KENT, Washington—Performance Home Medical (PHM), a home medical equipment and respiratory services provider, announced Larry Mastrovich has been named chief executive officer after serving as PHM chairman since January. 

This appointment follows the investment in PHM from private equity firm Grant Avenue Capital and reflects PHM’s efforts to expand its geographic footprint and team, the company said.

WASHINGTON—LeadingAge, an association of nonprofit providers of aging services, has partnered with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) new national campaign—"Risk Less. Do More.”—to raise awareness of the latest vaccines for influenza (flu), COVID-19 and respiratory syncytial virus (RSV).

WILMINGTON, Delaware—Dr. Vishal Patel, a Wilmington physician, has agreed to pay $1 million to resolve allegations of violating the False Claims Act by ordering medically unnecessary durable medical equipment (DME) for patients covered by Medicare and the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program (FEHBP), announced U.S. Attorney David Weiss.

FORT LAUDERDALE, Florida—Trividia Health, Inc., announced it has expanded its portfolio to include the “TRUENESS” blood glucose monitoring system. The new system provides accuracy and cost-effectiveness for diabetes management, allowing users to better measure blood glucose.

BALTIMORE, Maryland—The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced additional resources and flexibilities are available in response to Hurricane Francine in Louisiana. CMS is working closely with the state of Louisiana to put these flexibilities in place to ensure those affected by the natural disaster have access to the care they need.

LONDON, England—Essence SmartCare, an Internet of Things (IoT) remote care solutions company, announced the integration of “Care@Home,” an end-to-end senior care solution, in partnership with Skyresponse, an alarm management platform. 

TRENTON, New Jersey—A Florida man admitted his role in a durable medical equipment (DME) health care fraud scheme, announced U.S. Attorney Philip Sellinger.

Christopher Vehovec of Miami Beach, Florida, pleaded guilty to information charging him with one count of conspiracy to commit health care fraud before U.S. District Judge Michael Shipp in Trenton federal court.

PORT WASHINGTON, New York—CareConnect, a homecare artificial intelligence and software services company, announced the launch of Home Care Insights, the first in a series of new websites that provide health care organizations with recruitment, engagement and retention insights. Home Care Insights aims to optimize the workforce and deliver care, the company said.

WASHINGTON—LeadingAge, a national association of nonprofit and mission-driven aging services providers, released "The Immigration Imperative: Recommendations for Strengthening the Aging Services Workforce." The Immigration Imperative is a new white paper that explores how the country’s immigration system can be reformed, addresses the need to increase foreign-born workers in long-term service and supports (LTSS) care teams and aims to expand access to care.

OVERLAND PARK, Kansas & LOUISVILLE, Kentucky—Health and community care technology company