TROY, Michigan—AmeriCare Medical, Inc., a provider of home health care services, has received recognition from the state of Michigan for its work in homecare. Acknowledging their achievements, government leaders from the State of Michigan House of Representatives delivered a tribute that honors and commends AmeriCare Medical's team of registered nurses' commitment to excellence in health care.
AUCKLAND, New Zealand—Fisher & Paykel Healthcare Corporation Limited announced the launch of the F&P my820 System in the United States.
The F&P my820 is the company’s latest respiratory humidifier for home mechanical ventilation. The F&P my820 System provides heated humidification during the delivery of invasive ventilation, noninvasive ventilation and humidified high-flow therapies for adult and pediatric patients.
MISSOULA, Montana—A Whitefish physician accused in connection with alleged schemes to defraud government health programs admitted on Wednesday to falsely billing Medicare and other health programs in a telemedicine scheme that resulted in more than $39 million in false billing, the U.S. Attorney’s Office said.
FRANKLIN, Tennessee—American Health Plans, a division of American Health Partners, has announced its partnership with Empath Health, a not-for-profit hospice and home-based health care organization. Their partnership seeks to grow American Health Advantage of Florida, an Institutional Special Needs Plans (ISNP) providing Medicare Advantage coverage to the long-term care population of Florida.
SARASOTA, Florida—Tidewell Foundation received a grant of $5,050 from the Eugene H. and Elizabeth Hull Fund of the Manatee Community Foundation (MCF) to support Tidewell Hospice grief services in Manatee County.
The grant will support art-related grief and bereavement programming for Tidewell Hospice, which provides 13 months of grief support services, free of charge, to family members of Tidewell patients after their loss.
MADISON HEIGHTS, Michigan—Northwood has entered into an agreement with DMEscripts to integrate DMEscripts’ e-prescribing platform with Northwood’s supplier portal and third-party administration technology. This integration aims to increase the speed and efficiency of DMEPOS authorization requests and allow secure access to supporting medical documentation.
WASHINGTON—The new group formed by the recent merger of the National Association for Homecare and Hospice (NAHC) and the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization (NHPCO) has already gotten to work advocating in the industry—even though it doesn’t yet have a name or CEO.
MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota—The Department of Labor (DOL) has recovered $135,000, representing $67,500 in back wages and an equal amount in liquidated damages, for 57 employees of Axis Home PCA Agency Inc. An investigation by the department’s wage and hour division found the Minneapolis employer violated the Fair Labor Standard Act’s overtime and recordkeeping provisions.
WASHINGTON—On July 30, 2024, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a final rule (CMS-1810-F) updating Medicare hospice payment rates by 2.9% and setting the aggregate cap amount for fiscal year (FY) 2025.
HOBOKEN, New Jersey—Remote care solutions company Essence SmartCare, part of Essence Group, announced the integration of its Umbrella mPERS device with major North American monitoring service providers Affiliated Monitoring,
