecare (AAHomecare) launched a new video campaign highlighting the impact of home medical equipment (HME) through the story of Brandon, a young professional and quadriplegic whose "journey is a testament to the freedom, independence and purpose that HME makes possible," AAHomecare said. 

DALLAS—Havencrest Capital Management (Havencrest), a Dallas-based health care private equity firm, announced the sixth and seventh acquisitions under its Avid Health at Home (Avid) pla