ALBANY, N.Y. (March 22, 2022)—Seven New York state homecare providers have filed suit against the United States’ Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the New York equivalent Department of Health (NYDOH). The suit, filed late last week, alleges inequitable and arbitrary disbursement of funds provided by the American Rescue Plan.
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WALTHAM & CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (March 22, 2022)—Fresenius Medical Care, a provider of products and services for individuals with kidney diseases, InterWell Health, a physician organization driving innovation in the kidney care industry, and Cricket Health, a provider of value-based kidney care with an industry-leading patient engagement and data platform, announced that they have entered into a definitive agreement to create an independent new company.
LIBERTY LAKE, Wash. (March 22, 2022)—Family Resource Home Care announced that it has received nine Best of Home Care Awards from the annual Home Care Pulse report that honors agencies that achieve best-in-class client and caregiver satisfaction scores in the Provider of Choice and Employer of Choice category from Home Care Pulse. These awards are granted only to the top-ranking homecare providers, based on caregiver satisfaction scores gathered by Home Care Pulse.
The COVID-19 pandemic kept members of the home infusion industry from meeting in person for two years, but also highlighted the field’s strengths and brought public awareness of home infusion’s potential in the health care continuum, Connie Sullivan, president and CEO of the National Home Infusion Association (NHIA), told members and other attendees recently at the organization’s annual conference.
SACREMENTO, Calif. (March 18, 2022)—Two members of a network that operated and facilitated a large-scale “grandparent scam,” pleaded guilty to racketeering conspiracy. Timothy Ingram, aka Bleezy, 29, of North Hollywood, California pleaded guilty on March 2, and Jack Owuor, 25, of Paramount, California pleaded guilty on March 9.
CHICAGO (March 18, 2022)—Inc. magazine announced that Dina, an AI-powered care-at-home platform and network, is No. 40 on the third annual Inc. 5000 Regionals Midwest list, the most prestigious ranking of the fastest-growing private companies based in Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, North Dakota, Nebraska, Ohio, South Dakota and Wisconsin. The regional ranking, an offshoot of the annual Inc.
BURKBENNET, Texas (March 18, 2022)—HomeWell Care Services, a nonmedical in-home care provider, has hired Erika Ehlers, a 25-year learning and training veteran, as senior director of training. Ehlers is the latest in a series of strategic hires by HomeWell to support new and future owners of the rapidly growing franchise brand, which recently posted record results for 2021.
BRENTWOOD, Tenn. (March 17, 2022)—IntellaTriage, a provider of after-hours nurse-first triage services, recently announced a partnership with CommonSpirit Health at Home to provide triage on-call services directly to their patients and families.
Widowed and usually living alone, Gloria Bailey walks with a cane after two knee replacement surgeries and needs help with housekeeping.
BURKBURNETT, Texas (March 15, 2022)—HomeWell Care Services, a nonmedical in-home care provider, has been named a Home Care Pulse Endorsed National Provider for the second year running. Additionally, HomeWell has been named a Best of Home Care Endorsed National Provider for 2022.
These endorsements, based on nationwide client and caregiver feedback gathered by Home Care Pulse, recognize HomeWell as a “Best of the Best” homecare brand in North America.
WASHINGTON, D.C. (March 11, 2022)—The National Association for Home Care & Hospice (NAHC) is pleased to formally announce that Kristen Wheeler has assumed the role of Executive Director of Private Duty Home Care at NAHC, effective Monday, March 7, 2022. Wheeler comes aboard following the departure of Emilie Bartolucci, who departed in November of 2021.
BURKBURNETT, Texas (March 11, 2022)—HomeWell Franchising Inc, the franchiser of nonmedical in-home care provider HomeWell Care Services, released its 2021 franchise development and financial results. HomeWell’s record-setting results, which include year-on-year revenue growth of more than 40% in several key areas, position the company for rapid expansion and national brand recognition in 2022.
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WASHINGTON, D.C. (March 11, 2022)—The Advanced Care at Home Coalition applauds introduction of the Hospital Inpatient Services Modernization Act, which would extend the Acute Care at Home waivers that have allowed for the expanded delivery of hospital-level care at home for Medicare beneficiaries during the COVID-19 pandemic.
DELRAY BEACH, Fla. (March 10, 2022)—Home Care Assistance, a provider of in-home care, today introduced a corporate rebrand that unifies the company around a common mission, values and new name. As TheKey, the company will build on a legacy of providing personalized solutions for clients and their families at every aging milestone, creating an unmatched homecare experience.
DENVER (March 4, 2022)—The Justice Department has concluded that the state of Colorado unnecessarily segregates people with physical disabilities in nursing facilities, in violation of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and the Supreme Court’s decision in Olmstead v. L.C. The department’s findings, detailed in a letter to Colorado Governor Jared Polis, follow a thorough and multi-year investigation into the state’s system of care for people with physical disabilities.
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ROSEVILLE, Calif. (February 24, 2022)—Always Best Care Senior Services, a senior care franchise systems in the United States, announced its expansion to Hawaii with the opening of a new location in Oahu. Located at 1001 Dillingham Blvd., Ste. 317, in Honolulu, Always Best Care of Oahu is owned and operated by franchisee Tyler Kimura, who was born and raised in Honolulu.
DENVER, Colo. (February 24, 2022)—OnTerra Systems, the developers of RouteSavvy route planning software, announced a new RouteSavvy Mobile App with new delivery and service call management functionality and enhanced smartphone-based GPS tracking.