HomeCare News

CARLSBAD, California—Breg, Inc, an innovation-driven medical device and software solutions company, announced multiple organizational leadership changes.

Dave Mowry has been appointed chief executive officer (CEO) and will serve as chairman of the board. Additionally, Breg has appointed Matt Simons as the new chief financial officer and appointed Steve Ingel as executive vice president and chief commercial officer. 

LOVELAND, Ohio—CommonSpirit Health at Home, a nonprofit health system, has appointed Trisha Crissman as president and chief executive officer. Crissman has served as interim president of CommonSpirit Health at Home since Oct. 2023.

LOS ANGELES—Health technology provider mPulse announced its acquisition of Zipari, Inc., a health care consumer experience technology company. The acquisition aims to advance mPulse’s drive market leadership through growth and its commitment to enhancing health care consumer experiences.

PITTSBURGH—North Central Florida Hospice, Inc. and Haven Medical Group, LLC (Haven Hospice), a Florida-based company for comprehensive hospice care, completed its sale of select assets to BrightSpring Health Services, a provider of home- and community-based health services for complex populations. The Braff Group originated the transaction and served as the exclusive financial advisor to Haven Hospice.

KENT, Washington—Performance Home Medical (PHM), a home medical equipment and respiratory services provider, announced Larry Mastrovich has been named chief executive officer after serving as PHM chairman since January. 

This appointment follows the investment in PHM from private equity firm Grant Avenue Capital and reflects PHM’s efforts to expand its geographic footprint and team, the company said.

WASHINGTON—LeadingAge, an association of nonprofit providers of aging services, has partnered with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) new national campaign—"Risk Less. Do More.”—to raise awareness of the latest vaccines for influenza (flu), COVID-19 and respiratory syncytial virus (RSV).

WILMINGTON, Delaware—Dr. Vishal Patel, a Wilmington physician, has agreed to pay $1 million to resolve allegations of violating the False Claims Act by ordering medically unnecessary durable medical equipment (DME) for patients covered by Medicare and the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program (FEHBP), announced U.S. Attorney David Weiss.

FORT LAUDERDALE, Florida—Trividia Health, Inc., announced it has expanded its portfolio to include the “TRUENESS” blood glucose monitoring system. The new system provides accuracy and cost-effectiveness for diabetes management, allowing users to better measure blood glucose.

BALTIMORE, Maryland—The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced additional resources and flexibilities are available in response to Hurricane Francine in Louisiana. CMS is working closely with the state of Louisiana to put these flexibilities in place to ensure those affected by the natural disaster have access to the care they need.

LONDON, England—Essence SmartCare, an Internet of Things (IoT) remote care solutions company, announced the integration of “Care@Home,” an end-to-end senior care solution, in partnership with Skyresponse, an alarm management platform. 

TRENTON, New Jersey—A Florida man admitted his role in a durable medical equipment (DME) health care fraud scheme, announced U.S. Attorney Philip Sellinger.

Christopher Vehovec of Miami Beach, Florida, pleaded guilty to information charging him with one count of conspiracy to commit health care fraud before U.S. District Judge Michael Shipp in Trenton federal court.

PORT WASHINGTON, New York—CareConnect, a homecare artificial intelligence and software services company, announced the launch of Home Care Insights, the first in a series of new websites that provide health care organizations with recruitment, engagement and retention insights. Home Care Insights aims to optimize the workforce and deliver care, the company said.

WASHINGTON—LeadingAge, a national association of nonprofit and mission-driven aging services providers, released "The Immigration Imperative: Recommendations for Strengthening the Aging Services Workforce." The Immigration Imperative is a new white paper that explores how the country’s immigration system can be reformed, addresses the need to increase foreign-born workers in long-term service and supports (LTSS) care teams and aims to expand access to care.

OVERLAND PARK, Kansas & LOUISVILLE, Kentucky—Health and community care technology company

PITTSBURGH—AHN Healthcare@Home Home Health and Hospice (AHN H&H) announced that it has been named a 2024 Top Workplace by the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. This is the second year in a row that AHN H&H has received this honor in the Pittsburgh market.

NEW YORK—Vesta Healthcare, a virtual care provider in the homecare industry, announced it has closed a $65 million “Series C” funding round with new debt financing.

The round was led by RA Capital Management, with participation from Oak HC/FT, Chrysalis Ventures and others. The debt financing was provided by Horizon Technology Finance Corporation.

FRESNO, California—Sunrise Medical announced the launch of the Empulse R90, an add-on push-assist device for wheelchairs. This push device powers manual wheelchairs, allowing riders to go longer distances, receive assistance up ramps, preserve energy and prevent shoulder strain. 

BURLINGTON, Ontario—VGM Canada announced Brenlee Mogul-Rotman, national clinical and technical education manager with Permobil, as the winner of the 2024 Canadian HME Woman of the Year Award. The award was presented during the Canadian Seating and Mobility Conference.

OVERLAND PARK, Kansas—Netsmart announced its acquisition of HealthPivots, an Oregon-based market intelligence company for the post-acute care continuum. The company said the combination of Netsmart’s care platform and HealthPivots’ “DataLab” aims to provide consolidated data, advanced analytics and a platform to enhance the post-acute care provider transition to value-based care (VBC).

GOLETA, California—Inogen, Inc., a medical technology company offering in-home respiratory products, announced the appointment of Eric Pauls as vice president of sales in North America. Pauls previously worked with RQM+ as chief customer officer.