ASHEVILLE, N.C. (September 10, 2019) Aeroflow Healthcare, announced that its urology division will donate more than 1250 cases of diapers to support families living in Buncombe County, North Carolina.
Aeroflow, which is headquartered in Buncombe County, will donate the diapers to Buncombe County Health & Human Services to be distributed among local families in need of supplies for their children.
HOUSTON (September 10, 2019)—BrightStar Care, a national franchise specializing in providing A Higher Standard of Care in medical and non-medical in-home care services, has announced targeted development plans throughout Texas. The brand has available franchise territories in Dallas, Fort Worth and Houston, and is seeking qualified franchise partners to operate in each market.
WASHINGTON, D.C. (September 10, 2019)—The DME CBP Collaboration has sent the following update to users who have registered with the dmecbpeducation.com resource related to the site's bidding calculators:
The DME CBP Collaboration thanks you for engaging in Competitive Bidding Program education.
OAKLAND, Calif. (September 9, 2019)—The rate of people starting voluntary at-home peritoneal dialysis rose from 15% to 34% over 10 years at Kaiser Permanente in Northern California, providing a convenient and safe way to manage advanced-stage kidney disease compared with center-based hemodialysis, according to research published in JAMA Internal Medicine.
WASHINGTON, D.C. (September 5, 2019)—The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a final rule that strengthens the agency's ability to stop fraud before it happens by keeping unscrupulous providers out of federal health insurance programs. The rule has been under consideration for more than three years, according to the National Association for Home Care & Hospice (NAHC).
WASHINGTON, D.C. (September 5, 2019)—The American Association for Homecare’s (AAHomecare) newest council convened for the first time in Arlington, Virginia, last week and got off to a flying start. The initial meeting for the Payer Relations Council focused on establishing strategic objectives for 2020 and beginning to build the road map for the HME industry to succeed outside of the Medicare space.
BOSTON (September 5, 2019)—MobileHelp, a provider of mobile personal emergency response systems (mPERS) and health care technology, announced it is changing the name of its health care division to Clear Arch Health.
ATLANTA (September 4, 2019)—Diandra Bankhead, the owner and operator of Elite Homecare (Elite), an Atlanta-based home health care provider, has pleaded guilty to defrauding Medicaid by submitting thousands of fraudulent claims for services that were never provided to medically fragile children under the Georgia Pediatric Program (GAPP).
WINTER PARK, Fla. (September 4, 2019)—HomeCare Connect, which manages home health services in the workers’ compensation industry, has hired Michelle “Nickcola” Wallace, CAPS as Complex Care Transition Manager. Wallace ensures that seriously injured workers receive appropriate home modifications and durable medical equipment in a timely and cost-effective manner.
ATLANTA, Ga. and DALLAS, Texas (September 3, 2019)—Axxess, a home health care technology company, and Trella Health, a source for post-acute performance analytics and outcomes data, have partnered to provide Axxess customers improved benchmark quality performance metrics while strengthening referral relationships to accelerate their growth.
PHOENIX, Ariz. (September 3, 2019)—Vantage Mobility International (VMI), a manufacturer of wheelchair accessible vehicles (WAVs), is pleased to announce an exclusive agreement with Mobility Networks, a manufacturer of vehicle accessibility solutions based in the United Kingdom. This exclusive distributor agreement will make VMI the sole provider of Mobility Networks’ global products for WAVs now sold in the United States, Canada and Mexico.
ST. PETERSBURG, Florida (August 29, 2019)—With a potentially dangerous storm approaching its home state of Florida, the virtual care company Synzi is offering all Florida home health agencies the free use of its automated messaging to contact their patients during Hurricane Dorian. Dorian is expected to become a major hurricane on Friday, Aug. 30, 2019, and remain dangerous through the Labor Day weekend, said the National Hurricane Center.
BIRMINGHAM, Alabama (August 17. 2019)--Addus HomeCare Corporation, a provider of comprehensive home care services, announced it has signed a definitive agreement to purchase Hospice Partners of America, LLC, a multi-state provider of hospice services headquartered in Birmingham, Alabama, for a cash purchase price of $130 million, representing $118.4 million of value, net of the present value of $11.6 million of estimated tax benefits.
PHILADELPHIA (August 29, 2019)—Two large non-profit providers of home health care announced this week they plan to merge—and they say the combined organization could provide a model when it comes to coordinating care.
WASHINGTON, D.C. (August 27, 2019)—The National Association for Home Care & Hospice (NAHC) has the half-way point of the association’s Summer Advocacy Campaign. The association is asking members and providers to stretch your social media muscles and make some noise with your representatives digitally; encouraging the connections in your online circles to do the same.
DAVISON, Mich., (August 26, 2019)—Universal Software Solutions, Inc. (Universal), a provider of practice management solutions for the home health care and pharmacy infusion/specialty markets, officially announced Essity as the latest distributor to establish a certified connection with its VendorLink electronic ordering and patient dropship solution.
Agoura Hills, Calif. (August 26, 2019)—Casamba, a provider of electronic medical record (EMR) solutions for contract therapy providers, skilled nursing facilities, home health and hospice agencies, and outpatient therapy, today announced nVoq has been added as the preferred speech recognition partner.
LAFAYETTE, Louisiana (August 26, 2019)--LHC Group, Inc., a national provider of in-home healthcare services, and South Louisiana Community College recently unveiled a new home health lab for college nursing students in training. The lab, located on SLCC's campus in Lafayette, recreates a residential bedroom, living room, and bathroom area where nursing students can practice skills in a home health environment.
OWINGS MILLS, Md. (August 22, 2019) –The Board of Certification/Accreditation (BOC) announced two additions to its staff: Isaac Bunn as Credentialing Liaison and Kathleen Spaeth as its new Marketing Communications Manager.
ASHEVILLE, N.C. (August 22, 2019)—Aeroflow Healthcare announced the results of a proprietary survey designed to stress the importance of communication between seniors and their friends and family as they age. The third-party administered survey polled 1,003 adults aged 60 or older living in the United States and was completed over a span of three days in July 2019.
Notable survey results include:
