FORT LAUDERDALE, Florida—A federal jury in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, convicted a nursing assistant for his role in an $11.4 million health care fraud and wire fraud conspiracy in which hundreds of Medicare beneficiaries were allegedly sent thousands of orthotic braces they did not need.
WASHINGTON—The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has released a new online complaint form for providers to submit grievances related to Medicare Advantage (MA) plans.
PHILADELPHIA—BAYADA Home Health Care, a nonprofit home health care provider, announced the launch of its new home intensive care unit (HICU) program for infants and children with high-acuity medical needs. Following a pilot of this care delivery model, BAYADA’s HICU services are now available in three states—Delaware, New York and Pennsylvania—with growing interests to expand nationwide.
NEW YORK—With disruptive winter storms predicted for much of the country, software company Arya Health announced it is launching an emergency response agent (ERA) designed to help quickly triage urgent homecare issues when traditional workflows are overwhelmed.
The ERA serves as a centralized first point of contact, capturing critical information and helping teams respond more efficiently.
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SAN DIEGO—Visiting Angels Senior Home Care North San Diego announced it has launched a redesigned website that streamlines the process for families seeking in-home care services for their loved ones. The new site, which went live in mid-December, features a simplified consultation request system accessible directly from the homepage.
NEW YORK—Tomorrow Health, a home-based health care platform, announced general availability of its Horizon Suite, which includes artificial intelligence (AI) ordering, AI fax intake and the Tomorrow Health expert assistant (THEA).
Tomorrow Health said the solutions offered in the Horizon Suite aim to embed intelligence and analytics across provider, supplier and payer workflows to accelerate the prescription to fulfillment process.
HUDSON, Ohio—GEMCO Medical, a national wholesale distributor of medical supplies, announced that it will open a new distribution center in Salt Lake City, Utah, in the summer of 2026. The company said the facility aims to expand capacity, accelerate delivery times and enhance service levels for customers across the Western United States.
MIDDLETOWN, New Jersey—NikoHealth, the cloud-based automation platform for home medical equipment (HME) providers, announced a new application programming interface (API) integration with sovaSage, Inc., a digital health software as a service (SaaS) company focused on sleep and respiratory therapy management.
MACON, Georgia—Elizabeth Sue Ivester, 63, of Warner Robins, has been convicted on one count of health care fraud and one count of aggravated identity theft for engaging in a scheme to defraud the Georgia Medicaid program of more than $5.4 million.
MIRAMAR, Florida—INMYTEAM, a health care technology company focused on artificial intelligence (AI) in home health operations, announced the launch of its AI Transcriber for home health care assessments. The transcriber is designed to aid in simplifying outcome and assessment information set (OASIS) documentation, improve Medicare compliance and restore time to clinicians.
