DALLAS (January 20, 2022)—Axxess, a technology provider for care in the home, is helping home health providers deliver the best possible value-based care by partnering with aging-in-place specialist Seniors Home Services and joining the HomesRenewed Coalition.
RANKFORT, Ky., (January 20, 2022)—Vohra Wound Care has been awarded a grant by Kentucky's Cabinet for Health and Family Services. The grant will improve the care of Kentucky's nursing home residents by training nurses about prevention, assessment and management of wounds in the nursing home setting. The $81,113 award is made possible through the reinvestment of civil money penalties issued to Kentucky nursing homes.
ALEXANDRIA, Va. (January 20, 2022)—In a statement, the National Home Infusion Association (NHIA) and several allied organizations called on the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and state regulatory agencies to investigate unregulated direct access infusion businesses, which provide individuals with intravenous solutions absent the recommendation of a licensed prescriber.
HERZLIYA, Israel (January 20, 2022)—Essence Group, a technology group developing IoT-based security, safety and health care solutions and cloud services for homes, families and businesses, announced that is has been awarded two CES 2022 Picks Awards; for its Umbrella mobile personal emergency response system (mPERS) and VitalOn remote patient monitoring platform.
GILBERT, Ariz. (January 18, 2022)—SYNERGY HomeCare, a growing homecare franchisor, continued to grow its footprint by selling 52 territories in 2021. This was a 37% increase over 2020 that produced an industry-leading 38 territory sales.
The growth earned the company a spot on the prestigious Entrepreneur magazine 2022 Franchise 500.
WASHINGTON, D.C. (January 18, 2022)—The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) recently opened the Provider Relief Fund (PRF) reporting portal for providers to begin entering data to submit their second period PRF reports. Providers who received one or more General and/or Targeted PRF payments exceeding $10,000, in the aggregate, from July 1, 2020 to Dec. 31, 2020 must report on their use of funds in Reporting Period 2.
WASHINGTON, D.C. (January 18, 2022)—The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) met Thursday, January 13, to vote on their annual recommendations to Congress regarding payment policy and reporting requirements. This session served as a formality following presentation and discussion of the same recommendations that were put forward at the commission’s December 2021 meeting.
TROY, MI (January 18, 2022)—Best Life Brands, LLC, a multi-brand franchised organization that includes Blue Moon Estate Sales, CarePatrol, ComForCare, At Your Side Home Care and Boost Home Healthcare ended 2021 with 112 franchise agreements awarded across all brands, the acquisition of a home health company and multiple national awards.
FRESNO, Calif. (January 18, 2022)—Sunrise Medical, a provider of advanced assistive mobility solutions, announced the appointment of Jim Black as RGK’s Business Development Manager for North America.