SCHAUMBURG, Ill. (November 3, 2021)—Complia Health, a home health and hospice technology solutions provider, announced the launch of Suncoast Mobile Edge, a mobile electronic visit verification (EVV) solution being released as an enhancement to the company’s Suncoast software platform. This new offering further demonstrates the company’s commitment to delivering a world class consumer and caregiver experience that advances proactive, predictive health management.
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CARY, N.C. (November 3, 2021)—The Accreditation Commission for Health Care (ACHC) announced its partnership with UptimeHealth, a software solutions company that develops innovative products to simplify compliance practices and medical equipment management for health care organizations across the nation.
OWINGS MILLS, Md. (November 3, 2021)—The Board of Certification/Accreditation (BOC) is calling for nominations for its third annual Certificant of the Year Award. The award recognizes one BOC-certified individual each year for outstanding achievements in service, research and outreach.
Updated Nov. 3 at 7:22 a.m. with statement from Bill Dombi.
WASHINGTON, D.C. (November 2, 2021)—The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued its awaited final rule affecting home health today, expanding the Home Health Value-Based Purchasing Model (HHVBP) and increasing payment rates for home health by 3.2% in 2022.
WASHINGTON, D.C. (November 2, 2021)—At a recent virtual event, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) leaders, including Administrator Chiquita Brooks-LaSure and Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (CMMI) Director Liz Fowler, unveiled the agency’s refreshed strategic vision for developing, implementing, and evaluating new care delivery and payment model demonstrations.
RICHMOND HILL, N.Y. (November 2, 2021)—AlayaCare, a global homecare software company, announced it has acquired Delta Health Technologies, a provider of specialized home health solutions. The acquisition of Delta Health Technologies extends AlayaCare’s position as a leading provider of software-as-a-service (SaaS) technology in the U.S. home health market.
WASHINGTON, D.C. (October 29, 2021)—The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has submitted a proposal to conduct a mode experiment to test the effects of a web-based mode on response rates and scores, to the Office of Management and Budget.
The CMS proposal, an information collection request titled The Home Health Care CAHPS Survey (HHCAHPS) Mode Experiment, would be an addition to the three currently approved modes – mail, telephone and mail combined.
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (October 28, 2021)—Encompass Health Corp. has filed a lawsuit seeking an injunction against former executive April Anthony in state District Court in Dallas County, Texas, alleging breach of her employment agreement with Encompass Health, including breach of non-competition and non-solicitation obligation, and for misappropriation of trade secrets.
JACKSON, Miss. (October 28, 2021)—Mississippi home medical equipment (HME) stakeholders secured a significant measure of relief when the state’s legislature eliminated a long-standing 5% reduction in Medicaid rates for HME, effective July 1, 2021.
ALEXANDRIA, Va. (October 27, 2021)—Registration is now open for the National Home Infusion Association’s (NHIA) 2022 Annual Conference, to be held March 12-16, 2022, at the Gaylord Opryland Resort & Convention Center in Nashville, Tennessee.
NEW YORK (October 27, 2021)—Patients with language barriers who are receiving home health care are at an increased risk for hospital readmission, according to a new study published in the International Journal of Nursing Studies.
WASHINGTON, D.C. (October 27, 2021)—Today, Congressman Jamie Raskin (Maryland) introduced a bipartisan resolution recognizing the significant contributions that respiratory therapists have made during the COVID-19 pandemic.
WASHINGTON, D.C. (October 26, 2021)—The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has updated Chapter 9 of the Medicare Benefit Policy Manual to provide clarification for two hospice items:
WASHINGTON, D.C. (October 26, 2021)—Mike King, national president and CEO of Volunteers of America (VOA), will chair the board of directors of LeadingAge, the association of nonprofit providers of aging services, for a two-year term effective January 2022. The board transition announcement was announced to association members today at the 2021 LeadingAge Annual Meeting & EXPO in Atlanta, Georgia.
BOISE, Idaho (October 25, 2021)—Jet Health, Inc., a regional provider of home health and hospice services, announced the appointment of Kara Craig to the newly created position of vice president of personal care.
NEW YORK (October 26, 2021)—Wellspring Capital Management, a leading private equity firm headquartered in New York, announced that it has partnered with management to complete the acquisition of Caring Brands International, Inc. (CBI). Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.
WATERLOO, Iowa (October 25, 2021)—Registration is now open for Essentially Women’s Focus Conference. The annual women’s health educational event will be hosted Feb. 5–7, 2022 at the Sheraton Sand Key Resort in Clearwater Beach, Florida.
WATERLOO, Iowa (October 25, 2021)—VGM is now accepting proposals from prospective speakers for its annual Heartland Conference.
With a number of education tracks to fill, conference organizers are looking for presenters to offer their expertise on a variety of topics including respiratory, business leadership and people strategies, rehab, billing and reimbursement, business operations, retail, sales and marketing, home accessibility and audits.
WASHINGTON, D.C. (October 22, 2021)—The RAISE (Recognize, Assist, Include, Support and Engage) Family Caregiving Advisory Council recently delivered to Congress key recommendations to support the millions of unpaid family caregivers that support older adults and people with disabilities.
SKILLMAN, N.J. & OVERLAND PARK, Kan. (October 22, 2021)—Curasev, a provider of enterprise software solutions for home medical equipment (HME) and home health providers, announced that they have entered into an agreement with Allegiance Group, a firm specializing in strategies to improve patient pay collections in the homecare and durable medical equipment markets as an integrated solution provider (ISP).