WASHINGTON—In the wake of a series of Department of Homeland Security (DHS) actions with significant impact on foreign-born individuals living and working legally in the United States, the head of LeadingAge, which represents nonprofit and mission-driven organizations serving and caring for older adults and families across America, urged the Trump administration to reverse course.
CLEARWATER, Florida—Empath Health, an integrated care network, unveiled its One Hospice Model. Empath Health said the framework will preserve community-based hospice while adding the scale, innovation and accountability of a statewide system.
GERMANTOWN, Maryland—The HealthWell Foundation, an independent non-profit organization that provides financial assistance for underinsured Americans, announced it has opened a new fund that aims to assist with out-of-pocket costs for cancer homecare services and durable medical equipment (DME).
MINNETONKA, Minnesota—Accra, a nonprofit organization that provides individualized homecare services to people with disabilities and older adults, has named LeAnn Frette as its new chief solutions officer. Frette transitions to her new role after serving as Accra’s chief financial officer (CFO) for more than a decade. In place of Frette, Accra has appointed Chad Derner as its new CFO.
LOVELAND, Ohio—CommonSpirit Health at Home, a nonprofit health system, has appointed Trisha Crissman as president and chief executive officer. Crissman has served as interim president of CommonSpirit Health at Home since Oct. 2023.
OCEANSIDE, California—Honest Medical, an e-commerce site offering health care products, has partnered with Happen Ventures to donate thousands of returned, reusable health products to nonprofits serving those in need. Happen Ventures provides reuse services that support environmental sustainability and aims to foster economic and social benefits. The most recent donation was to Hope Esperanza, a nonprofit organization located in North Platte, Nebraska.
MOORESTOWN, New Jersey—David Baiada, CEO of BAYADA Home Health Care, has been elected to lead the board of directors of The Partnership for Quality Home Healthcare (PQHH). Baiada is assuming this role after serving as treasurer. BAYADA is a founding member of the partnership and an advocate for home health and home care patient populations.
SPARTANBURG, South Carolina—RedSail Technologies, a provider of pharmacy software solutions, announced its partnership with One Tree Planted, a nonprofit organization focused on global reforestation. As part of this partnership, RedSail Technologies will be planting one tree for every PioneerRx system installed from April 1, 2023 through April 30, 2024.
WASHINGTON, D.C. (March 8, 2022—The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has announced the availability of $3.2 million in funds from the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 for Susan Harwood Workplace Safety and Health Training on Infectious Diseases, Including COVID-19 grants.
NEW YORK (July 22, 2021)—The national, independent nonprofit FAIR Health has recently been awarded a grant from The John A. Hartford Foundation, a national organization dedicated to improving the care of older adults, to pilot a new set of shared decision-making (SDM) and other health care engagement tools geared toward older adults with serious illness. The initiative, which launched on July 1, will include a robust dissemination campaign and evaluation of the new tools.
HOUSTON (May 11, 2021)—Sewa International has spent more than $6 million in the last 15 days to procure lifesaving equipment such as oxygen concentrators, ventilators, BiPAP and CPAP machines as part of its “Help India Defeat COVID-19” campaign.
TUCKER, Ga. (May 20, 2020)—Friends of Disabled Adults and Children (FODAC) raised over $45,000 in its 20th Annual Run Walk ‘n Roll on Saturday, May 9. One of the organization’s main annual fundraisers, this year the family-friendly event was re-imagined as a “virtual” event due to the pandemic.
ST. LOUIS (December 20, 2016)—Ascension has partnered with on-demand transportation company Lyft to make non-emergency transportation services available to patients facing transportation barriers.
