Nashville, Tennessee (June 27, 2019)—Health care technology company Change Healthcare Inc. launched its initial public offering (IPO) on Thursday, June 27 with a starting price of $13 per share for 42,857,142 shares of common stock and $50 per share for its concurrent offering of 5 million of its 6% tangible equity units.
Washington, D.C. (June 27, 2019)—Years of relationship-building between AAHomecare, the South Carolina Medical Equipment Services Association (SCMESA) and South Carolina Medicaid (SC Medicaid) is paying off for durable medical equipment (DME) providers in the state, AAHomecare reports.
ALBANY, N.Y. (June 25, 2019)—A new marketing campaign seeking to fill hundreds of jobs and training opportunities in the long-term care industry across Upstate New York kicked off today. The new effort asks people if they have the “Caring Gene”—that instinctive desire to want to help family, friends, neighbors or even complete strangers. Those that do are encouraged to apply or learn more about careers as a Certified Nursing Assistant, Home Health Aide or Personal Care Aide.
DALLAS, (June 25, 2019)—Home health care technology provider Axxess has once again been honored as one of IDG’s Computerworld 2019 Best Places to Work in IT. This is the fifth consecutive year Axxess has been ranked among the 100 finalists. Axxess also ranked number one in the diversity category. Organizations were ranked based on their ability to develop outstanding IT staff while providing great benefits and compensation.
WASHINGTON, D.C. (June 25, 2019)—More than 40% of the members of the United States House of Representatives have joined a letter asking federal regulators to keep noninvasive ventilators out of the next round of the competitive bidding program for HME.
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (June 25, 2019)—Synzi, a technology company, has announced that Dependable Health Services, a Medicare-certified home health care agency, has selected its virtual care communication platform to usher in a new standard of patient care in Arizona.
WASHINGTON, D.C. (June 20, 2019)—New bipartisan legislation has been introduced in both the United States Senate and House of Representatives that would grant occupational therapists the authority to open home health cases. Under current law, only nurses, physical therapists and speech language pathologists can open a home health case by performing the patient assessment.
OVERLAND PARK, Kan. (June 20, 2019)—Healthcare IT partner Netsmart announced its recent partnership with hospice and palliative care provider, Capital Caring. The Virginia-based health care organization selected Netsmart services and solutions to enrich person-centered care in hospice and palliative care by enhancing the clinician experience through improved workflows and access to the complete historical patient health record.