BOSTON—Alexandria Williams, an Illinois-based doctor, has agreed to pay $62,500 to resolve allegations that she caused the submission of false claims to Medicare for medically unreasonable and unnecessary durable medical equipment (DME).
FARMINGTON HILLS, Michigan—A federal jury in the Eastern District of Michigan convicted a Michigan nurse and home healthcare agency owner yesterday for allegedly operating a $1.6 million scheme to defraud Medicare.
STATEN ISLAND, New York—A New York man was sentenced to 37 months in prison for allegedly conspiring to launder nearly $1.5 million in illicit healthcare fraud proceeds through multiple domestic and global banks on behalf of a Transnational Criminal Organization.
OVERLAND PARK, Kansas—WellSky, a global health and community care technology and services company, is expanding its partnership with Unison Health Services, Inc. (Unison), a home health agency that serves approximately 3,200 patients across the greater Los Angeles, California area.
IRVINE, California—Entrepreneur.com released its 2026 Top 10 Franchises in Every Industry list, which included 10 senior care providers. The new ranking highlights the top 10 franchises across 17 major industry categories, including senior care and health and wellness.
The 10 providers ranked were:
WACO, Texas—AxisCare, a provider of homecare management software, announced the launch of its skilled care solution, a platform for managing in-home clinical services, including skilled nursing, physical therapy and occupational therapy.
The company said the new capabilities allow providers to manage both clinical and non-clinical services within a combined platform.
ATLANTA—Aveanna Healthcare Holdings Inc., a homecare platform focused on providing care to medically complex, high-cost patient populations, announced financial results for its 2026 first quarter (Q1), ended April 4, 2026.
SAN DIEGO—Resmed and smart ring maker ŌURA announced they are partnering to expand access to sleep health education and pathways to care, helping more people sleep better and improve their overall health.
DALLAS—Dale Clift has been appointed president and CEO of Enhabit, Inc. after the completion of the company’s acquisition by Kinderhook Industries.
Clift succeeds Barb Jacobsmeyer, former president and CEO of the home health and hospice company, who previously announced her intention to step down upon the appointment of a successor.
SAN MATEO, California—Bioelectric medicine provider Cala Health announced that its Cala kIQ System has been named "Best New Neurology Technology Solution" as part of the 2026 MedTech Breakthrough Awards. Cala's at-home neurology technology platform helps patients struggling with essential tremor (ET) to access and receive care.
FLORIDA—The founder and owner of durable medical equipment software company HealthSplash was convicted for his role in operating a platform that allegedly generated false doctors’ orders and prescriptions to defraud Medicare and other federal healthcare benefit programs out of more than $1 billion.
OKLAHOMA CITY, Oklahoma—Legislation expanding Oklahoma’s Caring for Caregivers Tax Credit has become law.
WASHINGTON—California Governor Gavin Newsom has responded to Administrator for the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Mehmet Oz's announcement that the Trump administration has suspended 800 hospice and home health providers in California. Oz claimed the actions were in response to uncovering what the administration describes as a massive Medicare fraud scheme tied to foreign-linked criminal networks that allegedly siphoned more than $1 billion from taxpayers.
NEWTON, Massachusetts—The boards of LeadingAge Massachusetts and LeadingAge Maine & New Hampshire have announced their approval of a merger plan that will result in an expanded association to support mission-driven aging services providers across Massachusetts, Maine and New Hampshire, as well as Vermont, where there is not currently a LeadingAge state affiliate.
LADY LAKE, Florida—SpinLife, an omni-channel retailer of mobility and home accessibility solutions, announced the acquisition of Triton Medical and the opening of a new retail location in Lady Lake, Florida.
DALLAS & NEW YORK—Enhabit, Inc., a home health and hospice care provider, and Kinderhook Industries, LLC, a middle market private equity firm, announced the completion of the previously announced transaction in which Enhabit was acquired by Kinderhook for $13.80 per share in cash.
As a result of the transaction, Enhabit has become a private company. Its common stock will no longer be listed for trading on the New York Stock Exchange, effective immediately.
WASHINGTON—The federal government will indefinitely withhold $1.3 billion in Medicaid reimbursements to the state of California as part of a Medicaid fraud initiative, Vice President JD Vance and Administrator for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Mehmet Oz announced.
“The state of California has not taken fraud very seriously,” Vance said at a White House news conference.
CONCORD, New Hampshire—Granite VNA has hired Sandra Jobe as the new vice president of human resources. Jobe brings more than 20 years of experience driving workforce strategy, organizational transformation and culture development across multi-state operations to the agency.
WATERLOO, Iowa—VGM Forbin announced that Page Smith, an information technology (IT) and digital executive with more than 18 years of experience leading enterprise technology, digital transformation and high growth teams, has joined the organization as vice president of product innovation.
AKRON, Ohio—ACU-Serve announced the appointment of Natasha Baria Mehta as president.
