BOSTON (April 28, 2021)—CareAcademy, a homecare and home health workforce empowerment platform, announced the launch of the “CAREer Path Initiative,” an all-encompassing program designed to address critical industry constraints and attract more workers into the profession.
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WASHINGTON, D.C. (April 27, 2021)—A bipartisan group of U.S. senators introduced legislation on Thursday, April 22, to provide reimbursement to providers for telehealth services in the Medicare Home Health benefit.
Introduced as S. 1309, the Home Health Emergency Access to Telehealth (HEAT) Act is a top 2021 legislative priority for the National Association for Home Care & Hospice (NAHC).
MINNEAPOLIS (April 27, 2021)—Nonin Medical, Inc., a global provider of noninvasive medical monitoring, is celebrating the 35th anniversary of its founding in 1986. Over the past three decades, Nonin has introduced dozens of groundbreaking medical monitoring solutions, including the first portable pulse oximeter and first fingertip pulse oximeter.
FRANKENMUTH, Mich. (April 27, 2021)—Telerespiratory company rtNOW announced a new line of services aimed at the home medical equipment (HME) market, collectively known as “rtNOW HME Services”.
These services include Remote PAP Setup, Remote PAP Adherence, Remote Vent Follow-Up, and their previous HME On-Call service.
GREEN OAKS, Ill. (April 27, 2021)—The adult diaper line MEGAMAX launched in 2018 and just welcomed two new colors to its incontinence product line—black and tie-dye. MEGAMAX is now the only absorbent tab-style brief in the country available in tie-dye. It is also the first product NorthShore Care Supply is advertising on a national level utilizing SiriusXM and streaming audio.
PHOENIX (April 27, 2021)—When Medtrade West makes its July 12-14, 2021 Phoenix, Ariz. debut, attendees will get a chance to preview the Expo floor at the Welcome to Phoenix Preview Night. The free event is set for Tuesday, July 13 from 4:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (April 27, 2021)—National Seating & Mobility (NSM), a provider of comprehensive mobility solutions, announced the appointment of Tim Williams, ATP, as director of business development. Williams has worked with the NSM Clinical Business Development team for the past five years.
WASHINGTON, D.C. (April 23, 2021)—On April 21, the Biden Administration announced, as part of its goal to get more Americans vaccinated, that it is calling on all employers to provide paid time off for employees to recover from any side effects of the vaccine. The administration also announced a tax credit to offset the costs of providing leave.
DALLAS (April 23, 2021)—Addus HomeCare Corporation, a provider of homecare services, announced that it has entered into a joint software development agreement with Homecare Homebase (HCHB) to build an integrated, enterprise-level solution for all types of home-based care. The resulting technology would provide Addus with a singular platform and a unified patient record to manage clients across Addus’s continuum of post-acute services, including personal care, home health and hospice.
BOSTON (April 22, 2021)—Current Health—a enterprise remote care management platform—today announced it has raised $43 million in Series B financing. The round was led by Northpond Ventures, with additional financing from LRVHealth, OSF HealthCare, Section 32, Elements Health Ventures and existing investors. Andrea Jackson, Director at Northpond Ventures, and Tripp Peake, General Partner at LRVHealth, will join Current Health’s Board of Directors.
By Jonathan Mattise, Associated Press
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (April 22, 2021)—State and federal authorities announced Wednesday that they have reached a $4.1 million settlement in a civil case that made claims of Medicaid and Medicare fraud against a now-shuttered pain clinic company and several of its owners, including a former state senator.
OLIVER SPRINGS, Tenn. (April 22, 2021)—Fifty workers misclassified as independent contractors by an Oliver Springs, Tennesee home health care service provider received a total of $358,675 in back wages to resolve overtime violations found in a U.S. Department of Labor investigation.
MELVILLE, N.Y. (April 22, 2021)—Always Compassionate Home Care (ACHC) is excited to announce that it acquired Wellness Home Care of Goshen, New York, at the end of last year (2020). Wellness Home Care is being operated by ACHC under a management agreement that was recently approved by the Department of Health. During this change of ownership process, and as part of the management agreement, Wellness Home Care will retain its caregivers and name.
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (April 22, 2021) – BrightSpring Health Services recently completed the acquisition of Abode Healthcare.
Abode Healthcare is a provider of home health and hospice services. Headquartered in Durango, Colorado, Abode provides home health and hospice care in 12 states through 41 branches. In combination with BrightSpring’s existing home health and hospice business, the company’s expanded footprint in the segment now spans 17 states.
HARLINGEN, Texas (April 22, 2021)—A Texas man was sentenced to 27 months in prison for his role in a conspiracy at the Merida Group, a chain of hospice and home health agencies throughout Texas, to falsely convince thousands of patients with long-term incurable diseases they had less than six months to live in order to enroll the patients in hospice programs for which they were otherwise unqualified, thereby increasing revenue to the company.
WASHINGTON, D.C. (April 22, 2021)—AAHomecare’s payer relations team is working with state association leaders in Oklahoma, Florida and New York on legislation with potential major impacts for home medical equipment suppliers and patients. If you are located in one of these states, please weigh in on these rapidly moving issues as soon as possible, and encourage your friends and colleagues in those states to do so, as well.
WASHINGTON, D.C. (April 22, 2021)—AAHomecare is kicking off a sustained earned media campaign to build awareness of the essential, high-value care that the home medical equipment (HME) industry delivers. The campaign is led by Keybridge Communications, who will engage influential health care journalists as well as develop and place op-eds to highlight the industry’s important role in the health care continuum and make the case for HME policy priorities.
COLLEGE STATION, Texas (April 20, 2021)—Traditions Health, LLC, a national hospice and home health provider, announced the transition of Bryan Wolfe from his current role as president and CEO, effective April 12th. Wolfe will continue to serve as a member of the Traditions Health board of directors. Wolfe will also continue to support the development efforts of Traditions going forward.
OVERLAND PARK, Kan. (April 20, 2021)—WellSky, a global health and community care technology company, announced that Akash Raj has joined WellSky as chief financial officer (CFO), effective immediately. With extensive experience with Fortune 500 companies, Raj has a proven track record of providing operational and financial leadership that drives value creation.
WAUKESHA, Wis. (April 20, 2021)—Health Mobius has named HRG its content partner to streamline, normalize, and increase consistency of data presented as part of Health Mobius’ eMarketplace solutions.