HomeCare News

DALLAS—Homecare Homebase (HCHB), a software for home-based care, has released an updated HCHB Analytics Home Health Impact Report Model, less than two weeks following the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) publication of the 2024 Home Health Proposed Rule. The tool helps customers quickly and accurately identify the potential impact of proposed and final Medicare reimbursement changes on their unique agencies.

WASHINGTON—The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid’s (CMS) proposed rate reductions for home health could be devastating for agencies if they are codified, said Bill Dombi, president of the National Association for Home Care & Hospice (NAHC). Even worse, CMS has left a door open to demand some $3 billion in clawbacks for prior years of what it interprets as over-payments.  

BRENTWOOD, Tennesse—IntellaTriage, a provider of after-hours nurse triage for hospice and home health providers, hospitals, physician groups, health plans and specialty practices, announced the promotion of top sales performer Gio Pagano to senior vice president. Tasked with bringing on new clients and expanding the IntellaTriage impact on the market, IntellaTriage said Pagano exceeded expectations and will continue developing that reach with a growing sales team.

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia—Affinity Empowering, Inc., a life science technology company that provides health and wellness technology-based solutions, highlighted the availability of eHome, the ability to coordinate care between clinicians and patients that allow for in-home and near-home solutions.

BRENTWOOD, Tennesse—Numotion, a provider of products and services that provide mobility, health and personal independence announced it has been named a Best Place to Work for Disability Inclusion for a third consecutive year after receiving a score of 100 on the 2023 Disability Equality Index (DEI).

DALLAS—Elara Caring, a full-scale, multi-state home health provider of clinical and personalized services across the patient continuum, has closed on its acquisition of Assisted Daily Living, a 50-person, privately owned skilled home health care provider based in Warwick, Rhode Island. Elara said the deal advances its mission of expanding access to high-quality home health care and increases the provider’s geographic footprint in the Northeastern United States.

SAN DIEGO, California—ResMed announced the acquisition of privately held Somnoware, a U.S. sleep and respiratory care diagnostics software.

SUNRISE, Florida—Interim HealthCare Inc., the nation’s leading franchise network of homecare, senior care, home health, hospice and health care staffing services, welcomed health care services veteran Paul Mastrapa as the new president and CEO of Interim HealthCare and its parent company, Caring Brands International. He brings more than 30 years of experience in delivering care in the home, combined with home health care franchising, to his new role.

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colorado—Tracie Dominguez, owner of HomeWell Care Services in Colorado Springs, was recently selected from more than 36,000 franchisees representing more than 360 franchise brands to be recognized as a “Franchise Rockstar” by Franchise Business Review, a franchise market research firm.

ELYRIA, Ohio—Invacare Holdings Corporation, announced it has appointed Kai Zhu as senior vice president and chief financial officer, effective July 1, 2023. Zhu, 46, has served as Invacare’s vice president of finance EMEA since April 2022 and has more than two decades of financial leadership experience. Kathleen P. Leneghan, Invacare’s previous senior vice president and chief financial officer, announced her retirement from the company. She will remain at the company until Oct.

Broader Medicare coverage is now available for Biogen and Eisai’s Leqembi (the brand name for lecanemab) following the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) move to grant traditional approval to the drug that treats individuals with Alzheimer’s disease. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services had previously announced this would be the case and released more details on coverage.

VERO BEACH, Florida—Watercrest Senior Living Group announced its six-time certification as a Great Place to Work awarded by the Great Place to Work Institute and its senior care partner

NEW YORK—HHAeXchange, a provider of homecare management solutions for providers, managed care organizations (MCOs), and state Medicaid agencies, announced the results of a new survey designed to determine the top challenges and business priorities facing homecare agencies, as well as the role technology is playing in supporting their goals.

SCOTTSDALE, Arizona—Executive Home Care, a provider of in-home health care, announced a new strategic partnership with Mirza, a technology company specializing in providing customized care stipends for working parents.

WASHINGTON—The Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services' proposed 2024 rule for the home health payment system includes a slew of hospice-specific provisions, many of them designed to reduce fraud and so-called "hospice flipping." Here's a look at what's included, according to the National Association for Homecare and Hospice. 

SAN ANTONIO, Texas—Close the Gap in Senior Care, the non-profit arm of Caring Senior Service, announced it is partnering with TruBlue Home Service Ally, a handyman and home services franchise organization that provides affordable, worry-free living for busy adults and seniors, to distribute and install grab bars as part of its Grab the Bars initiative.

BOSTON—Myomo, Inc. (NYSE American: MYO), a wearable medical robotics company that offers increased functionality for those suffering from neurological disorders and upper-limb paralysis, announced that its request to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to classify the company’s MyoPro as a brace has been published for public comment.

NEWARK, New Jersey—An Ocean County, New Jersey, man admitted his role in a durable medical equipment (DME) kickback scheme, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced.

Alexander Schleider, 57, of Lakewood, New Jersey, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Michael A. Shipp in Trenton federal court to an information charging him with one count of conspiracy to commit health care fraud and one count of wire fraud.

Washington, D.C.—The National Association for Home Care and Hospice (NAHC) filed a lawsuit against the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) and the United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) challenging the validity of a change in Medicare home health payment that reduced rates by 3.925% in 2023 with significant additio

ROSEVILLE, California—Always Best Care Senior Services, a senior care franchise system, announced franchisee Ken Thomas has expanded his business, acquiring the existing territory of Always Best Care of Austin, Texas.