Dinak Nair was appointed as chief executive officer & aims to further company growth

CHERRY HILL, New Jersey—Advantage Healthcare Holdings, a patient-centered health care provider, announced its board of directors has named Dinak (Dino) Nair as its chief executive officer (CEO). Nair assumed leadership of the company from the prior CEO, Ryan Tong. Nair aims to further the management and operations of the company’s comprehensive outpatient rehabilitation facilities and sleep centers.

The new division aims to meet the demand from health care

WASHINGTON—Aloe Care Health has launched a new division, Aloe Care Health Solutions, to address the needs of health care organizations serving older adults, such as Medicare Advantage, Medicaid, home health and senior living. The announcement was made at the Medical Alert Monitoring Association conference in Washington D.C.

The federal suit was settled, charging ACARE HHC with illegally accommodated racial preferences of clients

NEW YORK—ACARE HHC, Inc., a Four Seasons home health care agency and Brooklyn-based supplier of home health aides, announced it will pay $400,000 and furnish other relief to settle a race and national origin discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC).

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services offered resources & flexibilities to Georgia & Florida residents in response to Hurricane Helene

BALTIMORE, Maryland—The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announced additional resources and flexibilities available in Florida and Georgia in response to Hurricane Helene. CMS is working closely with the states of Florida and Georgia to put these flexibilities in place, ensuring those affected by this natural disaster have access to the care they need.

The Partnership for Quality Home Healthcare advocates for the preservation of patient access to home health care & urges Medicare to halt additional home health cuts for 2025

WASHINGTON—The Partnership for Quality Home Healthcare (PQHH), a coalition of Medicare home health providers aiming to increase access to quality homecare, released a third-party analysis of Medicare home health fee-for-service claims from 2022 through 2023, which found a decline in access to home health services for patients and families.

Agape Care Group will provide hospice & palliative care in Oklahoma, Missouri, Kansas & Georgia with new hospice location acquisitions

SPARTANBURG, South Carolina—Agape Care Group (ACG), a provider of hospice and palliative care and portfolio company of Ridgemont Equity Partners, has acquired select Crossroads Hospice locations in Oklahoma, Missouri, Kansas and Georgia. Crossroads Hospice will continue to operate in Tennessee, Ohio and Pennsylvania.

AxisCare was awarded multiple badges for customer satisfaction & market presence from G2’s Fall 2024 Awards list

WACO, Texas—AxisCare, a homecare software solution for single and multi-location homecare agencies, was awarded as a “Category Leader” for its homecare management software from G2, a software review platform company, for the fifth consecutive year. AxisCare was awarded a total of 13 badges from G2’s Fall 2024 Awards list. 

Congressman Earl Blumenauer’s Hospice CARE Act legislation would update hospice benefits & payment structures

WASHINGTON—Congressman Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), a senior member of the Ways and Means Committee, introduced the Hospice Care Accountability, Reform and Enforcement Act (Hospice CARE Act) in an effort to modernize Medicare’s hospice benefit, which has remained largely unchanged since its inception in 1982.