MERCER ISLAND, Wash. (December 21, 2021)—CarepathRx, a provider of pharmacy and medication management solutions, announced a new partnership with University of Chicago Medicine to provide comprehensive home and specialty infusion services to the academic health system's growing patient population. This partnership will allow UChicago Medicine to extend its clinical reach into the home and ambulatory setting.
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WASHINGTON, D.C. (December 16, 2021)—The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has briefly reopened the window for health care providers to submit Provider Relief Fund (PRF) Phase 1 reporting through Monday, Dec. 20, 2021 (11:59pm ET). Full text of the announcement was posted on the PRF reporting portal with no announcement/notice on the PRF homepage. The update reads in full:
GURNEE, IL. (December 15, 2021)—BrightStar Care, a nationwide franchise that provides in-home care, released key findings from an analysis conducted by Avalere Health, a leading U.S.-based health care analytics firm. The analysis evaluated BrightStar Care's client outcomes and cost benefits.
CHICAGO (December 15, 2021)—American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine (AAHPM) is pleased to announce the completion of a three-year Palliative Care Measures Project funded by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). AAHPM, with subrecipients National Coalition for Hospice and Palliative Care and RAND Corporation, was awarded a $5.5 million three-year cooperative agreement from CMS.
NEW ORLEANS, La. (December 15, 2021)—The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals has revived the federal COVID-19 vaccine mandate for health care facilities, including home health agencies, in 26 states.
HOUSTON (December 14, 2021)—In the first extradition from the Republic of Cameroon to the United States, a Texas man was extradited to Houston on Friday to serve an 80-year prison sentence he received in absentia four years ago after he pleaded guilty in two separate cases to conspiracy, health care fraud, money laundering and tax offenses.
BLOOMFIELD HILLS, Mi. (December 14, 2021)—Franchise Dictionary Magazine recognized ComForCare, a franchised provider of in-home caregiving services, as one of the top 100 Game Changers of 2021. This recognition highlights franchises that fill a niche, help the communities they are a part of, and provide opportunities for aspiring business owners.
ATLANTA (December 14, 2021)—Aveanna Healthcare Holdings Inc., a diversified homecare platform focused on providing care to medically complex, high-cost patient populations, announced that it has successfully completed the acquisition of Comfort Care, a home health and hospice company with operations in Alabama and Tennessee, for $345 million, representing $290 million of value, net of the present value of approximately $55 million in estimated net tax benefits.
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WASHINGTON, D.C. (December 10, 2021)—The national average hourly rate for hospice aides (CNAs) increased 4.52% in 2021, according to the just released 2021-2022 Hospice Salary & Benefits Report, published by Hospital & Healthcare Compensation Service (HCS) in cooperation with the National Association for Home Care & Hospice (NAHC).
WASHINGTON, D.C. (December 10, 2021)—The U.S. Senate has approved legislation that keeps across-the-board 4% PAYGO cuts to Medicare reimbursement from taking effect in 2022. The House passed S. 610 on Dec. 8. the
SCHAUMBURG, Ill. (December 10, 2021)—Complia Health, a home health and hospice technology solutions provider, announced that All Pointe Care, a home health and homecare provider, has chosen the company’s ContinuLink solution and Clinical Edge EVV mobile app to support caregivers in the field. The partnership was formalized following All Pointe’s acquisition of an agency into its care delivery approach.
PITTSFORD, N.Y. (December 10, 2021)—Caresmartz has rolled out a major update that allows homecare businesses to quickly gather insights and represent them into a format of choice for growth and success.
CareSmartz360, a homecare software solution, opened up a whole new realm of custom reporting, bringing the company one step closer to providing homecare providers with a truly comprehensive solution for everything homecare.
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BIRMINGHAM, Alabama (December 9, 2021)–Home health care workers often suffer from poorer physical and mental health, when compared with similar low-wage frontline workers, according to new research by Weill Cornell Medicine.
AUSTIN, Texas (December 9, 2021)—Two doctors who helped a local hospice agency scam Medicare were sentenced to a combined 23 years in prison for health care fraud, announced U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas Chad E. Meacham.
WASHINGTON, D.C. (December 8, 2021)—The House of Representatives has passed the Protecting Medicare and American Farmers from Sequester Cuts Act (S. 610), legislation to keep across-the-board 4% PAYGO cuts to Medicare reimbursement from taking effect in 2022.
WASHINGTON, D.C. (December 7, 2021)—On an annual basis, the Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) issues a financial report that provides fiscal and high-level performance results that allow for the assessment of HHS’s performance over the previous fiscal year.
ROSEVILLE, Calif. (December 7, 2021)—Always Best Care Senior Services, a senior care franchise systems in the United States, announced that it will deploy its own remote patient monitoring (RPM) solutions across its franchise system throughout 30 states.
CLEARWATER & SARASOTA, Fla. (December 7, 2021)—Empath Health is pleased to announce Rhonda Sanders as its Chief Mission Access Officer, a senior-level position charged with helping Empath grow as a customer-driven organization and sparking growth in consumers, payers and referral sources for each service line.
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