CHESHIRE, Connecticut—Assisted Living Services Inc., a Connecticut-based senior care in-home service provider, announced it has received the 2025 Best of Home Care Leader in Experience award, Best of Home Care Provider of Choice award and Best of Home Care Employer of Choice award from Activated I
DALLAS—Enhabit Inc., a home health and hospice provider, announced it has received the Great Place To Work certification. This certification is given based on experiences of current employees working at Enhabit. This year, the company said 83% of its employees said it’s a great place to work, which is 26 points higher than the average U.S. company.
BURKBURNETT, Texas—HomeWell Care Services announced that multiple of its agencies across the country have been recognized with 2025 Best of Home Care awards from Activated Insights. These awards aim to highlight homecare providers for their commitment to client satisfaction, employee experience and professional excellence.
REXBURG, Idaho—Activated Insights, a provider of technology and analytics solutions for the long-term and post-acute care industries, announced the winners of its 2025 Best of Home Care Awards. The company said this year's winners represent the standards of care in the homecare industry and have demonstrated a commitment to delivering outstanding services to clients and their families.
WASHINGTON—Petros Fichidzhyan, a California man, pleaded guilty to health care fraud, aggravated identity theft and money laundering in connection with scheme to defraud Medicare of more than $17 million through sham hospice companies and his home health care company, according to the U.S. Department of Justice. Fichidzhyan is scheduled to be sentenced on April 14.
DETROIT—Amesite Inc., a technology company specializing artificial intelligence (AI) solutions, was recently recognized by NASDAQ for the launch of its AI app, “NurseMagic,” through a feature on the NASDAQ Tower in Times Square. The app aims to support nursing professionals and home health care workers in their patient care efforts throughout the health care industry.
BALL GROUND, Georgia—CAIRE, an oxygen technology manufacturer, announced the launch of the “IntenOxy 5” stationary oxygen concentrator. The company said the product launch aims to provide durable medical equipment (DME) and home medical equipment (HME) customers with access to equipment that requires minimal maintenance and reduced operating expenses.
PALO ALTO, California—Artificial intelligence (AI) company Sensi.AI released insights from its latest research, Sensi Care Intelligence Research, which aims to demonstrate the challenges and triumphs of senior care.
ST. LOUIS—Responsive Respiratory Inc. (RRI), an oxygen products and solutions provider, announced VP of Sales Michael Harrington has retired. Harrington was one of three founding partners of the company and has served in the VP role since the company’s opening in 2003.
WATERLOO, Iowa—Jim Greatorex of VGM Live at Home, a division of VGM & Associates, has announced his retirement as vice president.
AKRON, Ohio—ACU-Serve, a health care revenue cycle optimization company, announced the appointment of Sidney Simmons III as its new executive VP of sales. In this new role, Simmons aims to oversee the company’s sales team and expand sales operations.
DALLAS—Home Health Companions, a provider of registered nurse homecare services, announced it has received both the 2025 Best of Home Care Provider of Choice and Employer of Choice awards from Activated Insights.
NASHVILLE, Tennessee—The Durable Medical Equipment Medical Administrative Contractors (DME MACs) have released a joint publication reminder in response to questions on drug coverages for nebulizers and external infusion pump local coverage determinations (LCDs).
CINCINNATI, Ohio—FirstLight Home Care, a provider of homecare services, announced it has been recognized as one of the top 500 franchises on Entrepreneur’s Franchise 500 list. The company was ranked number 393 on the 2025 Franchise 500 list, which is up 45 spots from its 2024 ranking.
SAN FRANCISCO—Seniors Helping Seniors, an in-home care services franchisor, announced the opening of three new franchise locations in the Silicon Valley, including San Jose, West San Jose and Santa Clara, California. The new locations will be led by Sara Leonard, who has a background in corporate business operations.
OWINGS MILLS, Maryland—The Board of Certification/Accreditation (BOC) announced the 2025 board of directors’ executive committee, the election of two new members and the retirement of Immediate Past Chairman Wayne Rosen.
WASHINGTON—The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a revised policy (CR 13049) that seeks to update documentation requirements for replacement supplies of beneficiary-owned continuous glucose monitors (CGMs), the American Association for Homecare (AAHomecare) wrote in a newsletter to members.
DENVER—The Colorado House of Democrats recently passed legislation that aims to streamline access to durable medical equipment (DME) and create guidelines for the legalization of medical psilocybin, the Colorado House of Democrats reported on their website.
BRONX, New York—Essen Health Care, a New York-based medical services provider, announced it has been selected by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to participate in the Guiding an Improved Dementia Experience (GUIDE) model, a new Medicare alternative payment model.
ASHEVILLE, North Carolina—Aeroflow Sleep, a durable medical equipment (DME) and CPAP supplies provider, released the results of a women’s sleep quality survey, which found that women often experience a lack of sleep quality and a shortage in sleep health care provision.
