DALLAS—Avid Health at Home announced it has completed its eighth tuck-in acquisition with the purchase of Tech Medical Home Care Services (Tech Med).
Avid Health, a provider of at-home and community-based homecare services, said it is continuing its expansion in the midwestern United States with its acquisition of Tech Med, which is based on Kentucky and Ohio.
BROOKLYN, New York—A massive settlement will be awarded to more than 200,000 family caregivers throughout the state of New York. A federal judge granted preliminary approval of a proposed $162 million wage-and-hour class action lawsuit involving caregivers, aka personal assistants, who were paid through Public Partnerships LLC (PPL), the statewide fiscal intermediary for New York’s Consumer Directed Personal Assistance Program (CDPAP).
BRENTWOOD, Tennessee—Compassus, a national provider of integrated home-based care services, announced it is celebrating 20 years of its work in the industry.
"This milestone reflects two decades of providing compassionate, person-centered care to patients and families across the country as the provider looks to build the next generation of care delivered in the home," the company said in a released statement.
PLANO, Texas—Heart to Heart Hospice, a national private provider of hospice care, has partnered with CyberMaxx to in the hopes of strengthening the organization's cybersecurity capabilities and further protecting sensitive patient and employee information.
CyberMaxx provides healthcare-focused cybersecurity expertise, continuous security monitoring, endpoint detection and response capabilities, investigation support and defined escalation pathways.
JACKSONVILLE, Florida—Novitas Solutions, Inc. has been awarded the Jurisdiction H (JH) Medicare Administrative Contractor (MAC) contract by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). The contract covers the states of Arkansas, Colorado, Louisiana, Mississippi, New Mexico, Oklahoma and Texas. Novitas has held the JH contract since 2012.
WASHINGTON—Members of Congress are urging the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to consider the impact of including some items in the revived competitive bidding program. In a committee report accompanying a broad 2027 appropriations bill, lawmakers asked the agency to report back on how bidding would affect access to medically appropriate devices, the American Association for Homecare said in a recent newsleter.
MIRAMAR, Florida—VITAS Healthcare, a national provider of hospice and palliative care, announced the promotion of Bryan Wysong to chief operations officer (COO). As executive vice president and COO, Wysong will lead companywide operations across VITAS, overseeing hospice care delivery, high acuity services, operational performance, quality improvement, home medical equipment and palliative care services.
NEW YORK—Parachute Health, the order management platform for home medical equipment (HME) providers, announced the appointment of Heather Yi as vice president of customer success. Yi joins Parachute with more than two decades of experience following an almost 16-year tenure at Brightree to lead its customer success team and deepen the company's partnerships with HME providers nationwide.
BEVERLY, Massachusetts—Inogen, Inc., a medical technology company offering respiratory products for use in the homecare setting, announced the appointment of Andy Reding to the newly created role of chief operating officer, effective Monday, July 6. Reding will be responsible for driving revenue and operational performance, aligning cross-functional priorities and helping ensure Inogen’s strategy is translated into efficient and measurable outcomes.
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WASHINGTON—Overall Medicare payments to home health providers would increase 2.4%, or $420 million overall, under a proposed rule released by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) on July 1.
