The company has made 6 major appointments across its Health Benefits & Carelon organizations

INDIANAPOLIS—Elevance Health, Inc. announced a series of leadership appointments across its Health Benefits and Carelon organizations.

These appointments support the continued expansion of Carelon, Elevance Health’s services business, which provides an expanding range of services across care, pharmacy, behavioral health and data-driven insights to more than 90 million consumers across the health care system.

The medical technology company recently appointed a new chief financial officer, chief marketing officer & vice president of business to business sales

GOLETA, California—Inogen, Inc., a medical technology company offering respiratory products for use in the homecare setting, announced the following leadership appointments designed to accelerate the company’s next phase of growth.

Matt Filippis has been named the new director of business development for clinical mobility & accessibility

WATERLOO, Iowa—VGM & Associates announced that Matt Filippis has been named director of business development for clinical mobility and accessibility. In this role, Filippis will focus on executing the business development strategy to drive growth and profitability for the clinical mobility and accessibility membership channels, including U.S. Rehab, VGM Live at Home and OPGA.

AAHomeCare, Alliance for Care at Home respond to Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services' request for information on new health care anti-fraud efforts

WASHINGTON—Organizations representing in-home care and equipment providers responded to the administration’s request for comment on its Comprehensive Regulations to Uncover Suspicious Healthcare (CRUSH) program, saying that fraud fighting efforts are important, but urged administrators to protect patient access and outcomes.

Patients with complex health needs will now receive in-home primary care through Bloom's various services

DENVER—Bloom Healthcare, an organization specializing in in-home primary care for seniors with complex health needs, expanded into Missouri. Beginning April 6, Bloom Healthcare will serve patients in Missouri as a primary care provider dedicated to improving outcomes and reducing avoidable hospital utilization.

Cardinal Health's Velocare solution is designed to streamline in-home clinical monitoring kits as well as patient onboarding for hospital-at-home programs

BOSTON & DUBLIN, Ohio—Current Health has partnered with Cardinal Health’s Velocare solution to streamline Current Health’s in-home clinical monitoring kits and the patient onboarding for hospital-at-home programs, while reducing strain on clinical teams. The company said the collaboration helps health systems simplify operations, lower program costs and reduce vendor complexity so their programs can grow more sustainably. 

Department also issues advisory to financial institutions to watch out for health care fraud

WASHINGTON—The Treasury Department issued a warning to financial institutions to be vigilant about fraud schemes targeting government health care benefit programs such as Medicare and Medicaid—and also proposed a plan to pay some whistleblowers whose tips lead to fraud convictions.