FLORIDA—A federal jury in the Middle District of Florida convicted the owner of a marketing company, and former NFL player, for his role in a years-long scheme to bilk Medicare and the Civilian Health and Medical Program of the Department of Veterans Affairs (CHAMPVA) out of nearly $200 million by allegedly selling patient information and sham doctors’ orders for orthotic braces that patients did not want or need.

BURKBURNETT, Texas—HomeWell Care Services agencies across the country have been recognized with the 2026 Best of Home Care awards from Activated Insights. These national awards recognize top-performing homecare agencies based entirely on verified client and caregiver satisfaction surveys.

CONSHOHOCKEN, Pennsylvania—AdaptHealth Corp., a national provider of providing patient-centered, health care-at-home solutions including home medical equipment (HME), medical supplies and related services, announced that Moody’s Ratings (Moody’s) has recently upgraded the ratings of AdaptHealth, LLC, including the corporate family rating to Ba2 from Ba3 and the senior unsecured notes rating to Ba3 from B1.

NEW YORK—The Alzheimer’s Foundation of America (AFA) announced it is offering scholarships of up to $5,000 to college-bound high school seniors whose families have been affected by Alzheimer’s disease or other dementia-related illnesses as part of its annual Teen Alzheimer’s Awareness Scholarship.

DALLAS—Findings in the new 2026 Axxess Industry Growth Insights Report show 60% of care-at-home leaders believe artificial intelligence (AI) will have the greatest impact on the industry by 2030, but fewer than one in four organizations have made AI-specific investments.

WATERLOO, Iowa—The Healthcare Quality Association on Accreditation (HQAA) announced the appointment of Craig Douglas as its next executive director, succeeding Rhonda Pearce, who is retiring after 21 years of dedicated leadership and service to the organization.

CHARLOTTE, North Carolina—Prochant, a provider of revenue cycle management (RCM) services for the home-based care industry, announced the appointment of Ronda Buhrmester as vice president of client experience. This role reflects Prochant's continued investment in strengthening client partnerships and delivering measurable value as the company advances its long-term growth vision.

WATERLOO, Iowa—VGM & Associates has announced that Boone Lockard has been promoted to vice president of HME (home medical equipment), respiratory and wellness.

Lockard joined VGM in 2022 with frontline experience as a respiratory therapist, and he has more than 16 years of experience spanning clinical practice, operations, billing, sales and management.

FORT WORTH, Texas—Health care mergers and acquisitions advisory firm VERTESS, announced the closing of four sell-side advisory transactions in December 2025 and January 2026, which the company said represented a significant uptick in health care mergers and acquisitions (M&A) activity after a sluggish market in the previous two years.

The transactions were: 

FORT WORTH, Texas—Health care mergers and acquisitions advisory firm VERTESS, announced the closing of four sell-side advisory transactions in December 2025 and January 2026, which the company said represented a significant uptick in health care mergers and acquisitions (M&A) activity after a sluggish market in the previous two years.

The transactions were: