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HomeCare News
PHILADELPHIA, (October 1, 2020)—OneClick.chat, a video chat and social engagement platform tailored to seniors, announced the launch of The Loneliness Awareness Month Coalition, composed of six leading community-building organizations, to address the worsening loneliness epidemic among senior citizens.
CINCINNATI, Ohio (September 30, 2020)—Queen City Hospice, a Cincinnati-based end-of-life care service provider, with a presence in Columbus as Capital City Hospice and Dayton as Day City Hospice, has successfully completed the acquisition of a hospice care provider in Northeast Ohio and has launched Miracle City Hospice. This acquisition will enable the company to provide services in the greater Cleveland metropolitan area and other nearby communities.
DURYEA, Penn. (September 30, 2020)—Quantum Rehab has launched a new app called Quantum Clinician.
WATERLOO, Iowa (Septemer 29, 2020)—VGM Insurance Services has been named one of Business Insurance magazine’s Best Places to Work for 2020.
The annual Best Places to Work in Insurance program recognizes employers for their outstanding performance in establishing workplaces where employees can thrive, enjoy their work and help their companies grow.
Procter & Gamble is looking to get into the senior care innovation game. In 2015, the company created P&G Ventures to partner with startups, entrepreneurs and investors to build new brands within the consumer space in categories where the company doesn’t currently play. One area of focus for P&G Ventures is active aging for seniors.
WASHINGTON, D.C. (September 29, 2020)—The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released the list of Medicare Advantage (MA) plans that will participate in the Medicare Advantage (MA) Value-Based Insurance Design (VBID) Model during Calendar Year (CY) 2021 and information about the 2022 application process for eligible MA organizations.
AUSTIN, Texas (September 29, 2020)—CareerPlug and myCNAjobs announce the launch of a partnership to drive high-volume hiring for homecare agencies across the nation. CareerPlug's powerful applicant tracking helps agencies hire the right people faster while myCNAjobs, the nation’s largest network of care workers, maximizes an agency’s exposure to maintain a steady pipeline of candidates.
PHILADELPHIA, (September 29, 2020)—OneClick.chat, an innovative video chat platform, announced positive outcomes in the study of older adults—with and without mild cognitive impairment (MCI)—who used their video chat technology to engage in social activities to meet new people of all ages with shared interests. Some of the participants' favorite topics of conversation were books, health, family and exercise.
PITTSBURGH, Penn. (September 29, 2020)—sovaSage Incorporated, a Pittsburgh based company, announced the release of its new TherapistAssist software. This revolutionary product will change the way homecare providers manage their sleep apnea patients.
LOS ANGELES (September 29, 2020)—The Rollettes, a Los Angeles based dance team that is comprised of seven women who use wheelchairs, is hosting their eighth annual Rollettes Experience virtually this year due to COVID-19. In previous years, women who use wheelchairs from around the globe travel to Los Angeles and spend quality time meeting other women who have similar disabilities.
WASHINGTON, D.C. (September 25, 2020)—The Office of Civil Rights (OCR) of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has issued a warning to health care providers about the Taidoor Malware being used by the Chinese government.
The warning from the OCR and the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response (ASPR) includes a warning about malware, as well as response actions and recommended mitigation techniques.
WASHINGTON, D.C. (September 24, 2020)—In a recent audit from the Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (OIG), the department found a 52% increase in Medicare-allowed charges on noninvasive ventilators (NIVs) between 2016 and 2018.
WASHINGTON, D.C. (September 24, 2020)—The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced the availability of up to $165 million in supplemental funding to states currently operating Money Follows the Person (MFP) demonstration programs. This funding will help state Medicaid programs jump-start efforts to transition individuals with disabilities and older adults from institutions and nursing facilities to home and community-based settings of their choosing.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (September 24, 2020)—PlayMaker Health, a post-acute sales enablement and business intelligence platform, today announced the launch of the new Medicare Advantage Data Sets with Physician and Payer Insights solution.
WASHINGTON, D.C. (September 24, 2020)—Home medical equipment (HME) suppliers have received a notice from the CBIC indicating that that Competitive Bidding Round 2021 “contract offers and disqualification information would soon be provided” in Connexion and encouraging suppliers to make sure their CMS Enterprise Portal information was up to date.
EAST AMHERST, N.Y. (September 24, 2020)—The National Coalition for Assistive and Rehab Technology (NCART) announced the results of the elections of its officers and board of directors for the 2020-2022 term. The elected officers are President—Chris Yule of Travis Medical; Vice President—Greg Packer of U.S. Rehab; Treasurer—Seth Johnson of Quantum Rehab; and Secretary—Alexis Ward of National Seating & Mobility.
PHOENIX, (September 24, 2020)—Aging is inevitable for most of us but losing our sense of value and purpose is not.
MISSISSAUGA, Ontario (September 24, 2020)—PointClickCare, a cloud-based software platform for the senior care market, announced that it would be joining the coalition of health care companies that have launched the COVID-19 Research Database, a secure repository of HIPAA compliant, de-identified and limited patient-level data sets made available pro bono to public health and policy researchers to extract insights to help combat
CHICAGO, IL (September 22, 2020)—Medical products distribution company Health Mobius has expanded its full-service e-commerce solutions designed to support pharmacies and providers of home medical equipment (HME) nationwide in response to COVID-19.