DALLAS—Homecare Homebase (HCHB), a software provider for home-based care, released its 2026 Home Health Impact Model along with a new suite of advocacy dashboards, both available within its HCHB Analytics platform. These tools equip home health agencies with data-driven insights to assess how the recently proposed payment changes from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) may impact reimbursement, operations and financial planning.

ST. PETERSBURG & SUNRISE, Florida—Interim HealthCare Inc., a franchise network offering the full continuum of care, named MissionCare Collective and its flagship product, CoachUp Care, as its national partner for workforce retention. 

LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas—Arkansas Attorney General Tim Griffin announced a man from Trumann, Arkansas was arrested following an investigation into fraudulent claims submitted to the state’s Medicaid program.

BOSTON—Eleos Health, a provider of artificial intelligence (AI) for behavioral health, announced its expansion into post-acute care, bringing its purpose-built AI platform to home health, palliative care and hospice settings. At the 2025 National Alliance for Care at Home Financial Summit on July 28 in Chicago, Eleos showcased how AI can ease documentation burdens, ensure compliance and improve care quality across the post-acute landscape.

MILWAUKEE—Crisis Prevention Institute (CPI) announced the launch of its new Dementia Capable Care Learning Library, an online continued learning solution to help organizations develop a dementia capable workforce, delivering evidence-based, person-centered dementia care.

The on-demand learning library allows staff across health care, senior living, memory care, homecare and hospice organizations to develop and sustain essential dementia care skills.

ATLANTA—More than 55% of Medicare beneficiaries are enrolled in Medicare Advantage, and enrollment in preferred provider organization plans rose nearly 20% between 2023 and 2024, according to a new report out from Trella Health. 

TAMPA, Florida—District Judge Virginia M. Hernandez Covington sentenced Lino Mallari Gutierrez, aka “Joe Gutierrez," to 17 years and 6 months in federal prison and ordered him to pay more than $5.6 million in restitution for his role in a scheme to defraud Medicare. 

WASHINGTON—The American Association for Homecare (AAHomecare) has put out a list of issues in the government's proposed rule for durable medical equipment (DME) that it's asking providers to submit public comment on in the next 30 days. 

NEWARK, New Jersey—HealthSure 3X, an online health solutions company headquartered in New Jersey, has introduced a platform where patients can access licensed health care professionals at home using virtual in-home medical care. 

BOSTON—Athenahealth, Inc., a provider of network-enabled software and services for health care practices, announced that HarmonyCares, a national provider of in-home primary care services for individuals with complex health care needs, has implemented athenaOne, athenahealth’s suite of electronic health record (EHR), practice and revenue cycle management (RCM) and patient engagement capabilities with embedded artificial intelligence technologies.