WASHINGTON, D.C. (April 22, 2022)—The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced it will offer more than $110 million to expand access to home and community-based services (HCBS) through Medicaid’s Money Follows the Person (MFP) program.
HomeCare News
FRISCO, Texas (April 22, 2022)—Addus HomeCare Corporation, a provider of homecare services, announced that Cliff Blessing has been named the company’s new executive vice president and chief development officer, effective April 20, 2022.
OVERLAND PARK, Kan. (April 21, 2022)—Netsmart announces the addition of TheraOffice, an industry-leading practice management platform for physical therapy and rehabilitation practices to the Netsmart portfolio. This addition expands the Netsmart CareFabric platform to deliver workflows for therapy providers to better connect to all venues of healthcare.
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (April 21, 2022)—Humana Inc. today announced that it has signed a definitive agreement with private investment firm Clayton, Dubilier & Rice to divest a majority interest in the hospice and personal care divisions of Humana’s Kindred at Home subsidiary (KAH hospice). These divisions include patient-centered services for hospice, palliative, community and personal care.
FRISCO, Texas (April 21, 2022)—Soleo Health, a national provider of complex specialty pharmacy services, announced it has earned Specialty Pharmacy Accreditation from URAC. URAC is an independent leader in promoting health care quality by setting high standards for clinical practice, consumer protections, performance measurement, operations infrastructure and risk management.
CINCINNATI (April 21, 2022)—Quipt Home Medical Corp., a United States-based leader in the home medical equipment industry, focused on end-to-end respiratory care, announced that it has acquired Good Night Medical, LLC, a business with operations across seven U.S. states, for approximately $7 million in Cash.
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (April 21, 2022)—Intus Care, developer of a predictive analytics platform designed for geriatric health, has secured $3.1 million in growth capital.
The investment round included Preface Ventures, Jumpstart Nova, Collab Capital, Concrete Rose Capital, Brown Angel Group, Green Egg Ventures and strategic angel investor Brynn Putnam.
CARY, N.C. (April 21, 2022)—Telehealth services have expanded dramatically during the COVID-19 pandemic and are expected to remain an important part of the health care continuum. To help health care organizations validate quality in their delivery of telehealth services, the Accreditation Commission for Health Care, Inc.
WASHINGTON, D.C (April 19, 2022)—The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has issued a final rule with comment period that finalizes two remaining proposals from the original proposed rule that laid out policy and technical changes to the Medicare Advantage program, Medicare Part D, Medicaid and more. That proposed rule was originally issued in February 2020.
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (April 19, 2022)—The Illinois General Assembly has passed SB 157, a budget implementation bill that includes language exempting breast pumps and related supplies from sales tax effective July 1, 2022. The legislation is now headed to Governor JB Pritzker’s desk for signature. On Tuesday the governor tweeted his congratulations to one of the lead advocates of the measure for the passage of the bill.
WATERLOO, Iowa (April 19, 2022)—VGM & Associates has released the second playbook of the year, “VGM Playbook: Growing Your Business with Data and Technology.”
SAN FRANCISCO (April 19, 2022)—Better Health, the nationwide medical supply and care provider, announced that Robert Mirsky, MD, MMM, FAAFP, has joined the company’s board of advisors. Mirsky is a seasoned physician executive with extensive health plan experience across Medicare, Medicaid and commercial lines of business. Mirsky most recently served as Chief Medical Officer and Vice President of Medical Operations for Aetna Medicare.
BIRMINGHAM, Alabama (April 15, 2022)—Almost 90% of adults aged 50-80 want to age in place, but few have thought about what modifications their home might need to make that possible, according to a survey from the University of Michigan.
And only one in three said their home “definitely” would let them remain there as they age.
New York (April 15, 2022)—Emerest Connect announced that it has launched the first-of-its-kind interactive television studio for homebound elderly clients within New York and New Jersey. The Emerest Connect Studio has been launched in collaboration with Samsung. Based in Brooklyn, Emerest Connect is a remote technology healthcare company founded by Josh Klein and Jack Bernath.
OMAHA, Nebraska (April 15, 2022)—Right at Home announced that Margaret Haynes has been named president and CEO.
ORANGEBURG, New York (April 14, 2022)—Dynarex Corporation, a durable medical equipment (DME) and disposable medical products company, unveiled its newly extended line of premium respiratory therapy supplies, Dynarex Resp-O2. This selection of respiratory products now encompasses oxygen therapy, aerosol therapy, suction solutions, trach care, manual resuscitation, bronchial/asthma management, and much more.
ATLANTA (April 14, 2022)—Aveanna Healthcare Holdings, Inc., a diversified homecare platform focused on providing care to medically complex, high-cost patient populations, announced it will participate in Arizona's Family Licensed Health Aide Program (LHA), a program in the state of Arizona that will allow Aveanna to train eligible family members to be paid for caring for loved ones in their homes.
WATERLOO, Iowa (April 13, 2022)—Attendees may think they’ve seen everything Heartland Conference has to offer, but this year’s conference will feature a baby kangaroo!
SAN FRANCISCO (April 13, 2022)—Honor Technology, Inc., a senior care network and technology platform, announced Honor Expert, an online and mobile service to deliver solutions to meet the needs of aging adults and their families, at the American Society of Aging Conference
ST. LOUIS (April 12, 2022)—Responsive Respiratory expands its compliance sign offering with two new quarantine signs.
The new quarantine signs feature a high visibility orange double‐sided design and are made of durable, water‐resistant material that is similar in design to RRI existing compliance sign packs. The eye‐catching signs are available in two messages: QUARANTINE EQUIPMENT and QUARANTINE OXYGEN CYLINDERS.