DALLAS (January 25, 2022)—Axxess, a technology innovator for health care at home, has elevated three people to its executive leadership team to accelerate the company’s care at home partnerships and software solutions.
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DALLAS (January 20, 2022)—Axxess, a technology provider for care in the home, is helping home health providers deliver the best possible value-based care by partnering with aging-in-place specialist Seniors Home Services and joining the HomesRenewed Coalition.
ALEXANDRIA, Va. (January 20, 2022)—In a statement, the National Home Infusion Association (NHIA) and several allied organizations called on the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and state regulatory agencies to investigate unregulated direct access infusion businesses, which provide individuals with intravenous solutions absent the recommendation of a licensed prescriber.
As growth continues, certification remains critical
GILBERT, Ariz. (January 18, 2022)—SYNERGY HomeCare, a growing homecare franchisor, continued to grow its footprint by selling 52 territories in 2021. This was a 37% increase over 2020 that produced an industry-leading 38 territory sales.
The growth earned the company a spot on the prestigious Entrepreneur magazine 2022 Franchise 500.
WASHINGTON, D.C. (January 18, 2022)—The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) met Thursday, January 13, to vote on their annual recommendations to Congress regarding payment policy and reporting requirements. This session served as a formality following presentation and discussion of the same recommendations that were put forward at the commission’s December 2021 meeting.
TROY, MI (January 18, 2022)—Best Life Brands, LLC, a multi-brand franchised organization that includes Blue Moon Estate Sales, CarePatrol, ComForCare, At Your Side Home Care and Boost Home Healthcare ended 2021 with 112 franchise agreements awarded across all brands, the acquisition of a home health company and multiple national awards.
Prove your worth across the care continuum
CLEARWATER, Fla. (January 12, 2022)—Empath Health announced that its affiliate organization Empath Hospice has been granted initial approval by the Agency for Health Care Administration to deliver hospice care services in Hardee, Highlands and Polk counties.
Empath Hospice is built on the foundation of Suncoast Hospice and Tidewell Hospice, which have been providing pioneering care in the Tampa Bay and Southwest Florida regions for a combined 85 years.
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (January 12, 2022)—Forcura, a health care technology company that enables safer patient care transitions and coordination, announced that it will recognize Amedisys as the recipient of its first-ever Forcura CONNECT Award.
Make sure your clients know their options
WASHINGTON, D.C. (January 11, 2022)—The deadline for home health agencies to submit a request for an exemption from participating in the Home Health CAHPS (HH CAHPS) Survey for the CY 2023 Annual Payment Update (APU) is March 31, 2022.
New model should address social determinants of health at home
ATLANTA (January 7, 2022)—Sharecare, a digital health company that helps people manage all their health in one place, announced that more than 400 Medicare Advantage plans—including several of the nation’s largest payers—are exclusively leveraging its home health platform and network of caregivers, CareLinx by Sharecare, to scale in-home care supplemental benefit programs in 2022.
NEW YORK (January 7, 2022)—The quality of home health care varies by location, with rural home health care agencies initiating care more quickly while urban agencies excel in preventing hospitalizations, according to a new study by researchers at NYU Rory Meyers College of Nursing. The findings are published in the Journal of Rural Health.
NEW YORK (January 6, 2022)—Hearst announced it has agreed to acquire CellTrak, a provider of care documentation software solutions in the personal care market. The announcement was made by Steven R. Swartz, Hearst president and CEO; Gregory Dorn, MD, Hearst Health president; Scott Decker, Homecare Homebase president; and Dan Wacker, CellTrak CEO. Terms were not disclosed and the transaction is expected to close in Q1 of 2022.
DALLAS (January 6, 2022)—Smart Meter has partners with AT&T Communications to improve health outcomes for patients with chronic conditions like diabetes and high blood pressure. Smart Meter supplies health care providers with cellular remote patient monitoring (RPM) devices and services, including the SmartRPM solution, iGlucose, iBloodPressure 2.0, iScale and soon, the iPulseOx, being unveiled at CES 2022 in Las Vegas.
BRENTWOOD, Tenn. (January 5, 2022)—Compassus, a national provider of home-based care services, announced that its board of directors has appointed David Grams as CEO. He succeeds Jim Deal, who will continue as the company’s chairman of the board.
FORT WORTH, Texas (January 5, 2022)—Jet Health Inc., a regional provider of home health and hospice services, announced the acquisition of Blessings Hospice, an Arlington, Texas-based hospice company. Blessings Hospice has been serving patients throughout Arlington since its 2019 founding.