CHICAGO,(July 6, 2021)—Chicago-based health tech provider Dina announced that Dr. Maryann Lauletta has joined the company as CHIEF MEDICAL OFFICER to further advance its mission of delivering more care in the home and community.
This is a new role for Dina, a care-at-home platform and network that supports the health care industry’s transition to virtual and in-home care. Lauletta will work out of the company’s Philadelphia hub.
NEW YORK, N.Y. & MAPLEWOOD, N.J. (July 6, 2021)—Partners Health Plan (PHP) and StationMD launched a partnership to improve access to medical care for people with intellectual and/or developmental disabilities (I/DD), which includes those with cerebral palsy, Down Syndrome, autism and other physical and mental impairments.
BIRMINGHAM, Alabama (July 1, 2021)—The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid (CMS) isn’t ready to make dramatic changes yet to the Patient Driven Groupings Model (PDGM) but could reduce base payment rates as soon as 2023 if current tren
WASHINGTON, DC (June 29, 2021)—The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has issued a proposed rule that would i
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (June 22, 2021)—Encompass Health Corp. announced that Barbara A. Jacobsmeyer, president, Inpatient Hospitals, has been appointed as Chief Executive Officer of Home Health and Hospice, effective immediately. She succeeds April K. Anthony, whose previously announced departure was effective on June 18, 2021.
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WASHINGTON, D.C. (June 18, 2021)—The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) is issuing an emergency temporary standard (ETS) to protect health care and health care support service workers from occupational exposure to COVID-19 in settings where people with COVID-19 are reasonably expected to be present.
PALO ALTO, Calif. & INDIANAPOLIS (June 18, 2021)—Vynca, a provider of advance care planning and serious illness care, and Indianapolis-based Community Health Network, announced a partnership that will enable patients and the Community care team members to digitally create and share advance care planning documents.
BLOOMFIELD HILLS, Mich. (June 18, 2021) – Best Life Brands, LLC announced the addition of Jennifer LoBianco as senior vice president of marketing. LoBianco will lead the Best Life Brands marketing team to support the growth of the company’s senior care brands as well as future acquisitions.
BOSTON (June 16, 2021)—Current Health, an enterprise remote care management platform, announced it has joined Moving Health Home (MHH), a coalition of health care companies committed to influencing federal and state policies to support the shift to home-based care.
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (June 16, 2021)—Humana Inc. announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire One Homecare Solutions from WayPoint Capital Partners, the private equity affiliate of a New York-based family investment office. The acquisition will further advance Humana’s strategy to build a value-based home health offering. onehome is a provider of a variety of home-based services, as well as a convener of home health services stakeholders and a care and risk manager.
LIBERTY LAKE, Wash. (June 16, 2021)—Family Resource Home Care announced acquisition of both Adeo In Home Care, a Tigard, Oregon-based homecare agency and Helping Hands Home Care, a Portland, Oregon-based homecare agency—two of the largest, independently owned agencies in the state.
ROCKLIN, Calif. (June 16, 2021)—Luna, a provider of on-demand physical therapy, announced the introduction of the new and exciting Rehab at Home service line for health systems and orthopedic groups, enabling them to bring outpatient physical therapy treatment to patients’ homes.
WASHINGTON, D.C. (June 15, 2021)—The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced important new information for recipients of the CARES Act Provider Relief Fund (PRF). Below are the key changes:
DALLAS, (June 15, 2021)—Axxess, a technology provider for health care at home, announced a strategic partnership with Forcura, a health care technology company that enhances an electronic health record (EHR) by enabling safer patient care coordination and transitions.
Washington, D.C. (June 15, 2021)—Reacting to the omission of support for older adults from the latest infrastructure legislation being proposed in Congress, one of the nation’s top aging services organizations intensified its call for the administration’s investments to be enacted without delay.
NEW YORK (June 10, 2021)—Citus Health, a digital health solutions provider for the home-based care industry, announced the results of a brand-new research study conducted in conjunction with Porter Research that captures the voice of the home health care consumer—the patient and family caregiver.
RICHMOND, Va. (June 9, 2021)—VCU Health System and BAYADA Home Health Care, a large not-for-profit home health care provider in the United States, announced a new collaboration by forming a company for in-home health and hospice care in the Richmond, Virgina, metropolitan area. The new company, VCU Health at Home by BAYADA, is expected to start accepting patients within the next six to nine months.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (June 9, 2021)—Clover Health, a technology company committed to improving health equity for America’s underserved seniors, announced plans to scale its in-home primary care program, Clover Home Care, through the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ (CMS) new Direct Contracting model.
WASHINGTON, D.C. (June 9, 2021)—As part of President Biden’s commitment to increasing access to vaccinations, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced an additional payment amount for administering in-home COVID-19 vaccinations to Medicare beneficiaries who have difficulty leaving their homes or are otherwise hard-to-reach.
DALLAS, Texas (June 8, 2021)—Homecare Homebase (HCHB), a home health and hospice software provider has announced a new exclusive partnership with Corridor to offer specialized coding and documentation review services for HCHB’s agency customers. Founded in 1989, Corridor is the nation’s largest provider of outsourced coding and clinical documentation improvement services to home health and hospice providers.
