PITTSBURGH—Seniors Helping Seniors, a senior care services provider, announced the opening of its newest in-home care services franchise location in Northeast Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The company said this expansion aims to bring personalized care to the senior community in Pittsburgh and focus on a peer-to-peer caregiving model.
DALLAS & BIRMINGHAM, Alabama—The Delaware Court of Chancery ruled in the lawsuit against Encompass Health, a national home health and hospice provider, and Enhabit Home Health and Hospice, an owner and operator of rehabilitation hospitals.
ARLINGTON, Virginia—The American Association for Homecare (AAHomecare), a nonprofit organization advocating for home medical equipment (HME) services and supplies policies, announced that nominations have opened for its Van G. Miller Homecare Champion Award.
DALLAS—Axxess, a global technology platform for health care at home, announced its keynote speaker for its upcoming Axxess Growth, Innovation and Leadership Experience (AGILE) conference, as well as a new hospice outcomes and patient evaluation (HOPE) workshop and early bird pricing for AGILE 2025. The conference will be held Monday, May 5 through Wednesday, May 7, 2025, in Dallas, Texas.
WASHINGTON—The American Telemedicine Association (ATA), a telehealth organization, and ATA Action, the company’s affiliated trade organization, have urged Congress to extend access to necessary virtual care services in a year-end legislative package. With many telehealth flexibilities set to expire at the end of the Congressional year, the company aims to gain the support of Congress members.
WASHINGTON—The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the Office of Inspector General (OIG) released their fall 2024 semiannual report to congress (SAR), which found more than $7 billion in expected recoveries and receivables from misspent Medicare, Medicaid and other health and human services funds.
SARASOTA, Florida—The Tidewell Foundation board of trustees announced its new board officers for its 2025 fiscal year. The Florida-based nonprofit hospice provider, which is a member of Empath Health, was established in an effort to provide philanthropic support to Tidewell Hospice and Empath’s not-for-profit affiliate organizations.
GOTHENBURG, Sweden—Mölnlycke Health Care, a Swedish medical technology company, announced Guillaume Joucla has been appointed as the company’s new chief financial officer (CFO). Joucla will take office as CFO and member of the company’s executive leadership team in January.
PLYMOUTH MEETING, Pennsylvania—AdaptHealth, a health care at home solutions provider, announced that Russell Schuster has been appointed as its new chief commercial officer.
ALEXANDRIA, Virginia—Steve Landers, CEO of the National Alliance for Care at Home (The Alliance), announced Sherl Brand will join The Alliance as its first chief operating officer (COO) beginning in January 2025.
