WASHINGTON—The federal government will indefinitely withhold $1.3 billion in Medicaid reimbursements to the state of California as part of a Medicaid fraud initiative, Vice President JD Vance and Administrator for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Mehmet Oz announced.
“The state of California has not taken fraud very seriously,” Vance said at a White House news conference.
CONCORD, New Hampshire—Granite VNA has hired Sandra Jobe as the new vice president of human resources. Jobe brings more than 20 years of experience driving workforce strategy, organizational transformation and culture development across multi-state operations to the agency.
WATERLOO, Iowa—VGM Forbin announced that Page Smith, an information technology (IT) and digital executive with more than 18 years of experience leading enterprise technology, digital transformation and high growth teams, has joined the organization as vice president of product innovation.
AKRON, Ohio—ACU-Serve announced the appointment of Natasha Baria Mehta as president.
BRENTWOOD, Tennessee—IntellaTriage, a national provider of nurse-first triage solutions for hospice and home health organizations, has named triage nurse Wina Hanselman, LPN, as its 2025 Nurse of the Year.
MARTINEZ, California—Hello Robot, the team behind the Stretch mobile manipulation platform, announced the release of Stretch 4. Available now for $29,950, Stretch 4 is an open-source robotics platform designed for researchers, developers and application engineers building the next wave of physical AI applications for general purpose robotics.
WASHINGTON—The Home Care Association of America (HCAOA) brought together homecare leaders, agency owners and advocates from across the country for its annual National Home Care Advocacy Day on Capitol Hill. The event highlights the growing importance of homecare and the need for bipartisan policy solutions to support caregivers and expand access to care in the home.
Editor's Note: This article was updated May 14 to add industry reactions.
WASHINGTON—The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced May 13 it will be implementing a six-month, nationwide moratorium on new Medicare enrollment for both hospices and home health agencies (HHAs).
WATERLOO, Iowa—VGM & Associates announced David Atkins and Joe Delagrave will feature as keynote speakers for the 2026 VGM Heartland Conference, taking place Monday, June 8—Wednesday, June 10, 2026, in Waterloo, Iowa.
PITTSBURGH—The Jewish Association on Aging (JAA), a provider of home-based senior services, and RubyWell, a technology company building the infrastructure to integrate family caregivers into the healthcare system, launched a family caregiver pilot in Allegheny and Westmoreland counties, Pennsylvania, with consultative support from Integra Strategies. The initiative was made possible with a grant awarded to JAA from the Richard King Mellon Foundation.
