NASHVILLE, Tennessee—Monogram Health Professional Services PC and Monogram Health Inc., headquartered in Tennessee, have agreed to pay $2.4 million to resolve allegations that they violated the False Claims Act by causing the submission of false diagnosis codes to increase payments that they received from the Medicare Advantage program.
WATERLOO, Iowa—VGM & Associates has released its latest playbook. “VGM Playbook: Emerging Markets and How to Expand Your Business” is designed to help VGM members identify new growth opportunities, diversify revenue streams and expand their impact in the non-acute healthcare landscape.
GRAND FORKS, North Dakota—Altru Health System announced its home health services will permanently close effective Tuesday, Sept. 1, 2026.
The agency's home health services include skilled nursing, physical therapists, occupational therapists, home health aides and medical social work.
Ken Hanson, senior marketing and communications specialist at Altru, confirmed the closure to Fargo, North Dakota-based news outlet Valley News Live.
PERAMUS, New Jersey—Valley Home Care, a skilled home health services agency, announced it has earned Medicare’s highest patient satisfaction rating of five stars. The rating encompasses the categories below, each of which received four or five stars from patients, culminating in the overall five-star designation.
GUMMERSBACH, Germany—Tecfor care announced it has further developed and optimized the Ecofit S care bed. The result: The bed’s total weight has been reduced by a total of eight kilograms/17.6 pounds. At the same time, each individual component now weighs less than 20 kilograms.
MOLNDAL, Sweden—Wellspect HealthCare announced the United States launch of the Surity Urinary Management System, an at-home urine collection device designed to support people living with urinary incontinence and those who help care for them. This completes the full Surity portfolio in the U.S., following the introduction of the Surity Female and Male External Catheters earlier this year.
ROUND ROCK, Texas—Inferenz, a healthcare AI and data solutions company, announced the general availability of its Hospice Eligibility AI Agent, a new addition to the company's Caregence agentic AI platform built for healthcare providers.
The agent automates the referral eligibility screening and admission prioritization workflows used during the hospice intake process.
NORTHFIELD, Illinois—Medline announced a new supply deal agreement with Massachusetts-based Collins Surgical. Founded in 1979, Collins Surgical is a third-generation family-owned provider of durable medical equipment (DME) and healthcare supplies serving patients and healthcare organizations nationwide.
SAN FRANCISCO—Hike Medical, the company automating device-based care from referral to dispense, has raised $22.5 million in seed and Series A funding to reimagine the entire supply chain for durable medical equipment, prosthetics and orthotics supplies (DMEPOS).
NEW YORK—Nevvon, the compliance and training infrastructure behind the homecare and self-directed care workforce, has received an investment from BVP Forge, the private equity arm of Bessemer Venture Partners that focuses on self-sustaining technology and back-to-basics (B2B) services businesses. Alongside the investment, Nevvon launched TrainOnce, a new solution powered by the platform’s network effects.
CONCORD, New Hampshire—Nearly 500 attendees explored four exceptional properties in East Alton and Wolfeboro, NH, during Granite VNA’s annual Hospice Home & Garden Tour. The tour raised more than $40,000 to support the agency’s hospice services.
LOUISVILLE, Kentucky—BrightSpring Health Services, Inc., a provider of home and community-based health services for complex populations, announced financial results for the second quarter of 2026, and increased full year 2026 revenue and adjusted earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) guidance.
Second Quarter 2026 Financial Highlights:
NEW YORK—Cathay Capital announced the launch of ReDream Brands, a new consumer sleep health platform dedicated to helping millions of people achieve better sleep and healthier lives. The platform brings together four of the industry’s most recognized direct-to-consumer brands: cpap.com, The CPAP Shop, Lofta and sleeping.com, creating a platform for cash-pay obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) customers across North America.
BURKBURNETT, Texas—HomeWell Franchising LLC, the parent company of national non-medical homecare provider HomeWell Care Services, has received a Brandon Hall Group Gold HCM Excellence Award in the Best Use of a Blended Learning Program category for its LaunchWell franchise onboarding and certification program.
WASHINGTON—In a recently published report, the Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (OIG) said the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) should take "bold action" to prevent durable medical equipment (DME) fraud, making recommendations that include tightening Medicaid enrollment for providers, collaborating with physicians and using new technologies like AI.
TYLER, Texas—ENvue Medical, a commercial-stage medical device company, announced a new distribution agreement with Peak Medical, a complete medical equipment solutions company, to expand commercial distribution of ENvue’s UroShield device across the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland.
The agreement includes minimum purchase commitments of approximately $2.6 million over its initial term through Monday, Dec. 31, 2029.
PHILADELPHIA—BAYADA Home Health Care, a global nonprofit in the home healthcare industry, has been named by Forbes to its 2026 list of America’s Best Employers by State. Driven directly by positive feedback from employees, BAYADA earned a spot on the list in three states:
TEMPLE TERRACE, Florida—Chapters Health System has launched a new joint venture with Preferred Care, a home health agency in Florida, to expand hospice care in Southwest Florida. The companies said the partnership creates a new offering through Preferred Care Hospice, which was granted approval through the certificate of need program to offer hospice services in Collier County, Florida.
INDIANAPOLIS—Rehab Medical, a provider of complex rehab technology, has been named New Hope of Indiana’s 2026 Partner of the Year.
The award was presented during New Hope of Indiana's annual Silver Cup Celebration in Indianapolis. Rehab Medical was represented at the event by Amanda Andis, vice president of revenue cycle management, and members of her team, who accepted the award on behalf of the organization.
CLEVELAND—Encore Wound Care, a mobile wound care provider, has been named the No. 1 fastest-growing private company in the Cleveland metropolitan area on the 2026 Inc. 5000 list. Encore ranked No. 47 nationally with 5,515% three-year revenue growth, which also earned the company the No. 3 spot in Ohio and No. 6 in the healthcare and medical sector nationwide.
