LOUISVILLE, Ky. (March 3, 2022)—One year after launching the CenterWell brand to represent Humana’s payer-agnostic health care service offerings, Humana Inc. has started to transition Kindred at Home’s home health division to the CenterWell Home Health brand.
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WASHINGTON, D.C. (March 1, 2022)—Building on the Biden-Harris administration’s priorities for a better health care system, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has announced a redesigned Accountable Care Organization (ACO) model that better reflects the agency’s vision of creating a health system that achieves equitable outcomes through high quality, affordable, person-centered care.
PHILADELPHIA (March 1, 2022)—BAYADA Home Health Care, a not-for-profit home health care provider has launched its new, innovative suite of digital care transition and coordination solutions to assist hospitals and health plan joint venture partners to better serve patients in their homes and communities. BAYADA has selected digital health care company, Dina, its current technology partner, as the platform to power these new, tech-enabled services.
BOSTON (March 1, 2022)—CareAcademy, a care enablement platform for homecare and home health organizations, announced the release of 240+ hours of continuing education for state-licensed occupational and physical therapists. This offering deepens CareAcademy’s training solution for the home health industry—a critical component to recruiting and retaining health care workers as staffing needs continue to accelerate.
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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.
MINNETONKA, Minn. (February 24, 2022)—Accra, a Minnesota-based provider of homecare services, has promoted Mary Ngunu to be its first Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Lead. In her new role, Ngunu will be responsible for implementing and executing all efforts regarding diversity, equity, and inclusion at Accra.
WASHINGTON, D.C. (February 22, 2022)—Medicare paid a total $6.6 billion to nonhospice providers for services provided to hospice beneficiaries between 2010 and 2019, according to a new report from the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services Office of the Inspector General (OIG).
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (February 22, 2022)—Encompass Health Corp. announced it has been named to Fortune's 'World's Most Admired Companies' for 2022. Encompass Health, a national leader in integrated health care services, was listed third in the Healthcare: Medical Facilities category.
NEW YORK (February 22, 2022)—HHAeXchange, a provider of homecare management solutions for payers, providers and state Medicaid agencies, announced the official launch of Care Insights for Payers, a solution that enables payers to leverage caregivers’ visit frequency with members to capture change in condition alerts and social determinants of health (SDOH) observations, creating additional visibility at the member, risk cohort and population levels.
ALEXANDRIA, Va. (February 14, 2022) — The National Home Infusion Foundation (NHIF) is proud to announce that Melissa Leone, RN, BSN is the recipient of the 2022 Lynn Giglione Women in Leadership Award.
LAS VEGAS (February 16, 2022)—The National Association for Home Care & Hospice (NAHC) and the Home Care & Hospice Financial Managers Association (HHFMA) are announcing a call for speakers to the 2022 Financial Management Conference in Las Vegas, Nevada from July 24-26, 2022.
FORT WORTH, Texas (February 16, 2022)—VERTESS, a health care mergers and acquisitions (M+A) advisory firm, announced that seasoned M+A professional Anna Elliott, who specializes in high-growth health care technologies such as deep tech, SAAS, artificial intelligence, machine learning and ambient solutions, has joined the company as a managing director and partner.
NEW YORK (February 15, 2022)—As part of an initiative funded by The John A. Hartford Foundation, FAIR Health conducted a nationwide study comprising two surveys geared toward older patients (adults 65 and older) and family caregivers/care partners. The surveys revealed critical insights into the needs of older adults and their caregivers/care partners concerning health care navigation and decision making.
WASHINGTON, D.C. (February 11, 2022)—The Department of Veterans Affairs’ (VA) Office of Geriatrics and Extended Care is expanding its Home-Based Primary Care, Medical Foster Home and Veteran-Directed Care programs to make them available at all VA medical centers (VAMC) by the end of fiscal year 2026.
VA will add 58 medical foster homes and 70 veteran-directed care programs to VAMCs across the nation and add 75 home-based primary care teams to areas with the highest unmet need.
HARTFORD, Conn. (February 10, 2022)—CareCentrix, a home-centered care company, announced the addition of Dr. Jonathan Gavras as a senior strategic clinical advisor.