ATLANTA (October 8, 2020)—The National Association for Home Care & Hospice (NAHC) has announced their partnership with WellEntry—a simple smartphone- and tablet-based solution that helps prevent and mitigate the spread of infectious diseases—as their preferred health-screening solution to keep patients, families and employees safe.
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WASHINGTON, D.C. (October 7, 2020)—The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) opened the $20 billion Phase 3 General Distribution under the Provider Relief Fund (PRF) on Monday, Oct.5th.
ROSEVILLE, Minn. (October 7, 2020)—Pediatric Home Service (PHS), an independent comprehensive homecare provider headquartered in Roseville, Minnesota, recently partnered with Alliance Medical Supply, a high-tech durable medical supply company serving pediatric patients in San Antonio, Texas.
FORT WORTH, Texas (October 7, 2020)—VERTESS, a health care mergers and acquisitions (M&A) advisory firm, announced the closing of three dynamic Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (I/DD) service provider transactions in September 2020 in the face of health care upheaval. COVID-19 has proven to be the ultimate contender for providing, as well as accessing health care in the United States.
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (October 6, 2020)—Caregiver training matters for retention. But providers say the process can be time-consuming to complete. A new app, MedFlyt, hopes to help alleviate these concerns with built-in training, onboarding and compliance tools. The company also recently introduced a COVID-19 screening tool to help keep patients and caregivers safe. Levi Pavlovsky, Co-Founder and COO of MedFlyt shares more about the company and homecare technology, below.
How aging in place is changing in the time of COVID-19
WEST NEW YORK, N.J. (October 2, 2020)—CareFinders Total Care, a non-medical home health provider in New Jersey and with a growing footprint in the Northeast announced the appointment of Glenn Williams as the Company’s new Chief Financial Officer (CFO) and Mary Morrissey Gabriel as the new Senior Vice President of Growth.
Credential helps address stigmas on LGTB aging
Series of plays addresses end-of-life care & decisions
WASHINGTON, D.C. (September 29, 2020)—The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released the list of Medicare Advantage (MA) plans that will participate in the Medicare Advantage (MA) Value-Based Insurance Design (VBID) Model during Calendar Year (CY) 2021 and information about the 2022 application process for eligible MA organizations.
WASHINGTON, D.C. (September 24, 2020)—The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced the availability of up to $165 million in supplemental funding to states currently operating Money Follows the Person (MFP) demonstration programs. This funding will help state Medicaid programs jump-start efforts to transition individuals with disabilities and older adults from institutions and nursing facilities to home and community-based settings of their choosing.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (September 24, 2020)—PlayMaker Health, a post-acute sales enablement and business intelligence platform, today announced the launch of the new Medicare Advantage Data Sets with Physician and Payer Insights solution.
PHOENIX, (September 24, 2020)—Aging is inevitable for most of us but losing our sense of value and purpose is not.
WASHINGTON, D.C. (September 18, 2020)—The Office of Inspector General (OIG) of the Department of Health and Human Services conducted an audit to determine whether the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) ensured that MACs and QICs reviewed appealed extrapolated overpayments consistently and in a manner that conforms with existing CMS requirements.
WINTER PARK, Fla. (September 15, 2020)—HomeCare Connect, a national ancillary service provider specializing in home health services in workers’ compensation, welcomes Jason Luce as Director of Sales.
Luce’s responsibilities include overseeing daily activities of the sales team, increasing the growth of accounts and the sales team, overseeing training programs and developing accounts.
WASHINGTON, D.C. (September 15, 2020)—The U.S. Department of Labor recently issued a "Temporary Rule" in response to an Aug. 3, 2020 decision of a federal court in New York that invalidated the department's earlier rulemaking. While there remains a legal issue as to whether the court's ruling is limited to New York, DOL chose to issue a new rule that would be effective prospectively beginning Sept. 11, 2020.
WASHINGTON, (Sept. 15, 2020)—AbsoluteCARE Atlanta announced their "LGBTQ Health Care Equality Top Performer" designation from the Human Rights Campaign Foundation (HRC). The designation was awarded in the 13th edition of HRC's Healthcare Equality Index (HEI), released September 15. A record 765 health care facilities actively participated in the HEI 2020 survey, 193 earned an "LGBTQ Health Care Equality Top Performer" designation.
IRVINE, Calif. (September 15, 2020)—Jet Health, Inc., a provider of home health and hospice services, announced the acquisition of Carrington Hospice Care, Inc., an Arlington, Texas-based hospice company. The acquisition marks Jet Health’s second in the hospice arena, and furthers its strategy to offer hospice care in the current home health markets it serves.
LIBERTY LAKE, Wash. (September 15, 2020)—Family Resource Home Care announced an investment partnership with Great Point Partners, a health care-focused private equity group based in Greenwich, Connecticut. The transaction reflects Family Resource’s ongoing strategic plans for market share growth, industry consolidation and geographic expansion.
SYRACUSE, N.Y. (September 11, 2020)—A study published by the JAMA Network Open shows that in the period from October 2015 to September 2016, a substantial portion of Medicare patients referred to home health care after hospitalization did not receive that care.