BRENTWOOD, Tennessee—IntellaTriage, a national provider of nurse-first triage solutions for hospice and home health organizations, has named triage nurse Wina Hanselman, LPN, as its 2025 Nurse of the Year.
MARTINEZ, California—Hello Robot, the team behind the Stretch mobile manipulation platform, announced the release of Stretch 4. Available now for $29,950, Stretch 4 is an open-source robotics platform designed for researchers, developers and application engineers building the next wave of physical AI applications for general purpose robotics.
WASHINGTON—The Home Care Association of America (HCAOA) brought together homecare leaders, agency owners and advocates from across the country for its annual National Home Care Advocacy Day on Capitol Hill. The event highlights the growing importance of homecare and the need for bipartisan policy solutions to support caregivers and expand access to care in the home.
Editor's Note: This article was updated May 14 to add industry reactions.
WASHINGTON—The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced May 13 it will be implementing a six-month, nationwide moratorium on new Medicare enrollment for both hospices and home health agencies (HHAs).
WATERLOO, Iowa—VGM & Associates announced David Atkins and Joe Delagrave will feature as keynote speakers for the 2026 VGM Heartland Conference, taking place Monday, June 8—Wednesday, June 10, 2026, in Waterloo, Iowa.
PITTSBURGH—The Jewish Association on Aging (JAA), a provider of home-based senior services, and RubyWell, a technology company building the infrastructure to integrate family caregivers into the healthcare system, launched a family caregiver pilot in Allegheny and Westmoreland counties, Pennsylvania, with consultative support from Integra Strategies. The initiative was made possible with a grant awarded to JAA from the Richard King Mellon Foundation.
MÖLNDAL, Sweden—Wellspect HealthCare launched the Surity Male External Catheter, a non-invasive solution for men living with urinary incontinence. This follows the company's introduction of the Surity Female External Catheter earlier this year and precedes the launch of the Surity Urinary Management System.
ALEXANDRIA, Virginia—The 2026 National Home Infusion Association Annual Conference (NHIA 2026) convened the largest gathering dedicated to the home and alternate site infusion industry in Denver, Colorado.
OVERLAND PARK, Kansas—WellSky, a global health and community care technology and services company, announced that the WellSky Scribe for Home Health solution has been named the winner of the “Home Healthcare Innovation Award” in the 10th annual MedTech Breakthrough Awards program conducted by MedTech Breakthrough, an independent market intelligence organization that recognizes companies, technologies and products in the global digital health and medical technology market.
BROOKFIELD, Connecticut—ROMTech, creator of the PortableConnect and a national leader in intelligent rehabilitation technology, announced it has been selected as a winner in the 10th annual MedTech Breakthrough Awards program, earning the "Best Home Health Care Solution" for the PortableConnect.
HUDSON VALLEY, New York—Angels on Call Homecare, a national healthcare provider with dual accreditations in both dementia and Parkinson's care, has been named Best Employee Training Program in the 2026 Hudson Valley Community Choice Awards—its second win this year, following Best Home Healthcare Services.
BALTIMORE—Sage Growth Partners, a healthcare growth strategy and marketing firm, released a new research report that reveals a looming crisis in maternal healthcare, as more than half of pregnant women on Medicaid anticipate losing coverage due to eligibility redeterminations.
TAMPA, Florida—ProCare, a privately held transportation and language services provider in the workers’ compensation industry, launched its new durable medical equipment (DME) service line. The line aims to deliver enhanced choice, real-time visibility and advanced benchmarking—driving savings and improved program control for clients.
LEHI, Utah—Enzo Health, the AI-driven platform for home health and post-acute care, announced its $20M Series A funding round, led by N47, bringing the company's total funding to $26M. Existing investors Gradient, Tandem Ventures and Rigby Watts also participated.
WATERLOO, Iowa—VGM & Associates has released a new playbook designed to help home-based care providers optimize operations, leverage technology and position their organizations for long‑term success in an increasingly complex healthcare environment.
WASHINGTON—The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has announced that, effective May 8, 2026, Chags Health Information Technology LLC (C-HIT) will no longer handle durable medical equipment, prosthetics and orthotics supplies (DMEPOS) appeals and rebuttals. Responsibility for processing these submissions will transition to the National Provider Enrollment (NPE) DMEPOS contractors.
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GRAYSLAKE, Illinois—Medline, a provider of medical-surgical products and supply chain solutions, and PowerFlex, a clean-technology solutions company focused on making transformations to carbon-free electrification and transportation, unveiled a completed 5.2-megawatt solar installation at Medline’s flagship distribution center in Grayslake, Illinois.
SAN DIEGO, California—Sleep and respiratory company Resmed is expanding its footprint in the sleep market with the planned $340 million acquisition of Noctrix Health, which makes a medical device to treat restless leg syndrome, the company announced at its recent earnings report.
ST. PETERSBURG, Florida—CCS, a provider of clinical solutions and home-delivered medical supplies for those living with chronic conditions, has deployed Agentic AI across its enterprise operations.
CeeCee (CCS’s agentic AI solution) is trained on CCS’s own proprietary knowledge and data to deliver personalized support that resonates with the chronic care population the company serves.
NEW YORK—New York-based Coral, which is building a healthcare platform for specialty providers, has raised $12.5 million in funding led by Menlo Park, California's Lightspeed and India’s Z47, as the company seeks to add engineering talent and industry experts experienced in healthcare operations and building.
